Tancarville Bridge
The Tancarville Bridge (Pont de Tancarville in French) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville (Seine-Maritime) and Marais-Vernier (Eure), near Le Havre.
Tancarville Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 49°28′20″N 0°27′53″E |
Crosses | Seine River |
Locale | Tancarville and Marais-Vernier, France |
Official name | Pont de Tancarville |
Characteristics | |
Design | Suspension bridge |
Total length | 1,420 metres (4,660 ft) |
Width | 12.5 metres (41 ft) |
Longest span | 608 metres (1,995 ft) |
Clearance below | 50.85 metres (166.8 ft) |
History | |
Opened | 1959 |
Statistics | |
Toll | €2.60–€6.60 |
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The bridge was completed in 1959 at a cost of 9 billion francs. In the 1990s it was realized that the cables had corroded and the shoulders were crumbling. Between 1996 and 1999, both the cables and shoulders were replaced.
A brand of clothes horse introduced in 1960 was named Tancarville for its resemblance to the new bridge; in France, especially the northwest, the name has become a genericised trademark for "clothes horse".[1]
See also
References
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- Tassel, Victor (21 January 2019). "Le «Tancarville» fait son grand retour". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- Avanzi, Mathieu [@MathieuAvanzi] (23 February 2022). "Rappel 👇 #tancarville" (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
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