Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas

44.858279064341 - 0.55180549621582Koordinaten: 44 ° 51 ' 29.8 "N, 0 ° 33' 6.5 " W

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Garonne

The Pont Jacques Chaban -Delmas is a designed as a vertical lift bridge Road bridge over the Garonne in Bordeaux in the Gironde department in the Aquitaine region in France. It is named after Jacques Chaban -Delmas, former Prime Minister of France and former mayor of Bordeaux, named.

Location

The bridge is located about 3 km from the city center, between the old town situated in the Pont de pierre and the highway bridge Pont d' Aquitaine and connects the districts Bacalan and Bastide. That's why it was called during the construction period Pont Bacalan -Bastide and is still partly so called. It is the fifth crossing the Garonne in Bordeaux.

Construction

Since the bridge is to allow the passage of cruise ships to the city of Bordeaux, it was designed as a vertical lift bridge.

The steel lifting platform of 2600 tonnes in weight with 120 m length and 45 m width is four towers of 87 m height, which are established in 18 m deep in the ground, with a motor-driven pulley construction, supported by counterweights moves. Four bollards of concrete 18m in diameter form a collision protection for the towers. The two-sided access roads were built in reinforced concrete. The traffic on the bridge is interrupted at elevation for about two hours. The lifting and lowering each last about 11 minutes so the passage is open ample 1.5 hours.