Saint Jacques Suspension Bridge Replacement

This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.

Bridge:Saint Jacques Suspension Bridge Replacement
Location:Thouars and Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France - Thouet River
Coordinates and Maps:See related inventory record(s).
Image Set Contributor:Jochem Hollestelle
Related Suspension Bridge Inventory:1848 Saint Jacques - Thouars and Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France
Related Image Lists:All from Jochem Hollestelle
All in France
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Credit:Postcard, collection of Jochem Hollestelle.

The bridge pictured here (which is still in use in the 2020s) replaced a suspension bridge destroyed in January 1890 by wind. It appears the new bridge reused the abutments of the suspension bridge.

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