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December 10th, 2012, 09:16 AM
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Today, we are in Corsica. The idea of the Zaglia bridge dates back to the beginning of the 18th century. However they built it only in 1797. It allows Shepherds to cross the Tavulella.
localisation: geoportail google map (can't see the bridge but I'm sure the location is correct) image hosted on flickr  Spelunca pont de Zaglia 3 by rlefourbe, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  IMG_3031-1 Pont de Zaglia-Gorges de Spelunca by Véronique Mergaux, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont Zaglia (Spelunca, Ota) by Asier Sarasua, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont di Zaglia by Rachel Tapley, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  corsica pont du zaglia by E.Krull, on Flickr |
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December 10th, 2012, 09:16 AM
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 Zaglia Genoese bridge by exo-flux, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  B070911PonteDeZaglia by BicheyreJean-Paul, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  corsica pont du zaglia by E.Krull, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont di Zaglia by Rachel Tapley, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  IMG_3043-1 Pont de Zaglia by Véronique Mergaux, on Flickr |
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December 11th, 2012, 06:44 AM
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Let's go back to the Réunion Island.
The Route des Tamarins is a new expressway in La Réunion (it opened in 2009). It is exeptional by the number of great bridge on its 34km. I decided to show you the Viaduc de la Grande Ravine. It is 288m long and 170m hight. I liked how it look, almost flying over the gap. localisation: geoportail google map (still being constructed).  B.navez image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°35 : simuler la timidité by x3401, on Flickr  B.navez image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°51 : le renverser d'un souffle by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°5 : feindre l'indifférence by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°21 : prendre un air lointain by x3401, on Flickr |
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December 11th, 2012, 06:45 AM
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 Leçon n°96 : jouer à pile ou face by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°80 : l'enivrer d'une note parfumée by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°10 : poser le piège et attendre by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°81 : le tenir sous le charme by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°83 : soulever son enthousiasme by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°85 : précipiter sa chute by x3401, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Leçon n°20 : encourager ses penchants by x3401, on Flickr |
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December 12th, 2012, 06:24 AM
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Ajaccio (in Corsica) was built for a purely defensive reason. Since its birth, there was always the problem of water. In 1864-1878, the second empire built the Gravona canal to bring water to the city. Note that the water from the Gravona river is not proper for drinking but was used for domestic usage. Of the many bridges on the aqueduct, I only show you the one in Mezzavia.
localisation: geoportail google map  Didiphor  Didiphor image hosted on flickr  Aqueduc d 'acqualonga by 2apat, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  an aqueduc in corsica by apple 94, on Flickr  JACKINET - Aqueduc de Mezzavia |
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December 13th, 2012, 08:03 AM
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Today I present you the bridge (or should I said bridges) of the Saint-Étienne river near Saint Louis de la Réunion. First there was a railway bridge built around 1880. However the line can be closed in winter due to heavy rain. They added a pedestrian path alongside the bridge. The line closed in 1956 and they sold the metal of the bridge.
For other traffic, they used a submersible road that was of course closed in winter and was flood away many times. In the middle of the 20th century they built a road bridge upstream and closed the submersible road. In 1993 they used the masonry piers of the railway bridge (elevated with concrete) to built a twin of the road bridge. In 2007 the Gamède cyclone destroyed it. As you can see on googlemap or on some of the pics they built a temporary submersible road on the west of the bridge. They are now building a new bridge. The foundations of the piers of the upstream bridge (and of the old downstream bridge) go only 3m deep. However, for the new bridge the foundations are going to be 35m deep! They are doing this to avoid problems during floods. The new bridge is planed to open in April 2013 (however it will completely open in September). The new bridge will take all the car traffic of the national road (it will be a 2x2 road) while they will use the old upstream bridge for urban transportation and local traffic. localisation: geoportail google map Old railway bridge:  Aerial view after Gamède image hosted on flickr  pont de la riviere Saint-etienne by C Cyl, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le pont de la rivière Saint Etienne by severinedricot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le pont de la rivière Saint Etienne coupé by severinedricot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Gamede_les_routes_10 by Firinga.com, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Gamede_les_routes_11 by Firinga.com, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Gamede_les_routes_14 by Firinga.com, on Flickr |
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December 13th, 2012, 08:04 AM
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December 14th, 2012, 10:03 AM
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Corsica, Réunion, Corsica, réunion... quit boring. Let's go to Martinique.
The La Falaise bridge in the small city of Ajoupa-Bouillon is a french historical monument. Why did they decide that, I can't tell. It seems not to be an important bridge both architecturally or historically. It was built around 1930 or 1940 to cross the Falaise river. I don't know when or why, but it is no longer used, the road crosses the river on a new curvy bridge. I was not able to find more photos than this one. This bridge will remain a mystery for me localisation: geoportail google map  www.culture.gouv.fr |
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December 15th, 2012, 06:17 AM
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Thank you for the thread ko7. If I may, this is my contribution:
Two bridges in one  Pont de la Caille (built in 1839) and Caquot Bridge (1928):image hosted on flickr  ponts de la caille(1) par thalmann.fr, sur Flickr Here is Pont de la Caille alone, Haute-Savoie: image hosted on flickr  Pont de la Caille - Alpes Septembre 2012 par Steve Collin - [Coasterman], sur Flickr |
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December 15th, 2012, 10:46 AM
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Thanks for these bridges, Charpentier. I really like 19th century suspension bridge. If you want to post more, please don't hesitate.
