Égratz Viaduct

Bridge in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, south-east France
45°55′41″N 6°44′02″E / 45.928°N 6.734°E / 45.928; 6.734CarriesVehicles on the Route nationale N205CrossesPlateau d'Assy and River ArveLocaleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes, south-east FranceCharacteristicsDesignBox girder bridgeMaterialReinforced concreteTotal length1,469 m (4,820 ft)Width11.2 m (37 ft)Height68 m (223 ft)Longest span49 m (161 ft)HistoryConstructed bySociété des Grands Travaux de MarseilleConstruction start1977Opened1981Inaugurated22 December 1981LocationMap

The Égratz Viaduct is a curved concrete box girder bridge in south-east France, in the French Alps, near Switzerland and Italy. The bridge is almost one mile long.

History

View in June 2010

Design

It is a curved box girder bridge.

Construction

It opened on 22 December 1981, and was renovated in 2015.[1]

Structure

It is in the Haute-Savoie department. It carries road traffic on the N205, the eastern continuation of the A40 autoroute, known locally as La Route Blanche.

The viaduct featured in aerial photography in the 2016 film Our Kind of Traitor.[2]

References

  1. ^ https://www.atmb.com/connaitre-atmb/histoire-datmb-les-dates-cles-de-la40-la-rn205-et-le-tunnel-du-mont-blanc/histoire-de-la-route-blanche-rn205-les-dates-cles/
  2. ^ "20 top-secret filming locations for Our Kind of Traitor". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2021-04-20.
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