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
Coordinates48°23′03.7″N 04°29′47.3″W
CarriesRue de Siam
CrossesPenfeld River
LocaleBrest, Brittany, France
Characteristics
DesignVertical-lift bridge
MaterialReinforced concrete, steel
Height70m
Longest span88 metres (289 ft)
History
Construction start1950
Construction end1954
Opened1954
Location

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

  1. 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.
  2. Today's Railways Europe No. 214, p15
  • Le pont levant de Brest, brochure edited by La Télémécanique Électrique (1954 ?)
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