owner

reunion island’s department of highways

contractors joint venture for construction :
vinci grands projets – dodin - eiffel

project

• girder bridge with limited arch effect crossing a 170 m deep canyon
• total span 290 m
• abutments and girders made of prestressed and reinforced concrete
• launched steel deck

scope of work of T ingénierie sa

work done as subcontractor of bureau greisch in belgium

construction design and drawings of the concrete elements : abutments and girders

specifications

• complex geometry of the concrete elements embedded in the cliff
• very large sizes of the abutments (approx. 50 m high, 55 m long and 35 m wide)
• construction in very heterogenic basaltic soils with large areas of cinders and lava tunnels
• construction of the girders by cantilever method

schedule

construction 2006 - 2009