 What you see below is not just another tall ship going under another lift bridge. Well, it is just another tall ship, but the bridge is special. If you read about the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge, you will quickly find out that the original version of it was modeled after a bridge built in Rouen, France in 1898 (left). That bridge was blown up by the French army in 1940 to slow down the German army advance. A new bridge has just been built in Rouen. Called the Gustave Flaubert lift bridge, it opened in 2008. Both Bridges were built to go over the River Seine. The new bridge, below, looks a lot like our Lift Bridge, although it really doesn’t look a lot like our Lift Bridge, if you know what I mean. The roadway is lifted up to allow passing vessel traffic; each side of the road way (3 lanes each way) is independently lifted. Why do I put this here now. A friend in Montreal sent me a beautiful slide show with some of the best pictures of sailing ships i have ever seen. Hidden at about the 15th slide is the picture below. She sent it to me since she, being French speaking, had helped me years ago translate some text i had about the bridge but couldn’t understand. Take a look at all the pictures here. Click here for more information about the new bridge |
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That is a very interesting design of bridge. I like it. I wouldn't waat to see one like it in Duluth though