Gien viaduct

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The Gien viaduct is a railway bridge crossing the Loire at Gien in the Loiret and the Centre-Val de Loire region. It was part of the Gien - Argent railway line of which today only the Gien - Poilly-lez-Gien section is still in service, for the transport of goods. With a total length of 1,832,20 meters, it is in fact made up of three structures: a masonry viaduct on the left bank with an opening of 1,198,20 meters, a truss bridge crossing the Loire with a length of 361 meters, and a masonry viaduct on the right bank with an opening of 273 meters. At the time of its construction, this structure was one of the three longest structures in the world.

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