The Paris metro line 2 viaduct is a railway viaduct in Paris (France). This almost 2 kilometer long engineering structure supports line 2 of the Paris metro at the boundary of the 9th, 10th, 18th and 19th arrondissements. The Barbès – Rochechouart, La Chapelle, Stalingrad and Jaurès stations have air stops there.
The viaduct successively occupies the central reservation of the boulevards of Rochechouart, de la Chapelle and de la Villette, including the crossing of the railway rights-of-way of the Gare du Nord and the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad, between the Barbès station – Rochechouart and Place du Colonel-Fabien before which the line becomes underground again.
The viaduct, designed by Jean Camille Formigé, was installed in 1902-1903.
The work is made up of a metal structure supported on pillars which support the deck on which the metro tracks rest. At each station, the pillars are decorated with garlands and cornucopias and are stamped with the arms of the City of Paris or the terrestrial globe.
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