Pont suspendu sur la Durance, Historical suspension bridge in Mallemort and Mérindol, France.
The Pont suspendu sur la Durance is a suspension bridge crossing the Durance between Mallemort in the Bouches-du-Rhône and Mérindol in the Vaucluse. Two light gray stone pylons with rounded tops carry the cables above a flat wooden deck with a metal railing; an iron lattice stiffener stands on the outer face of the pylon. The bridge is out of use.
Built between 1844 and 1848, the bridge crosses the Durance between Mallemort in the Bouches-du-Rhône and Mérindol in the Vaucluse. A decree of 2 June 1986 listed the bridge as a monument historique, together with the façades and roofs of the keeper's house. It is now out of use.
The bridge takes its name from Mallemort, the Bouches-du-Rhône commune on its left bank, and links that village to Mérindol in Vaucluse. It is out of use, so visitors come to look at the stone pylons and wooden deck rather than to cross. The bridge and the keeper's house façades and roofs were listed as monuments historiques on 2 June 1986.
The bridge is out of use, so it cannot be crossed on foot or by bike; the deck is closed. It spans the Durance between Mallemort in Bouches-du-Rhône and Mérindol in Vaucluse, and the two stone pylons with their iron lattice stiffeners can be seen from the riverbanks on either side.
The bridge is out of use, so it cannot be crossed on foot or by bike. Its guardian's house, with its façades and roofs, was listed alongside the bridge as a monument historique by arrêté of 2 June 1986.
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