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The Art Nouveau style Pont de Jubilé was opened in 1904. It is cantilever arch truss bridge | The Art Nouveau style Pont de Jubilé in the Molenbeek district was opened in 1904. It is a skewed cantilever arch truss. | ||
The Pont Jubilé Bridge, originally called the Pont Monumental, was built when the Jubilé Boulevard and the Boulevard Émile Bockstael were being developed to cross the railway line to the Gare Tour et Taxis. The railway lines under the bridge were removed in 2001 | |||
The extensive ornamentation included four monumental columns of polished granite topped with blue stone, supporting iron lanterns. | |||
See [https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors/venue-details.Yes-to-the-bridge.278336 here] for map. | See [https://www.visit.brussels/en/visitors/venue-details.Yes-to-the-bridge.278336 here] for map. | ||
Designed by Frédéric Bruneel (1855-1942), Chief Engineer of the State railways. | Designed by Frédéric Bruneel (1855-1942), Chief Engineer of the State railways. | ||
See [https://www.les-ponts-metalliques-historiques-belges.com/uploads/5/3/4/4/53444301/p084p_pont_du_jubil%C3%A9_bxl_v03_mb_26.02.2023.pdf here]<ref>[https://www.les-ponts-metalliques-historiques-belges.com/uploads/5/3/4/4/53444301/p084p_pont_du_jubil%C3%A9_bxl_v03_mb_26.02.2023.pdf] 'Le pont du Jubilé à Bruxelles-Molenbeek [1904 – E]' by Marc Braham, Feb 2023) </ref>. For an excellent history and description of the bridge. | |||
Revision as of 13:28, 5 September 2024
The Art Nouveau style Pont de Jubilé in the Molenbeek district was opened in 1904. It is a skewed cantilever arch truss.
The Pont Jubilé Bridge, originally called the Pont Monumental, was built when the Jubilé Boulevard and the Boulevard Émile Bockstael were being developed to cross the railway line to the Gare Tour et Taxis. The railway lines under the bridge were removed in 2001
The extensive ornamentation included four monumental columns of polished granite topped with blue stone, supporting iron lanterns.
See here for map.
Designed by Frédéric Bruneel (1855-1942), Chief Engineer of the State railways.
See here[1]. For an excellent history and description of the bridge.
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