France - Pont de la Basse-Chaîne 巴塞-謝納橋

 

Stamp Issue : 1941- 

Angers Bridge, also called the Basse-Chaîne Bridge (Pont de la Basse-Chaîne), spanned the Maine River near Château d'Angers, a medieval castle, in the city of Angers in the Maine-et-Loire department in north-western France.
Designed by Joseph Chaley and Bordillon and constructed between 1836 and 1839 and, it was a suspension bridge spanning 102 meters. The bridge collapsed suddenly in 1850 when 478 French Soldiers were marching across it, which caused 226 fatalities. The tragic accident made France halt all its ongoing constructions of suspension bridges for 20 years.
To replace the collapsed one, a 6-arch stone bridge was built at the same location starting 1851. It was completed and opened on April 4th, 1856. In memory of the dead soldiers, a commemorative plaque was installed by the side of the bridge. In 1960 the stone bridge was removed and then replaced by a girder bridge of reinforced concrete.

昂熱橋，也稱為巴塞-謝納橋，跨越曼恩河，接近中世紀昂熱城堡，位於法國西北部曼恩-盧瓦爾省的昂熱市。
此橋原是建於1836年到1839年間由約瑟夫‧柴雷與布佳林共同設計的一座跨距102公尺長的吊橋。1850年當478名法國士兵行走橋上時突然倒塌，造成超過226名士兵死亡。此意外事件也讓法國將所有懸索橋的施工，停頓了20年。
1851年原地改建為6拱石橋，於1856年4月15日完工啟用。橋旁立有對先前遇難者之紀念牌匾。石拱橋經於1960年被拆除，原地改建為124公尺長的鋼筋混凝土梁橋。