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Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 08/26/10


Plougastel Bridge

Pont Albert Louppe
Built: 1922 - 1930
Status: in use
Location: Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistère (29), Bretagne, France
Crosses: Elorn River
Plougastel Bridge
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Structural Type:
Arch bridge
fixed, double deck
Function / usage:
original use: Railroad bridge [railway bridge]
Road bridge
current use: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Next to: Iroise Bridge (1994)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Eugene Freyssinet

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Construction Entreprises Limousin

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
arches  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  rise 27.5 m
  total length 888 m
  main spans (3x) 188 m
deck   deck width 9 m

Chronology
12 October 1930
The bishop of Quimper blesses the bridge in the presence of 50 000 people.
1944
Arch on the Brest side is destroyed by retreating German troops.
1949
Reopened after widening and reconstruction.

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External LinkarchINFORM: Brücke Albert Louppe English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkHistoire de Brest: Pont de Plougastel German
External LinkHistoire de Brest: Pont de Plougastel English
External LinkHistoire de Brest: Pont de Plougastel French

Relevant Literature
* Le nouveau pont en béton armé, sur l'Elorn (Finistère), in "La Technique des Travaux", June 1928, n. 6 v. 4 .
* Ponts de construction française: pont de Plougastel sur l'Elorn, in "Travaux", July 1939, n. 79 .
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 202-203.
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 112-113.
* de la Serve, H.   La reconstruction du pont Albert-Louppe (pont de Plougastel), in "Travaux", July 1951, n. 201 .
* Fernández Troyano, Leonardo   Bridge engineering, Thomas Telford, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727732153, 2003; pp. 173, 192, 334.
* Freyssinet, Eugène   Un amour sans limite, Editions du Linteau, Paris (France) , ISBN 291034200X, 1993.
* Gain, L.   Le pont de Plougastel sur l'Elorn, in "La Technique des Travaux", June 1929, n. 6 v. 5 .
* Grattesat, Guy   Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 32, 171.
* Günschel, Günter   Große Konstrukteure 1, Verlag Ullstein GmbH, Berlin (Germany) , 1966; pp. 46-48.
* Lemoine, Bertrand   100 Monuments du XXe Siècle, Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France) , ISBN 2744134961, 2000; pp. 68-69.
* Marrey, Bernard   Histoire de la traversée de l'Elorn (Finistère), in "Travaux", January 1991, n. 661 .
* Marrey, Bernard   Les ponts modernes - vingtième siècle, Picard Éditeur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2708404849, 1995; pp. 60-64.
* Midant, Jean-Paul   Un classique du béton armé, in "Monuments Historiques", April - June 1987, n. 150-151 .
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   Guide du patrimoine. Bretagne, Monum. Editions du patrimoine, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858227284, 2002; pp. 358.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 48-50.
* Prade, Marcel   Les ponts monuments historiques, Editions Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2903442819, 1988; pp. 167-168.
* Stiglat, Klaus   Brücken am Weg, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3433012997, 1997; pp. 154-157.

 
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