Barentine Viaduct
The Barentin Viaduct ( French Viaduc de Barentin ) or the Austreberthe Bridge is a 476-meter-long arched railway bridge on the double-track Paris - Le Havre line in northern France near the city of Barentin (route km 155). It was commissioned by Charles Laffitte et Cie and built in brick by the consortium William Mackenzie and Thomas Brassey in 1847.
The designer was Joseph Locke and the builder Thomas Brassey , who had also received the construction contract for the entire Le Havre – Rouen route . The bridge consists of 27 arches with a span of 15 meters each and is up to a maximum of 33 meters high. The route runs parallel to the D 6015 (formerly N 15 ) and bridges the 18-kilometer-long Austreberthe stream , the former railway line to Caudebec-en-Caux that branches off here and the D142 / D143 to Duclair . The curve radius is 810 meters.
Shortly after completion, but before the line opened, it collapsed on January 9, 1846 in heavy rain. The cause is suspected to be an incorrect mortar mixture in which the lime content was not correct. The builder then had it rebuilt at his own expense and under his supervision.
During the Second World War , an arch was destroyed in an Allied air raid on August 9, 1944. On August 25, soldiers of the Wehrmacht destroyed eight more bows while retreating. The line was reopened on October 5, 1946. The bridge is still in use today.
Web links
- Leaders of modern industrial buildings (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.petit-patrimoine.com . After the defeat in the Falaise pocket and the capitulation of Paris, numerous Wehrmacht units moved eastwards.
- ^ Austreberth Bridge. In: Structurae
Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 47 " N , 0 ° 57 ′ 31" E