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The Fades Viaduct (French: Viaduc des Fades) is a railway viaduct in the Puy-de-Dôme department, central France. At the time of its inauguration on 10 October 1909, it was the tallest bridge in the world, across all categories. As of 2010, it still is the tenth tallest railway viaduct in the world.
Fades viaduct – The tallest traditional masonry piers ever built (92 m). Until the advent of concrete and the use of cast iron and then steel, bridges were made of masonry. Roman bridges were sturdy, semicircular, and rested on thick piers, with a width equal to about half the span of the vault. [2]
Fades viaduct: Highest railway bridge in France Height : 132.5 m (435 ft) Piers height : 92.3 m (303 ft) Historic monument: 470 m (1,540 ft) Truss Warren type, steel and laminated iron deck, granite hollow piers
The Fades viaduct, the tallest railway bridge in France, is located on the Sioule. References This page was last edited on 4 November 2024, at 04:52 ...
Fades viaduct; G. Garabit viaduct; Gien viaduct; M. ... Viaduc des Arts; Viaur Viaduct This page was last edited on 31 March 2017, at 21:47 (UTC). ...
July 1 – Wiesen Viaduct on the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland, designed by Henning Friedrich, opens. July 14 – Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro) opens. October 10 – Fades viaduct in France opens. October – United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Custom House (Spokane, Washington), designed under the supervision of James Knox Taylor ...
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