General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Half-through arch bridge Truss arch bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Deck levels: |
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Location
| Location: |
Paris (12th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France Paris (13th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
|---|---|
| Crosses: |
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| Part of: | |
| Next to: |
Quai de la Rapée Viaduct (1905)
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| Connects to: |
Viaduc du Quai d'Austerlitz
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| Coordinates: | 48° 50' 37" N 2° 22' 4" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 140 m |
Materials
| deck |
steel
|
|---|---|
| arch |
steel
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Chronology
| 1937 | Structure is reinforced using an additional 1 490 000 cm3 of steel |
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Participants
Architecture
- Jean-Camille Formigé (architect)
Engineering
- Louis Biette (engineer)
- Fulgence Bienvenüe (engineer)
- Maurice Koechlin (engineer)
Construction
Contractor
Monitoring
Monitoring equipment
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 113.
- (2015): The Electric Arc Welding Reinforcement Of Steel Bridges From The Paris Metro In The 1930s: The Case Of The Austerlitz Viaduct Over The Seine. Presented at: Fifth International Construction History Congress, Chicago, 06/2015, pp. 345-354.
- : Familièrement inconnues... Architectures, Paris 1848-1914. Secrétariat d'Etat à la Culture, Paris (France).
- (2009): Guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008. Editions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris (France), ISBN 978-2-35487-003-4, pp. # 54.
- (2001): Les plus beaux ponts de France. Bonneton, Paris (France), pp. 112.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000196 - Published on:
09/05/1999 - Last updated on:
24/06/2026


