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General Information

Name in local language: Pont du Veurdre
Completion: 1910
Status: destroyed (7 September 1944)

Project Type

Structure: Three-hinged arch bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Material: Reinforced concrete bridge

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Allier River
Replaced by: Le Veurdre Bridge (1948)
Coordinates: 46° 45' 29.64" N    3° 2' 57.37" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

span lengths 64 m - 72 m - 64 m
number of spans 3

Materials

arches reinforced concrete

Chronology

1911

As Freyssinet noticed more than 13 cm of deformation at the middle hinge of each arch, he proceeded in a night escapade to jack up the bridge back to its original position and fix the top hinge by filling it with concrete.

7 September 1944

Dynamited.

Participants

Structural engineering
Construction

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20000490
  • Published on:
    13/11/1999
  • Last updated on:
    22/10/2018
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