Georges-Clemenceau bridge, Concrete bridge in Nantes, France.
The Georges-Clemenceau bridge is a road bridge of three spans, built from reinforced concrete slabs and steel beams. It crosses the Pirmil arm of the Loire, linking boulevard Général-De-Gaulle in the Nantes Sud district to boulevard Émile-Gabory. Its flat deck is edged by a continuous barrier, and curved streetlights rise at regular intervals above it, while thick rectangular piers descend into the water.
The bridge was built between 1962 and 1966 as part of an expansion plan to link Nantes to its newly developing southern districts. It was completed during a period when the city was modernizing its infrastructure and growing outward.
The bridge carries the name of Georges Clemenceau, a French statesman who led the country through World War I. His name reflects a period when France reshaped its role in European affairs.
The bridge carries the boulevard Général-De-Gaulle over the Pirmil arm of the Loire to the boulevard Émile-Gabory, in the south of Nantes. It is a road bridge with three spans, so crossing it means staying on the roadway deck between the concrete barriers.
The bridge forms part of what Nantes calls the "second line of bridges", crossing the Pirmil arm south of the Île de Nantes. Its deck links the boulevard Général-De-Gaulle, formerly boulevard de Beaulieu, in the Nantes Sud district to the boulevard Émile-Gabory, laid out later.
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