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The Pont Gustave-Flaubert (English: Gustave Flaubert Bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge over the river Seine in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. It was officially opened on 25 September 2008 [2] after four years of construction. [1] The bridge itself cost approximately €60 million to build. Additional costs, including work to ...
The Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas's approx. 110-metre (360 ft) lift span is likely the longest in Europe, [1] but that of the Pont Gustave-Flaubert is very nearly as long. Pont Gustave-Flaubert – crossing the Seine at Rouen, this lift bridge is the highest vertical-lift bridge in Europe, [citation needed] allowing ships up to 55 m tall to pass ...
After each bridge is listed the name of the communes which it links together, with the one on the right bank of the river given first. The list does not include bridges over its tributaries. Beside the bridge crossings, eight ferry crossings, all located in the département de Seine Maritime are still in use as of 2020.
Pont Gustave-Flaubert (bridge) opens. [2] Rouen twinned with Cleveland, USA. [25] 2010 - City becomes part of the Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe. [2] 2014 - March: Rouen municipal election, 2014 held. 2015 - December: Normandy regional election, 2015 held. 2016 Rouen becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).
Pont Gustave-Flaubert; H. Henderson Waves; High Orchard Bridge; High Road Bridge; ... Sutong Yangtze River Bridge; T. Third Millennium Bridge; Thủ Thiêm Bridge;
The museum is located in a former port building, Building 13, not far from the new Gustave Flaubert Bridge. The building was built in 1926, and was called Building M until 1966, when the Autonomous Port of Rouen (Port autonome de Rouen) was created.
Rouen (UK: / ˈ r uː ɒ̃, ˈ r uː ɒ n /, US: / r uː ˈ ɒ̃, r uː ˈ ɒ n /; [3] [4] French: ⓘ or) [needs Norman IPA] is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France.It is the prefecture of the region of Normandy and the department of Seine-Maritime.
Gustave Flaubert (UK: / ˈ f l oʊ b ɛər / FLOH-bair, US: / f l oʊ ˈ b ɛər / floh-BAIR; [1] [2] French: [ɡystav flobɛʁ]; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad.