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Pont de Vieille-Brioude

Pont de Vieille-Brioude

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Pont de Vieille-Brioude (Vieille-Brioude Bridge) is located in France, crossing the river Allier. It is a masonry arch bridge with a span of 45 metres (148 ft) that was built in 1832.[1]

The third and present bridge

The predecessor of this bridge on the same site was probably built in 1479 and had a span of 54 metres (177 ft), making it the longest existing arch span for some three hundred years.[2] The bridge was ordered by local resident Lady de Dombes and built by Grenier and Estone similar to how Pont Grand (Tournon-sur-Rhône) was later built.[3] The completion of the bridge was delayed for years because of some controversy. The bridge was too narrow,[4] and its approaches were too steep to be used by carts. It collapsed on March 27, 1822, at 6 am.

Before any stone bridge had been built on this site, there was a wooden bridge.

See also

Other very large medieval bridges

Notes

  1. [1]
    Structurae [en]: Vieille-Brioude Bridge (1832)
  2. [2]
    Structurae [en]: Vieille-Brioude Bridge ( 15th century )
  3. [3]
    Cresy, Edward (1847). An Encyclopædia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical and Practical. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. pp. 253. vieille brioude bridge.
  4. [4]
    Gostling, Frances Marion. Auvergne and Its People. Elibron Classics. p. 159. ISBN 1-4021-5315-5.

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