France - Pont George V 喬治五世橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1995-06-02 

George V Bridge (French: Pont George V also called Pont Royal) is a masonry arch bridge crossing the River Loire at Orléans in the department of Loiret in central France. It is the main old bridge facing the Sanite-Croix cathedral.
The bridge was built in 1751–1760, composing of nine arches with slightly unequal spans. The central arch span is 32.5 meters, and the total bridge length is 325 meters.
Near the end of Second World War, the U.S. Air Force heavily bombed the city, and severely damaged the bridge. The destroyed spans were reconstructed beginning on 1 September 1945, and the bridge was re-opened to traffic on 4 January 1947.

喬治五世大橋也稱為皇家大橋是一座石磚拱橋跨越盧瓦爾河，位於法國中部盧瓦爾河谷地區首府奧爾良市，是面對聖十字大教堂的一座重要老橋。
這座橋興建於1751年至1760年，有九個拱洞連成，拱洞跨距略有不同，其正中央拱洞跨距是32.5公尺，橋身總長325公尺。
第二次世界大戰期間結束前，美國的空軍曾大量轟炸奧爾良市，造成橋梁極大的損壞。1945年9月1日開始重建被毀壞的拱洞，1947年1月4日橋梁重新開放通車。