Paul-Joseph Bodin

Paul-Joseph Bodin (September 20, 1847, Saumur – February 16, 1926, Paris) was a French engineer. He is credited, among other things, with the construction of the Viaur Viaduct near Aveyron in Southern France in 1902.

Biography The son of architect and archaeologist , he graduated from Centrale in 1871.

Having become chief engineer of the SCB, Jules Goüin appointed him to the board of directors and the management committee.

He was president of the Société des ingénieurs civils de France in 1903, of the general Congress of civil engineering, and of the École Spéciale d'Architecture, a member of the Superior Council of Public Works, the Council of the Syndicate Chamber of Metal Construction of France, and numerous other commissions.

He is buried in the Planques cemetery in Albi.

Honours

Officer of the Legion of Honour Officer of the Academy Knight of the Order of Christ (Portugal)

He also received the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 as a collaborator of the Société de construction des Batignolles, especially for the Viaur Viaduct project, and the Montyon Prize (scientific category) in 1903 for his conception of "balanced arches."

Tribute

In 1932, Paul-Bodin Street in the 17th arrondissement of Paris was named in his honour.

A boulevard in Albi also bears his name.

The village of Tanus named its main road (formerly RN 88) Avenue Paul-Bodin.

Selected works

Viaur Viaduct (1902) Trinity Bridge (1897) Pont-Aven Footbridge (1907) Faux Namti Bridge (1907) Asopos Viaduct (1908)