Pont de Vieille-Brioude

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

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