The Transporter Bridge

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : AirVuz contributor DRHON-EL brings us this excellent drone video of a historic bridge in Southern France. The Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge spans the Charente River between the towns of Rochefort and Échillais in the department of Charente-Maritime. Built in the last years of the 19th century, it attains a maximum height of 218 ft. (about 66 m) and has a total length of 576 ft. (about 175 m). Abandoned in 1967, the bridge was subsequently refurbished in the 1990's and has since been classified as a national historical monument.

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The Transporter Bridge, in the south of Rochefort in France, is a system that allows people and cyclists to cross the Charente river. Work on the bridge began in March 1898 and was completed 27 months later. Closed between 2016 and 2020 for renovation work, it reopened on 29 July 2020, its 120th birthday.