Pont du Diable, Stone bridge over Château-Renaud stream in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Pont du Diable is a stone structure crossing the Château-Renaud stream in a deep gorge, rising about 70 meters above the water below. Stretching roughly 61 meters in length with a main arch of 20 meters across the chasm, it displays solid engineering adapted to the dramatic terrain.
Construction started in the late 1870s under M. Delmas from Besançon to link the previously isolated village of Sainte-Anne. This project improved access to the area and made travel between nearby communities much easier.
The name comes from local folklore about supernatural help in building it, a story shared by many similar structures across France. Walking across it today, visitors encounter a place where legend and architecture blend in the landscape.
The bridge is accessible from the D103 road near Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne, with parking available nearby for visitors. Walking across it on foot gives the best sense of the view and the height above the stream.
The structure links two municipalities over a stream that plunges about 30 meters into a natural chasm called Creux-Billard. This dramatic drop below the bridge highlights both the height and the engineering feat required to span such terrain.
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