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December 15th, 2012, 10:52 AM
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Today, three bridges: the Vecchio bridges. To go from Ajaccio to Bastia in Corsica, you can use either the RN193 or the small metric gauge train.
The first road bridge was built in 1827 and enlarged in 1960. However trunk traffic damaged the bridge and they built a new one in 1999. The railway bridge also called Eiffel bridge was built by the Eiffel society in 1890-1892. It is 170m long and 80m hight. localisation: geoportail google map The 3 bridges:  lavabre - Pont du Vecchio the railway bridge alone:  ouatom56 - Pont du Vecchio (Gustave Eiffel) et le Monte Cardo image hosted on flickr  Pont Eiffel sur le Vecchio (2) by Corsica Made, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont du Vecchio (Gustave Eiffel) by Steff One, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Corse - Viaduc du Vecchio 1892 by SardTrekk, on Flickr |
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December 15th, 2012, 10:53 AM
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Railway and old road bridges.
 oldsumi - Venac-Vivario Viaduct (1890-94) and Pont du Vecchio  Pierre Bona image hosted on flickr  Pont du Vecchio (Gustave Eiffel) by Steff One, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont du Vecchio (Gustave Eiffel) by Steff One, on Flickr The new road bridge:  jsenniko - Pont du Vecchio  Székely Levente - Az új völgyhíd (Eiffellel szemben) Bonus: the approaches of the railway bridge:  ebe - Le Trou  ebe - La Ruelle |
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December 16th, 2012, 02:07 PM
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 Lol three bridges, great find. I remember them, though. I've seen a TV program about trains in Corsica some months ago.Langeais Bridge, Loire Valley, built in 1937 image hosted on flickr  Pont de Langeais par guass.raiatea, sur Flickr image hosted on flickr  Langeais bridge par Pierrot Tuvache, sur Flickr |
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December 16th, 2012, 02:47 PM
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Hehe, thanks. My problem when I decided to do one week in DOM-TOM was too many bridges in the Reunion island so I included also Corsica which has some really amazing bridges.
By the way, thanks for the Langeais Bridge. So for me, this week I wanted to return in the east of France with the Franche-Comté with first the Morez viaducts. On the Andelot-en-Montagne - La Cluse rail line you have the small city of Morez. On one side of the city you are at 860m hight on the other at 730m. This leads to the construction of a loop tunnel and some viaducts. All these viaducts were built by Paul Séjourné in 1900 or 1912 depending on the section of the line. localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  (08/2008)HAUT-JURA_MOREZ by riquet69, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Les Essarts by Julien Carnot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Ligne des hirondelles by Julien Carnot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Horlogerie et viaduc by Julien Carnot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  DSC00576 by tBf39, on Flickr |
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December 16th, 2012, 02:48 PM
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 VFLI BB 421 and draisine @ Morez by Wesley van Drongelen, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Lunetterie et viaduc by Julien Carnot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  VFLI BB 421 @ Viaduc des Crottes by Wesley van Drongelen, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc des Crottes by Julien Carnot, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  TER 95505 @ Morbier by Wesley van Drongelen, on Flickr |
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December 17th, 2012, 06:29 AM
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The Pont de la Pyle was built in 1966/67 when they built the Vouglans dam. They also destroyed the old bridge because it would have been under the water.
localisation: geoportail google map Very old bridge: image hosted on flickr  Le pont de la Pyle en 1827 by ASPHOR, on Flickr the "old bridge": image hosted on flickr  Pont de la Pyle avant la mise en eau du barrage de Vouglans by ASPHOR, on Flickr Construction of the new bridge: image hosted on flickr  Construction du pont de la Pyle (Jura) by ASPHOR, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Construction du pont de la Pyle (Jura) by ASPHOR, on Flickr Old and new bridges: image hosted on flickr  Les 2 ponts de la pyle by ASPHOR, on Flickr |
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December 17th, 2012, 06:29 AM
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Pont de la Pyle now:
image hosted on flickr  Vue aérienne du lac de Vouglans et du pont de la Pyle by Pays "Lacs et Petite Montagne", on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le pont de la Pyle noyée dans la brume by ASPHOR, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de la Pyle après sa construction by ASPHOR, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  pont de la pyle lors de la secheresse de 2005 by François Bonneville, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de la Pyle by Skinnyde, on Flickr |
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December 19th, 2012, 06:16 AM
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As you can check, each week you had either an aqueduct bridge or a canal bridge but it was a bit hard to find a "water bridge" in Franche-Comté. I don't know any aqueduct that needed a bridge, even though there are/were some nice aqueduct in this region. So I decided to show you this canal bridge in Bermont because of the history of the canal.
After the loss of Alsace-Lorraine in 1870, the french decided to do some work to connect the Vosges. In particular they decided to construct the upper-Saône canal. Only one third of it is finished (after the victory in 1918 and the return of Alsace-Lorraine, it was no longer needed). On the 23km of the canal you have 2 tunnels (2km in total), 14 locks and 9 canal-bridges (included this one). localisation: geoportail google map  www.binnenvaartinbeeld.com - Canal de la Haute Saone  © Chriusha (Хрюша) / CC-BY-SA-3.0 Bonus: they also built a nice lake to have enough water. Impressive dam! 
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December 19th, 2012, 09:49 AM
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Beautiful work again. Thanks for the infos
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