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Pont d'Aquitaine

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Crosses
  
Garonne

Design
  
Suspension bridge

Width
  
30.9 m (101 ft)

Address
  
33300 Bordeaux, France

Opened
  
6 May 1967

Longest span
  
394 m

Architect
  
Jean Fayeton

Locale
  
Bordeaux

Material
  
Steel

Construction begin
  
1960

Height
  
105 m

Total length
  
1,776 m

Bridge type
  
Suspension bridge

Pont d'Aquitaine

Similar
  
Garonne, Pont Jacques Chaban‑Delmas, Pont de pierre, François Mitterrand Bridge, Place de la Bourse

Accident sur le pont d aquitaine


The Pont d'Aquitaine is a large suspension bridge over the Garonne, north-west of the city of Bordeaux, in France. It forms part of the ring-road of Bordeaux and carries the A630 autoroute. It was completed in 1967 and its main span is 394 m (1,293 ft) long.

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The eastern and western aspects of the bridge are dramatically different. To the east there is a ridge of land which allows the roadway to enter the bridge with little or no slope. By contrast, to the west there is an area of flat land, forming part of the Medoc, which means the roadway across the bridge slopes dramatically upwards in order to gain sufficient height to enter the bridge.

Le pont d aquitaine


References

Pont d'Aquitaine Wikipedia