Garabit viaduct
The Garabit viaduct is a railway arch bridge spanning the Truyère, near Ruynes-en-Margeride, Cantal, France, in the mountainous Massif Central region. The bridge was constructed between 1882 and 1884 by Gustave Eiffel, with structural engineering by Maurice Koechlin, and was opened in 1885.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: railway bridge in France
- Also known as: “Garabit Viaduct”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre d’Anglards-de-Saint-Flour and Château de Pompignac.
Église Saint-Pierre d’Anglards-de-Saint-Flour
Church
Château de Pompignac
Castle
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faverolles and Saint-Marc.
Faverolles
Village
Saint-Marc
Village
Saint-Marc is a former commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Val-d'Arcomie. Saint-Marc is situated 8 km south of Garabit viaduct.
Saint-Flour
Town
Saint-Flour is a commune in the south-central French department of Cantal, approximately 100 km south of Clermont-Ferrand. Its inhabitants are called Sanflorains. Saint-Flour is situated 9 km northwest of Garabit viaduct.
Garabit viaduct
- Categories: railway bridge, viaduct, bridge, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Ruynes-en-Margeride, Arrondissement of Saint-Flour, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.97457° or 44° 58′ 28″ north
Longitude
3.17749° or 3° 10′ 39″ east
Elevation
850 metres (2,789 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8FP5X5FG+RX
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Garabit viaduct” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Viaduc de Garabit”
- Armenian: “Գարաբի Վիադուկ”
- Catalan: “viaducte de Garabit”
- Catalan: “Viaducte de Garabit”
- Chinese: “加拉比特高架桥”
- Chinese: “加拉比特高架橋”
- Chinese: “加拉比高架桥”
- Chinese: “加拉比高架橋”
- Czech: “Garabit viaduct”
- Czech: “Garabitský viadukt”
- Czech: “Viadukt Garabit”
- Dutch: “viaduc de Garabit”
- Dutch: “Viaduc de Garabit”
- French: “Garabit”
- French: “Pont viaduc de Garabit”
- French: “viaduc de Garabit”
- French: “Viaduc de Garabit”
- German: “Garabit-Viadukt”
- German: “Viaduc de Garabit”
- Hebrew: “ויאדוקט גראבי”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Garabit”
- Irish: “tarbhealach Garabit”
- Italian: “Garabit”
- Italian: “Ponte Garabit”
- Italian: “viadotto di Garabit”
- Italian: “Viadotto di Garabit”
- Italian: “Viadotto Garabit”
- Italian: “Viaduc de Garabit”
- Japanese: “ガラビ橋”
- Korean: “가라비 고가교”
- Korean: “가라비교”
- Latvian: “Garabī viadukts”
- Luxembourgish: “Viaduc vu Garabit”
- Malay: “Jambatan Garabit”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Garabitviadukten”
- Norwegian: “Garabitviadukten”
- Polish: “Wiadukt Garabit”
- Russian: “Виадук Гараби”
- Russian: “Виадук де Гараби”
- Russian: “Гараби”
- Slovenian: “Gabarit”
- Slovenian: “viaduc de Garabit”
- Slovenian: “viadukt Gabarit”
- Spanish: “Viaducto de Garabit”
- Swedish: “Garabit-viadukten”
- Swedish: “Garabit”
- Swedish: “Garabitbron”
- Swedish: “Garabitviadukten”
- Swedish: “Viaduc de Garabit”
- Tamil: “கராபி பாதைப்பாலம்”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Garabit”
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