Construction :
- up to 1500 staff assigned to the construction site
- 14 million cubic metres of earth transported
- 500 excavation plant (bulldozers, graders, dumper trucks, etc.)
- 100 000 m3 concrete for all civil engineering structures
- 630 000 tonnes de untreated gravel - sand mixture
- 1 500 000 tonnes of asphalt products
The main steps of the construction:
Consultations
Archaeological excavation of the Palaeolithic site of Calleville (Eure Department)
Search for Hermit Beetles
Ground breaking on 30th June 2003
Excavation of the route (summer 2003)
Diggers and Dumper Trucks
Scrappers and Bulldozers in action
Construction of the viaduct piers
"Launching" of the viaduct structural steel deck supports
Sliding into place of Overhead Railway Bridge at Nonant le Pin
Asphalt laying
Toll Barriers
Installation of safety equipment and carriageway markings
Inauguration and opening of the motorway