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. See the entry for the other, Marseille Transporter Bridge, for links to photographs showing details of construction of this type of 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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