The Rennes Ring Road Crossing Viaduct, or Southern Ring Road Viaduct, is a cable-stayed railway engineering structure located in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the Brittany region. It crosses the Rennes ring road. Opened on March 15, 2002, the viaduct is used by trains on Line A of the Rennes metro on its western deck and by a greenway on its eastern deck. The structure has a total length of 140 m. Designed by Norman Foster, it consists of two concrete decks supported by stay cables held by three steel pylons. Its unique feature is that it is only crossed by trains leaving or ente‹›
Viaduc de franchissement de la rocade de Rennes

Norman Foster

Exterior · Rennes, France · 1997

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The Rennes Ring Road Crossing Viaduct, or Southern Ring Road Viaduct, is a cable-stayed railway engineering structure located in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine in the Brittany region. It crosses the Rennes ring road. Opened on March 15, 2002, the viaduct is used by trains on Line A of the Rennes metro on its western deck and by a greenway on its eastern deck. The structure has a total length of 140 m. Designed by Norman Foster, it consists of two concrete decks supported by stay cables held by three steel pylons. Its unique feature is that it is only crossed by trains leaving or ente

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