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Tancarville Bridge

Tancarville Bridge

Bridge in Tancarville and Marais-Vernier, France

The Tancarville Bridge (Pont de Tancarville in French) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville (Seine-Maritime) and Marais-Vernier (Eure), near Le Havre.

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The bridge was completed in 1959 at a cost of 9 billion francs. In the 1990s it was realized that the cables had corroded and the shoulders were crumbling. Between 1996 and 1999, both the cables and shoulders were replaced.

A brand of clothes horse introduced in 1960 was named Tancarville for its resemblance to the new bridge; in France, especially the northwest, the name has become a genericised trademark for "clothes horse".[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    • Tassel, Victor (21 January 2019). "Le «Tancarville» fait son grand retour". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
    • Avanzi, Mathieu [@MathieuAvanzi] (February 23, 2022). "Rappel 👇 #tancarville" (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
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