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The Bridge of Ré

2010.08.07
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From the mainland
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From the island
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From the island
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From the mainland
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From the mainland
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July 22, 2010
Cycle-lane on the bridge of Ré
The bridge of Ré, 2 926.5 meters, is located in Charente-Maritime.
The bridge is linking the island of Ré to the mainland. It goes from La Repentie, near the harbour of La Pallice, north-west of La Rochelle, to the tip of Sablanceaux in Rivedoux-Plage, east of the island of Ré.
15.5 meters large, the deck has a two-lane road (9 m), a two-way cycle-lane on one side and an attached especially for pedestrian traffic lane on the other side (2,5 mètres).
The building of the bridge required 50 000 m³ of concrete, 6 000 tonnes of steel et 796 voussoirs weighing from 80 to 130 tonnes.
The building began on February 26, 1987. The bridge got 20 meters longer every day. Completed within 23 months, it was opened May 19, 1988.
During the elaboration of the project, opponents fought the idea of linking the island to the mainland with a bridge and tried to stop it until the end.
When the building work began, opponents go to arbitration to the administrative court. Due to the speed of the building work and to the slowness of the french court, the bridge was already completed when the adminitrative court ruled on the requests intending to stop the building work (end of November 1988). The bridge was not demolished because it was protected by the status of public work.
19 Comments
SADHYA My favourites box is going to be full of your pictures Mikkal. Hard to choose which one out of this wonderful set - I think it has to be #3.
SADHYA · 2010-07-26: 01:00
PawKam nice set! I like the last 2 :)
PawKam · 2010-07-26: 03:34
mikro Well done. Great views.
mikro · 2010-07-26: 09:56
Cabecilha excellent... and cool new avatar :)

Cabecilha · 2010-07-26: 09:59
blu06 Another set of nice shots!
blu06 · 2010-07-26: 10:22
HoosierAtHeART Great shots and informative!!
HoosierAtHeART · 2010-07-26: 10:49
FBECK wOW! Great! I like especially last one!!!
FBECK · 2010-07-26: 13:53
elizzi wow!! what a great set!
elizzi · 2010-07-26: 19:52
Yokai Very good compositions! Excellent set!!
Yokai · 2010-07-26: 22:04
agandia Nice set!!
agandia · 2010-07-26: 23:02
Werkx Last photo I like the best
Werkx · 2010-07-27: 05:37
monia #3!
monia · 2010-07-27: 11:09
Heliograph again Very nice set. You are lucky to go around such nice places. :-)
Heliograph · 2010-07-27: 11:43
BlacKami looks great!
BlacKami · 2010-07-27: 14:35
Eiram such a beautiful bridge!
Eiram · 2010-07-27: 15:20
????? Very good compositions!
????? · 2010-07-27: 18:01
????? great shots!!
????? · 2010-08-01: 04:19
chelly these are all incredible!
chelly · 2010-08-03: 18:08
alekskaj # 2,3,4 are the best
alekskaj · 2010-08-07: 01:29
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