Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.
Freyssinet in the uniform of the École Polytechnique
The Pierre Pflimlin Bridge is a 957-metre long motorway cantilever bridge over the river Rhine, with a main span measuring 205 metres. It connects Germany and France, at Kehl and Strasbourg. It is nam
The bridge seen from the north.
The bridge being built over the Rhine south of Strasbourg.
One of the piers, a caisson floated to the site and anchored with deep foundation piles.