The Pont de Recouvrance () is a

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, France, across the river

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. Opened on 17 July 1954, it was the largest vertical-lift bridge in Europe until the opening of the Rouen

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in 2008. It links the bottom of the rue de Siam to the quartier de Recouvrance, replacing a

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(the pont National) destroyed by Allied bombardment in 1944. Each pylon is 70m high, and the 525-tonne lift span is 88m long.

Trolley bus

The bridge was crossed by

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es from its opening in 1954 until the closure of the Brest trolleybus system, in 1970.Haseldine, Peter (July–August 2010). "Two French closures" (40th anniversaries of). ''Trolleybus Magazine'' issue 292, pp. 74–75. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.

Trams

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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No. 214, p15

References

Sources

*''Le pont levant de Brest'', brochure edited by La Télémécanique Électrique (1954 ?)

External links

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