Viaur Viaduct
The Viaur Viaduct near Aveyron, was the first large steel bridge built in France. The 220m arch bridge was completed in 1902 under the direction of Paul-Joseph Bodin, a French engineer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway
- Description: listed monument in France
- Also known as: “Viaduc du Viaur”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Notre-Dame de Roucayrol and Saint Martianne church in Tanus.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Roucayrol
Church
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Chapelle Notre-Dame de Roucayrol is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Viaur Viaduct.
Saint Martianne church in Tanus
Church
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Saint Martianne church in Tanus is situated 2½ km southwest of Viaur Viaduct.
Église Saint-Just de Saint-Just-sur-Viaur
Church
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Église Saint-Just de Saint-Just-sur-Viaur is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Viaur Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tanus and Centrès.
Tanus
Village
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Tanus is a commune in the Tarn department, Occitanie region of southern France. Tanus is situated 2½ km southwest of Viaur Viaduct.
Centrès
Village
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Centrès is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Centrès is situated 8 km northeast of Viaur Viaduct.
Naucelle
Village
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Naucelle is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Naucelle station has rail connections to Toulouse, Albi and Rodez. Naucelle is situated 8 km north of Viaur Viaduct.
Viaur Viaduct
- Categories: railway bridge, truss bridge, viaduct, and transportation
- Location: Tauriac-de-Naucelle, Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Viaur Viaduct” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Viaducte del Viaur (Tauriac de Naucèla i Tanús)”
- Catalan: “Viaducte del Viaur”
- Chinese: “维欧尔河高架桥”
- Chinese: “维约尔高架桥”
- Dutch: “Viaur Viaduct”
- Finnish: “Viaurin viadukti”
- French: “viaduc du Viaur”
- French: “Viaduc du Viaur”
- German: “Viaduc du Viaur”
- German: “Viaur-Viadukt”
- Italian: “viadotto del Viaur”
- Japanese: “ヴィオール橋”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Viaducte de Viaur”
- Russian: “Виадук Вьор”
- Spanish: “Viaducto del Viaur”
Localities in the Area
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