Barentin Viaduct

The Barentin Viaduct ( Viaduc de Barentin French ) or the Austreberthe Bridge is a 476 meter long railway arch bridge on the double-track line between Paris and Le Havre in northern France near the city of Barentin ( kilometer 155). It was commissioned by Charles Laffitte et Cie. commissioned and completed by the consortium William Mackenzie and Thomas Brassey 1847 in brick construction.

Engineer was Joseph Locke and builder Thomas Brassey, who had received the construction contract for the total distance Le Havre -Rouen. The building consists of 27 arches with a span of 15 meters and is up to 33 meters high. The route here runs parallel to D 6015 (formerly N 15 ) and bridges the 18 km long stream Austreberthe that branches off here former railway line to Caudebec -en- Caux and the D142 / D143 after Duclair. The curve radius is 810 meters.

Shortly after completion, but before opening of the line it broke in January 1846 when a heavy rain in on itself. The cause of a false -mortar mixture is suspected, in which the calcium content had not voted. The builder was then at its own cost and build again the work under his supervision.

During the Second World War, nine arches were destroyed, were rebuilt. The track was reopened on 5 October 1946. The building still stands today and is open to traffic.