France - Pont de Normandie 諾曼地大橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1995-01-20
  
 

Stamp Issue : 2009-04-25 

Normandie Bridge (Pont de Normandie) is a cable-stayed road bridge that spanning the River Seine linking Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, northern France. Its total length is 2,143.21 meters (856 meters between the 2 piers).
The bridge was designed by Michel Virlogeux began in 1988 and lasted 7 years. The bridge opened on January 20, 1995. At that time the bridge was both the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, and had the record for the longest distance between piers for any cable-stayed bridge. The cable-stayed design was chosen because it was both cheaper and more resistant to high winds than a suspension bridge.

諾曼地大橋是一座公路斜張橋，橫跨塞納河連結法國北部諾曼地的勒阿弗爾及翁弗勒爾，橋梁總長2,143.21公尺（兩橋墩間856公尺）。
這座橋由米歇爾維洛熱設計始於1988年，歷經7年於1995年1月20日落成揭幕，在當時是世界最長的斜張橋，創下以往任何斜張橋中跨距最長的紀錄。之所以選擇斜張橋設計，因為它比吊橋既經濟又更耐高空風速。