Viaduct de Garabit
CountryFrance
Year Built1884
Total Length564 m
Main Span165 m
TypeArch
About Viaduct de Garabit
Designed by Gustave Eiffel before the Eiffel Tower. A wrought-iron railway viaduct. The arch rises 52 m above the Truyere River. Eiffel used the same engineering principles later for the tower. Still carries passenger trains.
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