Pont de Frynaudour, Metal railway bridge between Plourivo and Quemper-Guézennec, France
Pont de Frynaudour is a metal railway bridge that crosses the Leff River and connects Plourivo with Quemper-Guézennec. It features 18 truss sections spanning approximately 152 meters in length and 4 meters in width, carrying a single rail line.
The bridge was built in 1893 using granite stones from a demolished local fortress. A civil engineer named Louis Harel de la Noë supervised the construction of this technical achievement.
The name Frynaudour is a French rendering of the Breton "Fri-an-daou-dour", meaning "the nose of the two waters", a reference to the confluence of the Trieux and the Leff at this spot. The bridge is known locally as the "pont bleu" (blue bridge).
The bridge carries the single track of the Guingamp–Paimpol line at kilometre point 530.044, about 3 km after Pontrieux, just before Frynaudour and Traou-Nez halts. A metal nacelle of the same style hangs beneath the lower chord and is used for technical inspections under the deck. The deck is about 4 m wide, so there is no separate footway for walkers.
The bridge was blown up by explosives on 8 April 1944, so the present metal span is a reconstruction, not the 1893 work. A metal cradle hangs beneath the lower chord, letting inspectors examine the underside of the deck.
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