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The Sidi Rached Viaduct (), 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
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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
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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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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 (engineering), span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges. If one bridge has a l ...
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List of bridges by length This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support. ''Note: There is no standard way to measure the total ...
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List of highest bridges in the world This list of highest bridges includes bridges with a deck height of at least . The of a bridge is the maximum vertical drop distance between the bridge deck (the road, rail or other transport bed of a bridge) and the ground or water surface ben ...
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List of tallest bridges in the world This list of tallest bridges includes bridges with a structural height of at least . The of a bridge is the maximum vertical distance from the uppermost part of a bridge, such as the top of a bridge tower, to the lowermost exposed part of the br ...
* Salah Bey Viaduct *
Sidi M'Cid Bridge Sidi M'Cid Bridge is a 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 . The bridge was designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin ...
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Bab El Kantra Bridge Bab El Kantra Bridge is one of eight famous high-level bridges that cross the Rhumel River gorge in Constantine, Algeria. The Kantara bridge is the oldest and has taken several different forms over the years: from a 1792 Ottoman architecture, Ott ...
* Mellah Slimane Bridge


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* {{Authority control Stone bridges in Algeria 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