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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.
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: 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
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 .
Fades viaduct; G. Garabit viaduct; Gien viaduct; M. Morlaix viaduct; R. Rhine Bridge; V. Viaduc des Arts; Viaur Viaduct This page was last edited on 31 March ...
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Fades viaduct; G. Garabit viaduct This page was last edited on 19 September 2024, at 20:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. It opened in 2004 and is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft). The viaduct Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge in China was the longest bridge in the world as of 2011. [6]