Pont de la Fleur - Thorame-Haute, France - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

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Historique
Un pont en maçonnerie existait à cet endroit sous l'Ancien Régime. Plusieurs projets de réparation ont vu le jour sous le Premier Empire, mais le pont a finalement été emporté pendant l'hiver 1812 et remplacé par un ouvrage en bois. Le pont actuel, en pierre, a été construit en 1859. Son dédoublement date, lui, vraisemblablement du 4e quart du 20e siècle.

Description
Le pont de la fleur est un pont en maçonnerie constitué d'une arche en plein cintre de 7 m de largeur pour une portée de 19 m et une longueur totale de 30 m. Il faut ajouter à cette distance les puissants massifs de rive formant culées qui se perdent dans le sol. Il est composé d'un unique rang de claveaux en pierres de taille de grand appareil. La largeur de leur assises n'est pas constante, ce qui donne une certaine irrégularité à l'extrados. Le reste de la maçonnerie est en moellons plus ou moins assisés. Le pont a été dédoublé côté amont par l'adjonction d'une arche en béton de mêmes dimensions.

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History
A masonry bridge existed there under the Ancien Régime. Several repair projects were carried out during the First Empire, but the bridge was finally washed away in the winter of 1812 and replaced by a wooden structure. The current stone bridge was built in 1859. Its doubling dates back to the 4th quarter of the 20th century.

Description
The flower bridge is a masonry bridge consisting of a 7 m wide semicircular arch with a span of 19 m and a total length of 30 m. To this distance must be added the powerful shoreline massifs forming abutments that are lost in the ground. It is composed of a single row of stone keys of size of large device. The width of their seats is not constant, which gives a certain irregularity to the upper surface. The rest of the masonry is made of more or less seated rubble. The bridge was doubled on the upstream side by the addition of a concrete arch of the same dimensions.

Source : Le pont de la Fleur

Length of bridge: 30 m Height of bridge: 19 m What type of traffic does this bridge support?: pedestrians, motor vehicles, bike, hikers, etc What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: Verdon River Date constructed: 1/1/1859 Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes Name of road or trail the bridge services: D955 Location: Thorame-Haute Gare 04170 Thorame-Haute

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