Pont de Recouvrance
The Pont de Recouvrance is a vertical-lift bridge in Brest, France, across the river Penfeld. Opened on 17 July 1954, it was the largest vertical-lift bridge in Europe until the opening of the Rouen Pont Gustave-Flaubert in 2008. It links the bottom of the rue de Siam to the quartier de Recouvrance, replacing a swing bridge (the pont National) destroyed by Allied bombardment in 1944.
Pont de Recouvrance | |
|---|---|
 The Pont de Recouvrance and the Penfeld | |
| Coordinates | 48°23′03.7″N 04°29′47.3″W |
| Carries | Rue de Siam |
| Crosses | Penfeld River |
| Locale | Brest, Brittany, France |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Vertical-lift bridge |
| Material | Reinforced concrete, steel |
| Height | 70m |
| Longest span | 88 metres (289 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1950 |
| Construction end | 1954 |
| Opened | 1954 |
| Location | |
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Each pylon is 70m high, and the 525-tonne lift span is 88m long.
Trolley bus
The bridge was crossed by trolleybuses from its opening in 1954 until the closure of the Brest trolleybus system, in 1970.[1]
Trams
The lift span was renovated in 2011 to allow the new tram line to cross the bridge. The tram line opened by July 2012.[2]
References
- Haseldine, Peter (July–August 2010). "Two French closures" (40th anniversaries of). Trolleybus Magazine issue 292, pp. 74–75. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- Today's Railways Europe No. 214, p15
- Le pont levant de Brest, brochure edited by La Télémécanique Électrique (1954 ?)
External links
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