By Barry Swackhamer, September 18, 2012
	1. Le «pont Neuf» Marker
	Photo caption: Le Pont Neuf avec l’ancien chemin de halage au 1e plan – n.d. Photo début XXe siècle H. et I. de l’A no 253.

[English]
The “New Bridge”, or the Bridge of August 22, 1944
Planned in the 18th Century as an extension to the fortified wall, this bridge was constructed a century later during the second Empire (185201870) to allow the high road to cross the Tarn.

Completed in 1866, two years after a matching railway bridge, it demonstrated how means of communication developed during the industrial age.

It bore the names Napoleon Bridge, Bridge of Strasbourg, and New Bridge (pont Neuf) before finally becoming the Bridge of August 22, 1944, a name chosen to commemorate the passage of a German column through the city in 1944 and the fighting that ensued thereafter. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]
 
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	By Barry Swackhamer, September 23, 2012
	2. Le «pont Neuf» Marker

Ville d’Albi.
 
Location. 43° 55.871′ N, 2° 8.819′ E. Marker is in Albi, Midi-Pyrénées, in Tarn. Marker is on Esplanade des Partisans. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Esplanade des Partisans, Albi, Midi-Pyrénées 81000, France.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Le pont Vieux (about 180 meters away, in a direct line); Les Moulins albigeois (about 180 meters away); Hôtel de Fenasse (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Les berges du Tarn (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Hôtel Reynes (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le bourg Saint-Salvi (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le palais de la Berbie (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La Temporalité (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Click for a list of all markers in Albi.