Garabit Viaduct
railway bridge in France
The Garabit Viaduct (French: Viaduc de Garabit) is a railway arch bridge spanning the Truyère river, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, in the mountainous Massif Central region.
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| Coordinates | 44°58′31″N 3°10′39″E / 44.97528°N 3.17750°E |
| Carries | Railway |
| Crosses | Truyère river |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Wrought iron |
| Total length | 565 metres (1,854 ft) |
| Width | 6 metres (20 ft) |
| Height | 124 metres (407 ft) |
| Longest span | 165 metres (541 ft) |
| History | |
| Architect | Gustave Eiffel |
| Construction start | 1882 |
| Construction end | 1884 |
| Construction cost | 3,100,000 francs |
| Opened | 1885 |
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The bridge was built between 1882 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, with structural engineering by Maurice Koechlin,[1] and was opened in 1885. It is 565 m (1,854 ft) in length and has a principal arch with a span of 165 m (541 ft).[2]
In movies
changeIn 1976, it was used to represent the fictional crumbling "Cassandra Crossing" bridge in the movie The Cassandra Crossing, which collapses.[3]
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References
change- ↑ Loyrette (1985), p. 77.
- ↑ Loyrette (1985), p. 81.
- ↑ Billington (1983), p. 92.
- Billington, David P. (1983). The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02393-9.
- Harvie, David I. (2006). Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-3309-7.
- Loyrette, Henri (1985). Gustave Eiffel. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-0631-6.
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