The Saint-Jean Bridge is located in Bordeaux, France. Opened in 1965, it was built to release Pierre Bridge. Like most prestressed concrete bridges built at that time when thermo-mechanical behaviours were not taken into account, it is not sufficiently prestressed. To determine whether prestress reinforcement works have to be carried out or not and to validate calculations, Bordeaux Urban Community ordered experimental investigations including SHM.

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