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Albi in Tarn, Occitania, France — Western Europe
 

Le «pont Neuf»

ou pont du 22 août 1944

— The “New Bridge”, or the Bridge of August 22, 1944 —

 
 
Le «pont Neuf» Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed 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.
Inscription.
Prévu dès le XVIIIe siècle, dans le prolongment des lices, ce pont ne sera réalise qu’un siècle plus tard sous le second Empire pour permettre à la route royale de franchir le Tarn. Achevé en 1866, deux ans après le pont de chemin de fer qui lui fait pendant, it témoigne du développement des moyens de communication à l’époque industrielle. Il porte tour à tour les noms de pont Napoléon, pont de Strasbourg, pont Neuf avant de devenir le pont du 22 août 1944, en souvenir de passage d’une colonne allemande dans la ville en 1944 et des combats qui s’y déroulerent.

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 (1852-1870) 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
"Puente Nuevo"
o puente del 22 de agosto de 1944
La idea

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de construir este puente data del siglo XVIII, sin embargo el proyecto no se hizo realidad hasta el segundo Imperio, un siglo más tarde.
Se terminó de construir en 1866, dos años después que el puente ferroviario, y es un ejemplo del desarrollo de las vías de comunicación que se vivió en la era industrial.
Esta elegante obra de fábrica ha cambiado de nombre varias veces: puente de Napoleón, puente de Estrasburgo, puente Nuevo…El nombre actual, Pont du 22 août 1944, recuerda el paso de las tropas alemanas y el posterior enfrentamiento armado que tuvo lugar en la ciudad.
 
Erected by Ville d’Albi.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. A significant historical year for this entry is 1866.
 
Location. 43° 55.871′ N, 2° 8.819′ E. Marker is in Albi, Occitanie (Occitania), in Tarn. Marker is on Esplanade des Partisans. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2 Esplanade des Partisans, Albi, Occitanie 81000, France. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Le pont Vieux (about 180 meters away, measured 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
Le «pont Neuf» Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 23, 2012
2. Le «pont Neuf» Marker
(approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Le palais de la Berbie (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); La Temporalité (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Albi.
 
Le «pont Neuf», ou pont du 22 août 1944 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 23, 2012
3. Le «pont Neuf», ou pont du 22 août 1944
Le «pont Neuf», ou pont du 22 août 1944 image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, September 23, 2012
4. Le «pont Neuf», ou pont du 22 août 1944
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 484 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 15, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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