THE REYNIER-VERLAINE VIADUCT

In order to ensure service to the urban development zone, and to improve traffic conditions in the Southern part of the town, the key plan of the Urban Group of the town of GRENOBLE made by Henry BERNARD, included the building of a new East-West road, using part of the expropriations of the roads Louise MICHEL, Albert REYNIER and Paul VERLAINE, and linking the motorway B 48 (right bank of the river Drac) to the new Southern centre of the town.

The town of GRENOBLE decided in 1965 to build this road which was so important for serving the Olympic Village and the Coach station. After preliminary studies, it was decided to give the new road two single direction lanes, each with three tracks, separated by a central earth platform.

GRENOBLE-VEYNES and GRENOBLE-MONTMELIAN

Crossing over the R.N. 75 (cours de la Liberation) and the railway lines S.N.C.F. GRENOBLE-VEYNES and GRENOBLE-MONTMELIAN, the new artery is continued by a construction in a straight line 540 m long which includes:

— two approach slopes 107 m long to the West and 118,40 m to the East;
— a viaduct 102 m long crossing to the West, the cours de la Liberation and its side lanes;
— a viaduct 112,625 m long crossing to the East the railway lines and the rue Général Mangin;
— between the two viaducts a platform between the retaining walls, flanked by two slopes linking the R.N. 75 to the Eastern side of the new road.

There are, besides the liaisons with the R.N. 75, two intersections permitting exchanges with the roads BEAUMARCHAIS, Louise MICHEL, and AMPÈRE. Two underground passages for pedestrians were planned in the South part, near a densely populated zone (Paul MISTRAL district) the stadium and the BACHELARD park.

The work was begun in July 1966 and was completed in December 1967. The total cost was 11 million Francs.