48°23′04″N 4°29′48″W / 48.384381°N 4.496541°W
Pont de Recouvrance | |
|---|---|
 The Pont de Recouvrance and the Penfeld | |
| Coordinates | 48°23′03.7″N 04°29′47.3″W / 48.384361°N 4.496472°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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The Pont de Recouvrance (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də ʁəkuvʁɑ̃s]) is a vertical-lift bridge in Brest, France, across the river Penfeld. Opened on 17 July 1954, it was the largest[clarification needed] vertical-lift bridge in Europe[citation needed] 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.
Each pylon is 70m high, and the 525-tonne lift span is 88m long.
Trolley bus
editThe bridge was crossed by trolleybuses from its opening in 1954 until the closure of the Brest trolleybus system, in 1970.[1]
Trams
editThe 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
edit- ^ 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
Sources
edit- Le pont levant de Brest, brochure edited by La Télémécanique Électrique (1954 ?)
External links
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Media related to Pont de Recouvrance at Wikimedia Commons- Structurae
