Pont de Fleurville, Metal bridge in Pont-de-Vaux, France.

The Pont de Fleurville is a metal bridge spanning the Saone River in France that connects Pont-de-Vaux and Montbellet. The structure features a single traffic lane with traffic light controls to manage vehicles crossing one at a time.

The bridge was built from 1898 to late 1899 with a steel frame from the Petit Creusot workshops in Chalon-sur-Saône, weighing 596 tonnes, at a cost of 500,000 francs. It replaced an 1835 wire suspension bridge, reusing its piers and abutments and shortened by 2.20 metres. Inaugurated on 27 October 1901 by Minister of Public Works Pierre Baudin, it was destroyed by explosives by German forces on 3 September 1944 and rebuilt to the same design, with raised piers to improve navigation on the Saône.

The bridge carries the name of Fleurville, the Saône-et-Loire village on its right bank, while its left bank belongs to Pont-de-Vaux in the Ain. Before any bridge stood here, the seigneur de Lugny held a third of the Saône crossing rights at Fleurville, shared with the seigneur de Senozan and the villagers. The narrow-gauge tacot ran across from 14 January 1901 until 15 April 1936.

Keep in mind that traffic flows in one direction at a time here, controlled by traffic lights. It is better to allow extra time when crossing and to be patient with the timing.

The original bridge carried not just cars but also a freight train with metric gauge track. This dual use made it an interesting technical solution when it was first built.