The Île de Ré bridge is located in the French departement of Charente-Maritime, on the western coast of
France
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, and
connects the mainland (
La Rochelle
La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...
) to the
Île de Ré
Île de Ré (; variously spelled Rhé or Rhéa; Poitevin dialect, Poitevin: ''ile de Rét''; , ) is an island off the Atlantic coast of France near La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, on the northern side of the Pertuis d'Antioche strait.
Its high ...
via a 2,926.5-meter-long curve, culminating at 42 meters above sea level. Built by
Bouygues
Bouygues S.A. () is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Bouygues is listed on the Euronext, Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip (stock market), blue chip in the ...
and financed by the
Charente-Maritime
Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...
, the bridge was opened to traffic on May 19, 1988.
It is the second longest bridge in France, behind the
Saint-Nazaire Bridge (1975) and ahead of the
Ile d'Oléron Bridge.
Toll bridges in France
La Rochelle
Box girder bridges in France
Île de Ré
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