Pont de l'Iroise explained

Bridge Name:Pont de l'Iroise
Carries:N165 road
Crosses:Élorn
Locale:Finistère
Owner:Finistère DDE (Direction Départementale de l'Equipement), Ministry of Public Works
Maint:Finistère DDE
Architect:René Le Friant, René Terzian
Designer:Michel Placidi
Engineering:Alain Chauvin; Service d'Etudes Techniques des Routes et Autoroute, SOGELERG
Material:reinforced concrete, steel
Length:800.05m (2,624.84feet)
Width:23.1m (75.8feet)
Height:113m (371feet)
Mainspan:400m (1,300feet)
Spans:7
Pierswater:2
Below:26.5m (86.9feet)
Builder:Demathieu et Bard; Groupe Razel; Pico
Begin:1991
Complete:1994
Cost:264 million Francs[1]
Preceded:pont Albert-Louppe
Coordinates:48.3875°N -4.3978°W

The French: '''Pont de l'Iroise''' (in French pronounced as /pɔ̃ də liʁwaz/, literally Bridge of the Iroise) is a cable-stayed bridge in Finistère, Brittany, France, which spans the Élorn river where it enters the roadstead of Brest. It carries route nationale 165, the road between Brest and Quimper, and connects Le Relecq-Kerhuon to the north with Plougastel-Daoulas to the south. The bridge is named after the Iroise Sea, into which the roadstead of Brest opens.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iroise Bridge (Plougastel-Daoulas/Le Relecq-Kerhuon, 1994).