Pont de Recouvrance, Brest, France
N 48° 23.057 W 004° 29.773
30U E 389221 N 5360094
The Pont de Recouvrance is a vertical-lift bridge in Brest, France, across the river Penfeld.
Waymark Code: WMPCH3
Location: Bretagne, France
Date Posted: 08/09/2015
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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 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.
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