Pont de Caronte, Railway and swing bridge in Martigues, France.
The 972-meter Pont de Caronte contains eight main spans and two central rotating sections that allow passage for maritime vessels above 20 meters.
Engineers constructed the bridge between 1908 and 1915, but German forces destroyed it in September 1944, leading to reconstruction from 1952 to 1954.
The Pont de Caronte appeared in Jean Renoir's 1935 film 'Toni' and Robert Guédiguian's 1991 production 'Dieu vomit les tièdes'.
The bridge's rotating mechanism operates through four geared pinions connected to 100-horsepower gasoline engines, completing each turn in five minutes.
The structure combines railway transportation with maritime navigation through its dual-track design and rotating central section supported by eleven masonry piles.
Location: Martigues
Length: 972 m
GPS coordinates: 43.40250,5.02444
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:43
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