Chavanon Viaduct
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The Chavanon Viaduct is a suspension bridge
located in the Chavanon
Valley in France
connecting the towns of Merlines
and Messeix
. Opened for traffic in 2000, it has a main span of 300 meters.
Suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...
located in the Chavanon
Chavanon
The Chavanon is a long river in the Creuse, Puy-de-Dôme and Corrèze départements, central France. Its source is in Crocq. It flows generally southeast...
Valley in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
connecting the towns of Merlines
Merlines
Merlines is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.-Population:...
and Messeix
Messeix
Messeix is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...
. Opened for traffic in 2000, it has a main span of 300 meters.
