Pont de Segré, Steel bridge at Maine River, France.
The Pont de Segré is a steel truss bridge over the Maine in Angers, its side and upper section formed by a repeating lattice of X-shaped crisscrossing beams in rust-brown metal. The span has a rectangular profile with a solid horizontal lower edge and an open grid above, and it rests on a dark grey concrete abutment on the right bank. It is now reserved for pedestrians and cyclists.
The Pont de Segré is an old railway bridge in Angers, built to carry trains across the Maine. It was later converted, and since 2020 it has been fitted out for pedestrians and cyclists instead of rail traffic.
The name Segré refers to the Maine-et-Loire town of that name, not to Angers itself. The bridge's lattice girders, visible as rust-brown crisscrossing beams, are the legacy of its railway past; since 2020 the deck has served pedestrians and cyclists rather than trains.
Since 2020 the deck has been reserved for pedestrians and cyclists, with no vehicle traffic. It links the two banks of the Maine in Angers, so it works as a walking or cycling route between the city centre and the opposite shore. The steel lattice sides are open, giving views over the water along the way.
The bridge's lattice girders form a repeating pattern of X-shaped braces visible along its side and open top. It was a railway bridge before its 2020 conversion, and the steel truss reflects that original load-bearing role.
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