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September 6th, 2012, 09:44 PM
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September 7th, 2012, 07:24 PM
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I just wanted to post some nice bridges and didn't want to create a polemic... Soon you will see bridge in Alsace which was not a part of France 100 years ago (whereas French Guyana was). Geography and politics are too complicated for me...
So let's get back to bridges and with a bridge in Paris, I'm sure that this one at least is in France. The more recent bridge of Paris is the Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir. It is a Lenticular (lens shaped) structure with rotational anchorages in the supports (thx wikipedia for the sentence, I would have been unable to say that). It is used only by pedestrians. localisation: geoportail google map  MOSSOT image hosted on flickr  JUIL2010-Paris Passerelle Simone De Beauvoir (5) by escalepade, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir by tofz4u, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir by RSC67, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir by furoshiki91, on Flickr |
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September 8th, 2012, 09:27 AM
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Another great road/metro bridge in Paris is the Bir-Hakeim bridge. More exactly it is a road bridge with over it, the metro viaduct (which is called the Passy viaduct). Great looking bridge, and great view from it.
localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  Paris en automne - Viaduc de Passy. by Olivier CABARET, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc de Passy by THEfunkyman, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Bir Hakeim by larken81, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Bir-Hakeim: Paris September 2010 v6 by Barmy Bee, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Bir Hakeim, Paris by 0.02€, on Flickr |
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September 8th, 2012, 09:30 AM
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 Paris: Pont de Bir Hakeim - Central Arch of the viaduct by wallyg, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Bir-Hakeim by So Cal Metro, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Bir Hakeim by lewishamdreamer, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Bir-Hakeim by mchugoz, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Shadow Self by night86mare, on Flickr |
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September 9th, 2012, 11:39 AM
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After Paris, let's go to the south with the provence alpes côtes d'Azur region and first the Pont suspendu de Mallemort.
Not much to say about this wood suspension bridge. It was built in 1848 and was wash away or damaged numerous time due to flood (the Durance river is well known for its floods). localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  un pont à Mallemort by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr  Véronique PAGNIER image hosted on flickr  Vieux pont de Mallemort by 12c4, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Force majeure ... by P-A, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Detail ancien pont suspendu de Mallemort by hudsson, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le vieux pont de Mallemort / The old bridge of Mallemort by Laurent VALENCIA, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le vieux pont suspendu de Mallemort (1848) by Laurent VALENCIA, on Flickr |
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September 10th, 2012, 01:22 PM
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You like rail T interchanges? You like sloping bridges? You will love the tgv viaducts of Avignon. Just after the new tgv station, the tracks elevate themselves and cross the Rhone river (the bridges are 20m hight on one side, 50m on the other). You have one branch which goes to Paris and the other to Montpellier (and then to Spain).
Oh, I forget to say that the viaducts are curvy... localisation: geoportail google map  le13 - Sous le viaduc TGV  Michaël_Terzo - TGV railroad  loula290 - Le double pont du TGV à Avignon Courtine image hosted on flickr  Copie de sector278729265 by G@tumel Michel, on Flickr |
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September 11th, 2012, 12:29 PM
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Today an (almost) unknown bridge: the Cai viaduct over the Bévéra river on the Trende train line. Look at this central arch perpendicular to the bridge.
The design of this bridge is by Paul Séjourné (You will see more bridge by him in this thread). They did it that way because it cross a valley with a really acute angle. localisation: geoportail google map  http://www.cote.azur.fr  Le Viaduc de la Bevera sur la diramation Breil-sur-Roya - Nice de la ligne ferroviaire de Tende, Alpes Maritimes. Ouvrage de l'ingénieur Paul Séjourné. --- Eigenes Foto von Juni 2006 |
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September 12th, 2012, 09:04 AM
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The canal de Marseille was built in the mid 19th century to bring water from the Durance river to Marseille. For long it was the almost only source of water for Marseille. It needed the construction of many tunnels and bridges, the most famous one is the Aqueduct de Roquefavour.
This bridge reminds me of the pont du gard. localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  aqueduc de Roquefavour, Ventabren by Xavier de Jauréguiberry, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  l'aqueduc de Roquefavour by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  l'aqueduc Roquefavour Ã* Ventabren by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr  Fr.Latreille image hosted on flickr  l'aqueduc de Roquefavour by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr |
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September 12th, 2012, 09:05 AM
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 Aqueduc de Roquefavour by Patchok34, on Flickr  Fr.Latreille image hosted on flickr  L'aqueduc de Roquefavour by petrst, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  L'aqueduc de Roquefavour by petrst, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  aqueduc de Roquefavour, Ventabren by Xavier de Jauréguiberry, on Flickr |
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September 13th, 2012, 03:35 PM
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I want to show you now the Mirabeau's bridge or bridges as I should say.
