Pont de Recouvrance
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Each pylon is 70m high, and the 525-tonne lift span is 88m long.
Trolley bus
The bridge was crossed by trolleybuses from its opening in 1954 until the closure of the Brest trolleybus system, in 1970.[1]
Trams
The lift span was renovated in 2011 to allow the new tram line to cross the bridge. The tram line opened by July 2012.[2]
References
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- ↑ Haseldine, Peter (July–August 2010). "Two French closures" (40th anniversaries of). Trolleybus Magazine issue 292, pp. 74–75. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
- ↑ Today's Railways Europe No. 214, p. 15
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Sources
- Le pont levant de Brest, brochure edited by La Télémécanique Électrique (1954 ?)