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“Little Celeste” crane at work on Operation Chagall
Construction on the Chartres Bridge in Essone, near Paris. This work was done by by Colas Rail on behalf of the RATP. (Photo: François Bouriaud/ Colas Rail) Colas Rail
SNCF Reseau and RATP are renewing two bridges in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. The aim of this 116 million euro project, nicknamed operation ‘Chagall’, which started in 2020, is to improve the performance of RER lines B and C. This large-scale project will require the use of a crane twice the size of the Arc de Triomphe.
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