Pont de Brotonne

**Brotonne Bridge**

Pont de Brotonne
Brotonne Bridge; Pont de Brotonne
	Pont de Brotonne
Coordinates	49°31′14″N 0°44′50″E / 49.5206117°N 0.7471561°E
Crosses	Seine
Locale	Caudebec-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	1,278 metres (1,398 yd)
Height	125 metres (137 yd) (pylons)
Longest span	320 metres (350 yd)
Clearance above	50 metres (55 yd)
History
Construction start	1977
Location

The Brotonne Bridge (pont de Brotonne) is a bridge in the region of Normandy in France, situated between the cities of Le Havre and Rouen. It has crossed the Seine since 1977, to the east of the commune of Caudebec-en-Caux. Its construction was financed by the General council of Seine-Maritime for the purpose of opening up the Pays de Caux and assuring a connection between the commune of Yvetot and the A13 autoroute by way of the forêt de Brotonne (Brotonne forest), from which the bridge gets its name. Only two bridges are located further downstream the Seine from the pont de Brotonne: the Pont de Tancarville and the Pont de Normandie.

The bridge is a cable-stayed bridge (specifically of the fan design), whose principal span reaches 320 metres (350 yd) and is made of prestressed concrete. It is considered an engineering feat and was the first bridge of this type in the world.^{[citation needed]}

The bridge was a toll bridge until 2006, at which point crossing it became free.

The bridge is considered to be the inspiration for the much larger Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida.^{[citation needed]}

Dimensions

Length: 1,278 metres (1,398 yd)
Pylons: 125 metres (137 yd)
Thickness of roadway: 3.80 metres (4.16 yd)
Carriageways lie 50 metres (55 yd) above the Seine (maritime clearance)
Carries four lanes

Dimensions

See also