Rouen Transporter Bridge

The Rouen Transporter Bridge (Pont transbordeur de Rouen) was a transporter bridge that spanned the Seine in Rouen, France. It connected the Quai Gaston-Boulet on the right bank to the Quai de la Presqu'île-Rollet on the left bank. Until its destruction in 1940, it was the final bridge to cross the Seine before its estuary. The city of Rouen decided to erect the bridge on 23 September 1895 to improve communication between the banks, which were then served by only three other bridges. Designed by engineer Ferdinand Arnodin, construction began in the autumn of 1897. It opened on 15 September 1899, becoming the second transporter bridge in the world to be put into service after the Vizcaya Bridge in Spain.