Pont de Recouvrance
| Pont de Recouvrance | |
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The Pont de Recouvrance and the Penfeld
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| 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 begin | 1950 |
| Construction end | 1954 |
| Opened | 1954 |
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Coordinates: 48°23′04″N 4°29′48″W / 48.384381°N 4.496541°W
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.
Each pylon is 70m high, and the 525-tonne lift span is 88m long.
The bridge was crossed by trolleybuses from its opening in 1954 until the closure of the Brest trolleybus system, in 1970.
The lift span was renovated in 2011 to allow the new tram line to cross the bridge. The tram line opened by July 2012.
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