Rouen's 6th bridge

Mekky II · September 27th, 2005, 11:59 PM

Rouen actually builts the biggest and highest lift bridge of Europe (a motorway), by Aymeric Zublena, architect of Stade de France and Istanbul Olympic Stadium, and by Michel Virlogueux, architect of Pont de Normandie. The lift bridge have the particularity to have 4 slim towers of 90 meters which will make the structure less heavy to watch, also towers will support 2600 tons, it is a record. We expect that 55 000 cars and trucks will run every day on it after its inauguration, projected in december 2006, the total cost will be 270 millions euros :

On the map, it is called "sixième pont"

debzaqty · September 28th, 2005, 05:25 PM

um... how long is the bridge?? in metres????

bnmaddict · September 28th, 2005, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by debzaqty

um... how long is the bridge?? in metres????

The movable span is 116m long (which makes it the longuest Vertical lift bridge in Europe, as well as the longuest movable bridge in Europe, by span).

bnmaddict · September 28th, 2005, 08:04 PM

BTW, Michel Virlogeux is not an architect, but an engineer! He designed the Normandy bridge, the Millau viaduct, the Vasco de Gama bridge in Lisboa and many other huge bridges in the world (and he was my professor, 3 years ago

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UnHavrais · August 29th, 2012, 05:18 PM

C'est donc le Pont Gustave Flaubert !

September 27th, 2005, 11:59 PM	#1
Mekky II BANNED Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,810 Likes (Received): 2	Rouen's 6th bridge Rouen actually builts the biggest and highest lift bridge of Europe (a motorway), by Aymeric Zublena, architect of Stade de France and Istanbul Olympic Stadium, and by Michel Virlogueux, architect of Pont de Normandie. The lift bridge have the particularity to have 4 slim towers of 90 meters which will make the structure less heavy to watch, also towers will support 2600 tons, it is a record. We expect that 55 000 cars and trucks will run every day on it after its inauguration, projected in december 2006, the total cost will be 270 millions euros : On the map, it is called "sixième pont"

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September 28th, 2005, 05:25 PM	#2
debzaqty Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Likes (Received): 0	um... how long is the bridge?? in metres????

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bnmaddict Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PARIS 11 Posts: 1,630 Likes (Received): 0	BTW, Michel Virlogeux is not an architect, but an engineer! He designed the Normandy bridge, the Millau viaduct, the Vasco de Gama bridge in Lisboa and many other huge bridges in the world (and he was my professor, 3 years ago )

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UnHavrais Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Le Havre Posts: 3,027 Likes (Received): 479	C'est donc le Pont Gustave Flaubert !