The Victor Bodson Bridge (

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: ''Victor-Bodson-Bréck'';

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: ''Pont Victor Bodson'';

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: ''Victor-Bodson-Brücke'') is a

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, in southern

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. It circles the south-eastern suburbs of

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, and carries the A1 motorway between

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and Itzig, over the

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valley below. The bridge was completed in 1993, as part of the extension of the A1 from

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(serving

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) to the south of Luxembourg City. The bridge is long, and stands above the level of the Alzette below. The bridge is a total of wide, consisting of two

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s running in each direction, separated by a

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, along with two emergency pavements. Because the valley under the bridge is inhabited, the design was limited to a single support

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, located exactly in the middle of the bridge. The bridge is stayed by a single suspension

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, located above the support pillar and from which radial cables fan out along the length of the bridge. Despite its reliance on a single mast for suspension, the bridge is notable for being curved along its entire length. The bridge is named after

Victor Bodson Victor Bodson (24 March 1902 – 29 June 1984) was a socialist Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who held the posts of Minister of Justice, Public Works, and Transport for long periods of time in the 1940s and 1950s, including in exile during ...

, a government minister in the 1940s and 1950s that held responsibility for

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, and

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. He was also a recipient of the Righteous Among the Nations award for his participation during the Holocaust in helping Jews escape persecution.

Footnotes

External links

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Page on the official ''Administration des Ponts et Chassées'' website
Buildings and structures in Hesperange Cable-stayed bridges in Luxembourg Bridges completed in 1993 1993 in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-bridge-struct-stub