Tardes Viaduct (Evaux-les-Bains, 1884)

Tardes Viaduct

Location:	Evaux-les-Bains, Creuse (23), Limousin, France, Europe
Crosses	Tardes River
Part of:	Railroad Line Bourges - Aurillac (km 352.000)

	span lengths	73.20 m - 104.55 m - 73.20 m
	height above valley floor or water	91.30 m
	on-centre distance between girders	5.50 m
	girder depth	8.30 m
deck	deck width	8.00 m

	weight of iron	1 200 t
	volume of masonry	7 500 m³

cost of construction

Gold Francs 1 380 000

deck	wrought iron
piers	masonry

26 January 1884	A 132 m-long section of the superstructure still under construction is swept away in a 160 km/h strong gale and crashes 14 m away from the bridge on the bottom of the valley.
1926	Derailment causes damage and requires repairs to the bridge.
1955	Repaired due to damage caused by overloading from 1940-1945.

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Relation de l'accident du 26 janvier 1884, in "Génie Civil", 9 August 1884
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