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Pont de Normandie
The Pont de Normandie is a cable-stayed road bridge that spans the river Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2143.21 m (856 m between the 2 piers).
Construction
Construction began in 1988 and lasted 7 years. The bridge opened on January 20 1995. At that time the bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, more than 250 m longer than the previous record.
This record was lost in 1999 to the Tartara bridge in Japan.
Structure
The span, 23.60 m wide, is divided into 4 lanes for traffic and 2 lanes for pedestrians. The pylons, made of concrete, are shaped as upside-down Y's. They weigh more than 20,000 tons and are 214.77 m tall.
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