Garabit Viaduct

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The Garabit Viaduct () is a railway arch bridge spanning the Truyère river, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, in the mountainous Massif Central region.

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The bridge was built between 1882 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, with structural engineering by Maurice Koechlin, and was opened in 1885. It is  in length and has a principal arch with a span of .

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In movies
In 1976, it was used to represent the fictional crumbling "Cassandra Crossing" bridge in the movie The Cassandra Crossing, which collapses.
250px|thumb|Here seen with a train.

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 Other websites 


Garabit Viaduct on bridge-info.org
PBS Building Big series databank entry for Garabit Viaduct

Category:Steel bridges
Category:Bridges in France
Category:Cantal
Category:Arch bridges