Pont-canal du Cacor, Canal bridge in Moissac, France
The Pont-canal du Cacor is a navigable aqueduct in Moissac, southwestern France, that carries a canal across the Tarn River on 15 arches over a length of 356 meters. It is built from red Toulouse bricks and white Quercy stone, and it sits high enough above the river to allow boat traffic both on top and below.
The Pont-canal du Cacor was built in 1845 as part of the Canal Latéral à la Garonne, a waterway designed to link Toulouse to the Atlantic coast. The engineer Jean-Baptiste de Baudre led the construction, and the structure was listed as a historical monument in 1997.
Walking across the Pont-canal du Cacor gives a rare sensation of being on a canal while a river flows beneath your feet. The contrast between the red bricks and the white stone is easy to notice and reflects the materials typical of this part of southwestern France.
The Pont-canal du Cacor can be visited on foot or by boat and is accessible throughout the year. To get a clear view of the arches from below, it helps to walk down to the bank of the Tarn on either side of the structure.
Between 1930 and 1932, trains crossed the aqueduct while a nearby railway viaduct was being rebuilt, making it a temporary railway bridge. This means a structure built purely for canal traffic once carried locomotives across the Tarn.
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