Pont Saint-Pierre de Toulouse
unknown (French)
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Alternative Title
St. Peter's Bridge at Toulouse
Date
1927Description
Overall view looking towards Place Saint-Pierre; The bridge Saint-Pierre de Toulouse spans the Garonne River and connects Place Saint-Pierre (St. Peter's Square) with l'hospice de la Grave (Grave Hospital). The first bridge at this site was wooden (1849-1875). This was replaced with a steel deck bridge in 1927, completely rebuilt in 1987 (engineers of the reconstruction were Figg & Muller Engineers, Inc., Paris office). Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/16/2011)
Type of Work
bridge (built work)Subject
architecture, bridges (built works), Twentieth century
Rights
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