Nantes Transporter Bridge
From Graces Guide
DEMOLISHED IN 1958
The Pont Transbordeur de Nantes crossed the River Loire.
Completed in 1903.
It was the first of two cable-stayed cantilever transporter bridges designed and built by Ferdinand Arnodin, the other being thee Marseille Transporter Bridge.
Between the two cantilevered booms was a bowstring bridge section.
Distance between towers 141 m. The gondola was tested with a load of 85 tons.
See Structurae entry and Wikipedia entry.
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