The Sidi Rached Viaduct ( ar, جسر سيدي راشد), The Sidi Rached bridge is a road viaduct that crosses the Rhummel gorges and connects the Coudiat district (city center) to Constantine Train station. It was built in Constantine in French Algeria, between 1908 and 1912, by the engineer Aubin Eyraud, with the help of
Paul Séjourné
Paul Séjourné (21 December 1851; Orléans – 19 January 1939; Paris) was a French engineer who specialized in the construction of large bridges from masonry, a domain in which he made some important innovations.
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who designed the hangers and finished the construction. It was the tallest Concrete bridge in the world when it was built until .
Its length is 447 meters with 27 arches including one of 70 meters, the highest culminating at 107 meters. This was Aubin Eyraud's last work of art before he entered
Oxford University as a professor. It was initiated by the then mayor Émile Morinaud, in the administrative framework of the department of Constantine at the time. It was inaugurated in 1912.
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See also
*List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans
This list ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span, i.e. the distance between the suspension towers. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a longer span than anot ...
* List of bridges by length
* List of highest bridges in the world
* List of tallest bridges in the world
*Salah Bey Viaduct
The Salah Bey Viaduct ( ar, جسر صالح باي), is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Rhumel River in Constantine, North East Algeria is named after Salah Bey whose rule of the city (1771-1797) was marked by major urban ...
*Sidi M'Cid Bridge
Sidi M'Cid Bridge is a 164 m long suspension bridge across the Rhumel River in Constantine, Algeria. It was opened to traffic in April 1912 and until 1929 was the highest bridge in the world at 175 m. The bridge was designed by French engineer Fer ...
* Bab El Kantra Bridge
* Mellah Slimane Bridge
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Stone bridges in Algeria
Stone bridges
Viaducts in Algeria
Landmarks in Algeria
Buildings and structures in Constantine Province
Transport in Constantine, Algeria
Bridges completed in 1912
Bridges in Constantine, Algeria
Stone arch bridges
1912 establishments in Algeria