Pont de l'Iroise

The Pont de l'Iroise (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də liʁwaz], literally Bridge of the Iroise) is a cable-stayed bridge in Finistère, Brittany, France, which spans the Élorn river where it enters the roadstead of Brest. It carries route nationale 165, the road between Brest and Quimper, and connects Le Relecq-Kerhuon to the north with Plougastel-Daoulas to the south. The bridge is named after the Iroise Sea, into which the roadstead of Brest opens.

Pont de l'Iroise
The Pont de l'Iroise, seen from the Plougastel end of the pont Albert-Louppe looking north-east and upriver
Coordinates	48°23′15″N 04°23′52″W
Carries	N165 road
Crosses	Élorn
Locale	Finistère
Owner	Finistère DDE (Direction Départementale de l'Equipement), Ministry of Public Works
Maintained by	Finistère DDE
Preceded by	pont Albert-Louppe
Characteristics
Design	cable-stayed
Material	Reinforced concrete, steel
Total length	800.05 metres (2,624 ft 10 in)
Width	23.1 metres (75 ft 9 in)
Height	113 metres (370 ft 9 in)
Longest span	400 metres (1,312 ft 4 in)
No. of spans	7
Piers in water	2
Clearance below	26.5 metres (86 ft 11 in)
History
Architect	René Le Friant, René Terzian
Designer	Michel Placidi
Engineering design by	Alain Chauvin; Service d'Etudes Techniques des Routes et Autoroute, SOGELERG
Constructed by	Demathieu et Bard; Groupe Razel; Pico
Construction start	1991
Construction end	1994
Construction cost	264 million Francs
Location

See also

• List of bridges in France

References

• "Pont de l'Iroise sur la rade de Brest" (PDF) (in French). Setec. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Iroise Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
• Pont de l'Iroise (1994), Sétra 2007