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General Information

Completion: 26 December 1839
Status: destroyed (1852)

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Crossed:
  • Vilaine River
Replaced by: La Roche-Bernard Bridge (1911)
Coordinates: 47° 31' 28" N    2° 18' 13" W
Coordinates: 47° 31' 31" N    2° 18' 22" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 198 m
width 7 m
total length 360 m

Cost

cost of construction French Franc 1 127 000

Materials

approach viaducts masonry
pylons masonry
deck flooring wood

Chronology

26 October 1852

The deck collapses into the river in a storm. The bridge is reconstructed in identical fashion. Other destructions occur in 1866, 1869, 1870 and 1871.

1872

A temporary footbridge is built 1.60 meters above the deck with a width of 3 m. It lasts 40 years the entire bridge is replaced in 1911.

Notes

The approach piers still remain.

Participants

Engineering

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  • Structure-ID
    20004742
  • Published on:
    30/08/2002
  • Last updated on:
    24/06/2022
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