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Structure-ID: s0000027
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 05/02/06


Garabit Viaduct

Viaduc de Garabit
Built: 1881 - 1884
Status: in use
Location: Near Loubaresse, Cantal (15), Auvergne, France and Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal (15), Auvergne, France
Crosses: Truyère River
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
crescent, two-hinged
Function / usage:
Railroad bridge [railway bridge]
Next to: Garabit Bridge
Near: Bridge over the Truyere at Garabit (1993)
Part of: Causses Line (km 675.26)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel
Builder Gustave Alexandre Eiffel
Engineer Léon Boyer
  Maurice Koechlin

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Construction Eiffel et Cie

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
piers  wrought iron
arch  wrought iron
truss  wrought iron
Dimensions
  main span 165 m
  rise 52 m
  height 122 m
  total length 564.69 m
  weight 3 249 t
  weight 3 249 t
  length of main bridge 447.82 m
  pier height 80 m
  length of northern approach viaduct 45.91 m
  length of southern approach viaduct 70.09 m
Quantities used in construction
  volume of masonry 18 647 m3
  weight of metal used 3 326.414 t

Chronology
14 June 1879
The project receives approval.
26 April 1884
Arch is joined.
9 August 1888- 13 August 1888
Load tests.

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External LinkJ. Navarre: Viaduc de Garabit French
External LinkPBS: Building Big - Garabit Viaduct English
External LinkPlanète TP: Le viaduc de Garabit French
External LinkWikipédia: Viaduc de Garabit French

Relevant Literature
* Le cinquantenaire du viaduc de Garabit, in "Ossature métallique", June 1938 v. 7 .
* D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (1) (television documentary).
* Les viaducs de fer, in "Viaduc Magazine", 2003, n. 1 .
* Asensio, Paco   Gustave Alexandre Eiffel, teNeues, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3823855409, 2003; pp. 44-51.
* Beckett, Derrick   Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (USA) , 1969; pp. 98-109.
* Belhoste, Jean-François   Viaducs d'Auvergne monuments du chemin de fer, ISBN 2905554061, 1992.
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 67-71.
* Caron, François   Le Patrimoine de la SNCF et des chemins de fer français (2 Tomes), Flohic Editions, Paris (France) , ISBN 2842340698, 1999; pp. 135.
* Cartier, Claudine   Patrimoine ferroviaire, Editions Scala, Paris (France) , ISBN 2866563948, 2007; pp. 40-51.
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 103.
* Dupré, Judith   Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 56-57.
* Dupré, Judith   Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 56-57.
* Dupré, Judith   Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 56-57.
* Grattesat, Guy   Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 26, 144.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   L'architecture du fer, Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France) , ISBN 2903528713, 322; pp. 110-111.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   Gustave Eiffel, Editions Hazan, Paris (France) , 1984; pp. 56-62.
* Marrey, Bernard   The extraordinary life and work of Monsieur Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who built the Statue of Liberty, the Porto Bridge, the Nice Observatory, the Garabit Viaduct, the Panama Locks, the Eiffel Tower, etc. (1st edition), Editions Graphite, Paris (France) , 1984.
* Marrey, Bernard   Gustave Eiffel (2nd edition), Institute, Paris (France) , ISBN 2907904000, 1989; pp. 55-61.
* Marrey, Bernard   Les ponts modernes - 18e et 19e siècles (1st edition), Picard Editeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708404016, 1990; pp. 214-217.
* Montens, Serge   Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 89.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 203-204.
* Prade, Marcel   Ponts et viaducs au XIXème siècle, Poitiers (France) , 1988; pp. 289-291.
* Prade, Marcel   Les ponts monuments historiques, Editions Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2903442819, 1988; pp. 112-113.
* Soulier, Jean-Paul   Naissance d'un géant, La Vie du Rail, Paris (France) , ISBN 2902808151, 1984.
* Stiglat, Klaus   Brücken am Weg, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433012997, 1997; pp. 86.
* Trautz, Martin   Maurice Koechlin, in "Deutsche Bauzeitung", April 2002, n. 4 v. 136 .

 
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