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The bridge is an arch bridge with a centre lane, and at 229 metres (751 ft) is the world's longest span pedestrian bridge. Its total length is 248 metres (814 ft) with no vehicle access ramps. The arch rise measures only 20 metres (66 ft), and the highest point is about 25 metres (82 ft) above the water, with the bridge deck about 14 metres (46 ...
It was to be ceded to Neuchâtel according to the treaty of Paris of 30 May 1814, but the necessary border correction did not become official until 1 February 1819. Similarly, Rhäzüns was restored from Austria to Switzerland on 19 January 1819. Switzerland in 1815 was still a confederacy, not a fully integrated federation.
Some 3 km (1.9 mi) before reaching the lake, the border runs parallel to the shore of Lake Geneva, forming the strip of land ceded by France to Switzerland in 1815 as the canton of Geneva, so that the City of Geneva has a land bridge connecting it to the rest of Switzerland. Three of the border stones in the canton of Geneva, nos 124, 125 and ...
The longest viaduct in Switzerland is the Yverdon Viaduct , built in 1984 on the A5 motorway with a total length of 3,155 metres (10,351 ft). [ S 30 ] [ 12 ] The Letzigraben Bridge [ de ] , near Zürich Hauptbahnhof , is the longest railway viaduct in the country measuring 1,156 metres (3,793 ft).
The Border Line bunkers were spaced between 500 metres (1,600 ft) and 750 metres (2,460 ft) along the northern border of Switzerland. [1] A number were integrated into bridge crossings of the Rhine and other rivers. [2] The large forts were armed with 75mm artillery and anti-tank weapons and were usually built into the forward slope of a hill.
The Rhine forms the eastern border of Alsace on the French side and the western border of Baden-Württemberg on the German side. Upstream of Karlsruhe ( 48°58′01″N 8°14′02″E / 48.967°N 8.234°E / 48.967; 8.234 ), the border leaves the Rhine, cutting westward to forming the northern border of Alsace and Lorraine on the ...
Pages in category "France–Switzerland border crossings" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The bridge is noted for being the "most ancient" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is in its original state is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity; [1] nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous times, a fact referred ...