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Structure-ID: s0002932
Created on: 02/09/02
Modified on: 09/27/07


Pont de Recouvrance

Built: 1950 - 1954
Status: in use
Location: Brest, Finistère (29), Bretagne, France
Crosses: Penfeld River
Pont de Recouvrance
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Structural Type:
Vertical lift bridge
deck truss
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Replaces: Pont National (1861)

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Construction Arsenal de Brest
  Fives-Lille
  Sainrapt et Brice

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
pylons  reinforced concrete
truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 87.50 m
  clearance 22.50 - 48.50 m
pylon   pylon height 70 m

Chronology
1994
First prize in the national lighting contest for monuments.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkHistoire de Brest: Die Nationalbrücke German
External LinkHistoire de Brest: Le Pont National French
External LinkHistoire de Brest: The National Bridge English
External Linkphotoenligne: Pont de Recouvrance French
External LinkWikipédia: Pont de Recouvrance French

Relevant Literature
* Grattesat, Guy   Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 252-253.
* Le Port, R.   La construction du pont levant de Brest, in "Travaux", January 1955, n. 243 .
* Montens, Serge   Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 94, 96.
* Robinson, J.-R.   Le projet du nouveau pont mobile de Brest, in "Travaux", April 1951, n. 198 .

 
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