Louis-Jean Résal

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French bridge engineer

Places

France

was

Engineer Civil engineer

Work field

Engineering

Gender

Male

Birth

22 October 1854 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Besançon

Star sign

Libra People who share this birthday

Death

14 November 1919 People who died on this day

Place of death

Paris

Age

65 years

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Biography

Jean Résal was a chief engineer of bridges. He was born October 22, 1854 in Besançon, who died in 1919. He is regarded as the greatest designer of metal bridges in the late nineteenth century.
Professor of mechanical engineering at the École polytechnique, he is the designer of several metal bridges in France:
Nantes Résal Bridge (rail), destroyed during the Second World War, rebuilt in concrete
Road bridge over the Erdre (Nantes), appointed first bridge Barbin, then Pont du General de la Motte Rouge.
Mirabeau bridge in Paris (road bridge, 93 m range)
Alexandre-III Bridge (Paris) (highway bridge, 107 m range)
Bercy bridge (Paris)
Gateway Debilly (Paris)
Bridge of Notre-Dame (Paris)