There was a bridge crossing the Durance river at this place since the 15th century but it was wash away several time by the flood. The Mirabeau bridges is famous for its two successive suspension bridges : the first one was built in 1845 but was destroyed during the first world war. The present bridge was opened in 1888. Too bad they did not keep the old ones. localisation: geoportail google map The two old bridges:  The piers of the oldest bridge: image hosted on flickr  le Pont de Mirabeau by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  le Pont de Mirabeau by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr The second bridge:  Georges Reverdy  http://www.paca.culture.gouv.fr/  http://www.paca.culture.gouv.fr/ Detail of the sculptur that used to be on the piers:  http://www.paca.culture.gouv.fr/ And now the new bridge: image hosted on flickr  le Pont de Mirabeau by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le pont de Mirabeau by JaHoVil, on Flickr |
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September 14th, 2012, 06:54 PM
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The pont de caronte is a railway bridge over the canal de Caronte which link the Étang de Berre (a lagoon) to the Mediterranean sea. The central part of this truss bridge can swing to let pass boats.
It was destroyed during the 2nd world war but reconstructed after. localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  le pont de Caronte by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont tournant de Caronte, HDR by JL-CA, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  le pont de Caronte by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr  Peiom image hosted on flickr  Pont tournant de Caronte by PhilippeF, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  le pont de Caronte by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  le pont de Caronte by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  le pont de Caronte by Dominique Pipet, on Flickr |
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September 15th, 2012, 09:26 AM
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To finish this week in the south, one of the bridge I like the most: the viaduct of Chanteloube. Drown by the construction of the Serre-Ponçon dam, you can still see its beginning. And of course, when the level of the water decreases, the whole bridge appears...
This viaduc was on a never finished rail line (the construction was stopped in 1935 when France closed most of its local lines). localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  Viaduc immergé de Chanteloube by tigrus26, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc de la baie de Chanteloube by Cactus velouté..., on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc de Chanteloube by pscl57, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc immergé de Chanteloube by tigrus26, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Chanteloube by pscl57, on Flickr |
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September 15th, 2012, 09:27 AM
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September 16th, 2012, 10:18 AM
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This week, let's go the Normandy. Actually there is two regions lower and upper normandy but I take them together.
First a very important historical bridge. Pegasus Bridge is the codename of the former Bénouville bridge. It is famous for Operation Deadstick: the capture of this bridge (and the next one) by a glider borne unit during WW2. The pegasus bridge was put in a museum in 1994. The old bridge and the one that replaced it in 1994 are good example of bascule bridges. More exactly of a subtype of bascule bridge: William Scherzer's system. localisation: geoportail google map Old bridge: image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by ★ SimonPix, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by fact244, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by Ajandurah, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by fact244, on Flickr New bridge: image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by Speckler, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by sylvain-h, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge by Ajandurah, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge 24 by alaindevisme, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pegasus Bridge 25 by alaindevisme, on Flickr  Yummifruitbat |
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September 16th, 2012, 10:29 AM
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 Superb thread.
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September 17th, 2012, 09:21 PM
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The pont de Norandie (Normandy's bridge) is a cable stayed bridge at the mouth of the Seine river. It connect the city of Le Havre with the city of Honfleur. It took 7 years to finished and it opened in 1995. At that time the bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world. localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  Pont de Normandie by ApoJapo1, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le pont de Normandie. by Laureos, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Normandie by elPadawan, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Normandie by Filip M.A., on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Pont de Normandie France by WorldPixels, on Flickr |
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September 17th, 2012, 09:25 PM
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 Le pont de Normandie 11 by sylviedjinn 14, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  PONT DE NORMANDIE by YET71, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Le pont de Normandie 14 by sylviedjinn 14, on Flickr  Bruno Corpet  http://www.survoldefrance.fr Bonus: pont de Nomandie (?) over the grand canal. Just north of the Seine river, you have a cannal and thus this bridge. I do believe that it has the same name but I'm not sure. help! image hosted on flickr  Pont de Normandie au dessus du grand canal du Havre by Vincenzo Pacchiarotti, on Flickr |
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September 18th, 2012, 07:12 AM
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The Souleuvre's viaduct is a well known spot for Bungee jumping. It was once a rail bridge on the Caen-Vire line, a one track line, that was exploited between 1890 and 1960 (passenger services stopped in 1938). The Viaduct was built by Gustave Eiffel.
For safety reasons, the platform was dynamited in 1970. In 1990 they constructed a permanent platform for bungee jumping on one of the pillar. localisation: geoportail google map  Henri LECLERC image hosted on flickr  20 ans du Viaduc de la souleuvre by Florian Giffard, on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc De La Souleuvre by JoshHolmes., on Flickr image hosted on flickr  Viaduc de la Souleuvre by Simon Grossi, on Flickr  Vincent |
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September 19th, 2012, 01:43 AM
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Great thread.
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September 19th, 2012, 09:16 AM
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aqueduct bridge in Coutances
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The aqueduc de Coutances is an old aqueduct bridge in Coutances. I don't have much information on it. It was used from the 13th century to the 19th. Most probably it used an inverted siphon to decrease the hight of the bridge. localisation: geoportail google map image hosted on flickr  1029115 by El Bibliomata, on Flickr  Ministère de la Culture (France) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - diffusion RMN  Aqueduc romain de Coutances, collection CPA LPM 1900  © Chriusha (Хрюша) / CC-BY-SA-3.0
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