Pont sur la Mentue
The Pont sur la Mentue (also: Pont sur la Menthue ) is a 115 meter high bridge in the Swiss municipality of Yvonand in the canton of Vaud , which leads the A1 motorway over a gorge of the Mentue river .
The bridge, which is slightly curved in plan, has two lanes and a hard shoulder in each direction of travel. It consists of two directly juxtaposed 565 meters or 571 meters long bar / box girder bridges with span lengths of 93 + 135 + 150 + 120 + 70 m and with haunched prestressed - box girders , in the cantilever created. Its reinforced concrete - pillars are slightly fitted, it means at first with increasing height tapering cross-section is in contrast to the often to be found suit again greater in the upper third.
The bridge was opened in 1999 and is considered the sixth highest bridge in Switzerland .
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Coordinates: 46 ° 46 '36.2 " N , 6 ° 43' 31.2" E ; CH1903: five hundred and forty-five thousand five hundred twenty-four / 180866