Pont de Sainte-Croix, Road bridge in Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, France.

The Pont de Sainte-Croix is a concrete beam bridge carrying a road over the Verdon between Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon and Baudinard-sur-Verdon. Its 290 m deck, the longest in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, rests on two 45 m piers that hold it 25 m above the waters of Lake Sainte-Croix. The three spans measure 65 m, 110 m and 65 m; the roadway is 6 m wide, flanked by two 1.3 m pavements.

The Pont de Sainte-Croix was built in 1972, at the same time as the Sainte-Croix dam, as part of the Durance-Verdon hydroelectric scheme. It was erected by Bouygues to carry a road across the Verdon where the new reservoir was forming. Its deck rests on two 45-metre piers that keep it 25 metres above the lake water.

The bridge carries the road between Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Baudinard-sur-Verdon in the Var, crossing the Verdon where it widens into Lake Sainte-Croix. Its 6 m roadway is flanked by two 1.3 m pavements, used by pedestrians walking between the two banks.

The deck carries a 6 m roadway flanked by two 1.3 m pavements, so walkers cross on footways beside the traffic. The bridge links Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence with Baudinard-sur-Verdon in the Var, standing 25 m above the lake.

The bridge deck sits 25 metres above the waters of Lake Sainte-Croix, held up by two 45-metre piers. Its central span of 110 metres is the longest of the three, and at 290 metres the whole deck is the longest bridge in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department.