Pont Vinh-San, Road bridge in Saint-Denis, France
Pont Vinh-San is a 256-metre road bridge over the Rivière Saint-Denis, upstream of the city centre of Saint-Denis, La Réunion. Its flat pale grey deck carries a solid parapet and rows of evenly spaced vertical railings, and it rests on tall rectangular concrete piers rising from the green hillside below. It links the foot of the slopes of La Montagne, to the south-west, with Bellepierre, to the south-east.
Delivered in 1992, the bridge carries the road over the Rivière Saint-Denis upstream of the city centre, linking the foot of the slopes of La Montagne to the south-west with Bellepierre to the south-east. It forms the exit of a slip road onto the route du Littoral and has for some years continued as Boulevard Jean-Jaurès, which reaches the airport roundabout after crossing the Rivière des Pluies on a new bridge.
The bridge takes its name from Vinh-San, the former Bao Dai, who settled in Saint-Denis. It carries the boulevard Jean-Jaurès, the road that leads to the airport roundabout after crossing the Rivière des Pluies on a newer bridge. Since 2017 safety nets run along both parapets.
The bridge carries the road from Boulevard Jean-Jaurès over the Rivière Saint-Denis upstream of the city centre, linking the foot of the slopes of La Montagne to the south-west with Bellepierre to the south-east. It is reached from a slip road off the Route du Littoral. Safety nets run along both parapets, installed in 2017.
The bridge is known for the many suicides committed from it, which led to safety nets being installed on both sides in 2017. It carries the name Vinh-San, and its deck is lined with evenly spaced vertical railings above tall rectangular concrete piers.
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