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The Fades Viaduct is located close to Les Ancizes-Comps, in the Auvergne region, between the communes of Sauret-Besserve and Les Ancizes-Comps. It spans across the river Sioule. Its construction began on 28 October 1901. From 14 to 16 September 1909 it passed the performance tests, The Fades Viaduct has monumental piers of quarried granite.
The Sioule (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Siula) is a 164-kilometre (102 mi) long river in central France, a left tributary of the river Allier. [1] Its source is near the village of Orcival, north of Mont-Dore, in the Massif Central.
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More than 150,000 spectators attended Oct. 12, 1922, dedication of bridge between downtown Akron and North Hill.
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The viaduct is 498.8 metres (1,636 ft) long and at its highest is 200 metres (660 ft) above the Mala Rijeka River. It is also the longest bridge on the Belgrade–Bar railway. [2] When constructed it was the highest railway bridge in the world, surpassing the record height previously held by the Fades viaduct in France.
Infrastructure before 1700 consisted mainly of roads and canals. Canals were used for transportation or for irrigation. Sea navigation was aided by ports and lighthouses. A few advanced cities had aqueducts that serviced public fountains and baths, while fewer had sewers.