Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge
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Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge is a transporter bridge
built between 1898 and 1900 . It is located in Rochefort
, Charente-Maritime
, Poitou-Charente, France
. Crossing the Charente River
, it has a maximum height of 66.5 meters and a total length of 175.5 meters. It is a technical invention accomplished by a french engineer : Ferdinand Arnodin
. It was abandoned in 1967 in favour of a vertical lift bridge
, which has since been demolished. However, it was refurbished by 1994 and is now a historical monument (1976). Crossing on foot or a bicycle is still possible today from April to the end of October.
Transporter bridge
A transporter bridge is a type of movable bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. The gondola is slung from a tall span by wires or a metal frame. The design has been used to cross navigable rivers or other bodies of water, where there is a requirement for ship traffic to be...
built between 1898 and 1900 . It is located in Rochefort
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
Rochefort is a commune in southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary. It is a sub-prefecture of the Charente-Maritime department.-History:...
, Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River.- History :Previously a part of Saintonge, Charente-Inférieure was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
, Poitou-Charente, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Crossing the Charente River
Charente River
The Charente is a 381 km long river in southwestern France.Its source is in the Haute-Vienne département at Chéronnac, a small village near Rochechouart. It flows through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime...
, it has a maximum height of 66.5 meters and a total length of 175.5 meters. It is a technical invention accomplished by a french engineer : Ferdinand Arnodin
Ferdinand Arnodin
Ferdinand Joseph Arnodin was a French engineer and industrialist born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône and deceased in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire in Loiret. Specialising in cableway transporters, he is regarded as the inventor of the transporter bridge, having been the first to patent the idea in 1887...
. It was abandoned in 1967 in favour of a vertical lift bridge
Lift bridge
A vertical-lift bridge or lift bridge is a type of movable bridge in which a span rises vertically while remaining parallel with the deck....
, which has since been demolished. However, it was refurbished by 1994 and is now a historical monument (1976). Crossing on foot or a bicycle is still possible today from April to the end of October.
External links
- Official Website of Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge
- http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000109