Note the suspension bridge in the background of this 2011 view. It has since been removed.
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| Street View, May 2011 |
I've never seen masonry towers before for a suspension bridge.
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| BridgeMeister |
The original bridge was destroyed by the German army in 1944. This one opened in 1951. It had a main span of 272m. [afgc]
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| Street View, Mar 2011 |
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| Street View, Mar 2011 |
The curved bridge avoids hairpin turns on both riverbanks without requiring either a very high bridge (expensive) or very deep cuts (damages the beautiful landscape).
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| afgc |
The 1951 bridge was built on the piers of the 1925 bridge. Cracks were developing in the concrete, so it had to be replaced. [StructuresAndSpans and afgc]
I was going to skip yet another cable-stayed bridge until I noticed that the towers are very asymmetric. And then I noticed that the towers were asymmetric because the span was curved. I'm glad I researched this one because it is interesting.
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| Highway Engineering Discoveries posted and Twitter The Térénez bridge is a cable-stayed bridge, located between Landévennec and Rosnoën, Finistère, France. It is 515 meters long. |
I was looking for a better view of how the cables attached to the top of the towers and discovered that the 1951 bridge lasted until at least 2014. It was gone in a 2018 view.
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| Street View, Jun 2014 |
The pylons were built using jump forms.
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| Peri Length: 515 m Main span: 285 m Height of the pylons: approx. 100 m |
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