Longitudinal girders for the new crossing of the River Rhone are being pushed out today towards the final river pier. The launch will take the deck support structure to the fourth pier of the five span crossing, close to the western bank. Steel box girder sections are assembled at the eastern side and pushed out over the reinforced concrete piers. The structure will be 525m long, with three central spans of 125m flanked by outer spans of 75m. It will provide a connection between two key roads, the RN7 and the RN86. Contractors for the US$46 million scheme are Eiffage Traveaux Publiques and Victor Buyck Steel (Bd&e no 31).