France - Pont de pierre 皮埃爾大橋

 

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Stone Bridge (Pont de pierre) is an old bridge located in Bordeaux, in the Gironde department of France, which crosses Garonne River to connect cours Victor Hugo on the left and Avenue Thiers on the right.
As the first bridge over the Garonne River at Bordeaux, it was constructed from 1819 to 1822, during which the builders were faced with many challenges because of the strong current at that point in the river. They used a diving bell borrowed from the British to stabilize the bridge's pillars. The bridge is 487 meters long and has a total of seventeen arches, which correspond to the number of letters in the name of Napoléon Bonaparte. It was the only bridge until the construction of pont Saint-Jean in 1965.

皮埃爾橋是法國吉倫特省城市波爾多的一座老石墩橋，橫跨加隆河，連接左岸的維克多雨果林蔭道和右岸的梯也爾大街。
皮埃爾橋是加隆河在波爾多市裏的第一座橋梁，修建於1819年到1822年。在這三年中，建造者由於河中強烈的潮流而面臨許多挑戰。他們從英國借來潛水鐘穩定橋梁的支柱。它長487公尺，有17個拱（拿破崙名字的字母總數）。直到1965年興建聖約翰橋之前，皮埃爾橋一直是唯一的橋梁。