Plougastel Bridge
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The Plougastel Bridge, or Albert-Louppe Bridge, is a bridge over the river Élorn near Brest, France, connecting Plougastel-Daoulas and Le Relecq-Kerhuon.
Pont albert louppe
Eugène Freyssinet
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Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.
Plougastel Bridge
…have a total length of around 888m. The three major spans are 188 m but sometimes said to be 186 m. The engineer who constructed the bridge was named Eugène Freyssinet, and the president of the committee managing the project was Albert Louppe, an explosives engineer who pursued a parallel career in politics, becoming…
Freyssinet in the uniform of the École Polytechnique