Pont suspendu de la Rivière de l'Est, Suspension bridge between Saint-Benoît and Sainte-Rose, France

The Pont suspendu de la Rivière de l'Est, also called pont des Anglais, crosses the Rivière de l'Est between Saint-Benoît and Sainte-Rose on two masonry piers built to Pierre-Joseph Bonnin's plans. Ferdinand Arnodin's metal span stands 42 m above the riverbed, 147.9 m between supports and 5.3 m wide, with a 4.7 m roadway edged by narrow footpaths. Its inclined stay cables reach the first third of the deck girder, hangers appear only at mid-span, and Arnodin's crossed-strand cables complete the structure.

The bridge was built in 1893 by engineers Ferdinand Arnodin and Pierre-Joseph Bonnin to improve sugar cane transport. It replaced unsafe river crossings and became a symbol of modern engineering on the island.

Locals call it pont des Anglais, the English Bridge, a name tied to its foreign engineers. Until 1979 it carried the island's traffic, and today it is a walking route for tourists heading toward the Grand Brûlé lava fields. The bridge was listed as a monument historique in 2014 and classified in 2018.

The bridge reopened to pedestrians on 22 December 2023 after a full rebuild costing 17 million euros, funded partly by the heritage lottery. Access from the south side was already possible from 13 December 2023. The deck stands 42 metres above the riverbed, and the chapel of Sainte-Rita is near the northwestern end.

The bridge's deck hangs 42 metres above the riverbed, and its span of 147.9 metres made it the world's longest suspension bridge when it opened in 1894. Ferdinand Arnodin used crossed-strand cables of his own design, with diagonal stays reaching into the first third of the deck girder and vertical hangers only in the middle section. The metal parts were made in his factory at Châteauneuf-sur-Loire and shipped to Réunion, where his son Georges directed the cable assembly.