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Garabit Viaduct Bridge
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The Garabit Viaduct Bridge is located in Cantal, France in the Massif Central region. A very mountainous region in South France. It is made out of iron. It is an arched bridge over the Truyère River, and was utilized for trains. It was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel, the man who engineered the Eiffel Tower, and lesser known projects, like the Douro Bridge, which he completed just before he took on the Garabit Viaduct project. It’s two other principal engineers were Léon Boyer and Maurice Koechlin. In total length it was 565 meters on the day that it was opened for railway use, and 122 meters in height. The length of the main straight bridge or the ‘girder’ is 448 meters long. The project began on June 14th 1879, and the finishing date of the final load test was August 13th 1888.