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Pont de Fragnee

From Graces Guide

The Pont de Fragnée crosses the Meuse in Liège.

It has three arch spans, the arches being of the three-hinge type.

The bridge was built from 1901 to 1904 for the 1905 Universal Exhibition, evidently inspired by the Pont Alexandre III in Paris.

Designer: Émile Jacqmain
Decoration: Paul Demany
Steelwork contractor John Cockerill and Co
Total length: 177.6 metres
Span lengths: 53.725 m, 57.75 m, 53.725 m.

Contractor for the abutments and piers: Joseph and Victor Cousin. The foundations were constructed using compressed air caissons.

Destroyed by the Belgian Army in 1940.

Rebuilt 1946-8 in the same style, also by Cockerill, but wider. The steelwork was fabricated by Cockerill, and site erection was by A. Janssens of Hoboken.

1993 - 2001 Major renovation.

See here[1] for an excellent description of the bridge, from which much of the above information is taken.

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Les ponts métalliques historiques belges (Marc Braham): 'The Fragnée bridge in Liège [1904 – 1940, 1948 - today] by Marc Braham

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