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Structure-ID: s0002836
Created on: 01/31/02
Modified on: 06/27/09


Recoumène Viaduct

Completed in: 1925
Status: never used
Location: Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Loire (43), Auvergne, France
Crosses: Gazeille River
Recoumène Viaduct
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
Function / usage:
Railroad bridge [railway bridge]

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Paul Séjourné
Construction Ollagnier
  Ortigues

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  stone
arches  stone
Dimensions
  main span 25 m
  height 65.60 m
  total length 270 m
  horizontal radius of curvature 325 m
  number of arches 8

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External Link1000 monuments du XXe siècle en France: Viaduc de la Recoumène French
External LinkLa Transcévenole French

Relevant Literature
* Belhoste, Jean-François   Viaducs d'Auvergne monuments du chemin de fer, ISBN 2905554061, 1992.
* Lartilleux, H.   Géographie universelle des Transports [Tome 1]: Géographie des chemins de fer français, Chaix, Paris (France) , 1953; pp. 306-307.
* Marrey, Bernard   Les ponts modernes - vingtième siècle, Picard Éditeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708404849, 1995; pp. 118.
* Montens, Serge   Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 69.
* Schneider, Ascanio   Gebirgsbahnen Europas, ISBN 3280013208, 1982; pp. 70.
* Toulier, Bernard   Architecture et patrimoine du XXe siècle en France, Editions du patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858222673, 1999; pp. 80.

 
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