Carries railway Material Wrought iron Architect Gustave Eiffel Construction started January 1880 Total length 565 m | Crosses river Truyère Longest span 165 m (541 ft) Construction begin 1882 Height 124 m | |
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Address 15320 Ruynes-en-Margeride, France Bridge type Arch bridge, Deck arch bridge Similar Margeride, Barrage de Grandval, Château d'Alleuze, Maria Pia Bridge, Millau Viaduct | ||
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The Garabit Viaduct (Viaduc de Garabit in French) is a railway arch bridge spanning the River Truyère near Ruynes-en-Margeride (Fr), Cantal, France, in the mountainous Massif Central region. The bridge was constructed between 1882 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, with structural engineering by Maurice Koechlin, and was opened in 1885. It is 565 m (1,854 ft) in length and has a principal arch of 165 m (541 ft) span.
Contents
- Ariana p s garabit viaduct movie
- Wiadukt garabit the garabit viaduct in france
- Background
- Bridge design and construction
- Garabit Viaduct in fiction
- References
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Background
By the end of the 1870s Eiffel & Cie, the company formed by Gustave Eiffel in partnership with Théophile Seyrig, had an established position among the leading French engineering companies. Between 1875 and 1877 the company had built the Maria Pia Bridge over the Douro at Porto, and when it was proposed to construct a railway between Marvejols and Neussargues in the Cantal department the work of constructing a viaduct to cross the River Truyère was given to Eiffel without the usual process of competitive tendering at the recommendation of the engineers of the state Highways Department since the technical problems involved were similar to those of the Maria Pia Bridge; indeed, it was Eiffel & Cie's success with this project that had led to the proposal for a viaduct at Garabit.
Bridge design and construction
Opening with a single track in November 1885, the Garabit Viaduct was 565 m (1,854 ft) long and weighed 3,587 tonnes (3,530 long tons; 3,954 short tons). Even more impressive, the actual deflection (load displacement) was measured at 8 millimetres (0.315 in), a figure precisely calculated by Eiffel. At 124 m (407 ft) above the river, the bridge was the world's highest when built. The overall project cost was 3,100,000 francs. Until 11 September 2009, one regular passenger train (in each direction) passed daily over the viaduct - a Corail route from Clermont-Ferrand to Béziers. On that date, the viaduct closed with cracks discovered in one of the foundation piles. After a safety inspection, the Garabit viaduct reopened the next month with a speed limit of 10 km/h (6 mph) for all traffic.
Garabit Viaduct in fiction
The Garabit Viaduct was used to represent the condemned "Cassandra Crossing" bridge in the 1976 film The Cassandra Crossing. In the film, the bridge is depicted as being unused and derelict for 30 or 40 years and is considered dangerous, to the extent that people living nearby moved away fearing it could collapse.