Noirmoutier Bridge located in the administrative territorial entity Barbâtre
Description
The bridge connects the towns of Barbâtre, on the south of the island of Noirmoutier, to La Barre-de-Monts, on the north-Vendée mainland coast, and crosses the Strait of Fromentine. Built by the Dumez and Sacer companies under the project management and financial direction of the department, its first stone was laid on 12 May 1969 in Fromentine and it was opened to traffic on 7 July 1971, in order to provide a replacement for the passage du Gois (a submersible roadway at high tide). An enamel plaque was placed at the top against the railing to recall the event.
In 1977, an increase in the toll rate led to demonstrations by island users, with traffic blockading the entrances to the bridge, raising of barricades and the intervention of a company of CRS in response. The toll was removed from 1 July 1994,After an appraisal carried out in 2016, restoration work aimed in particular at a better waterproofing of the concrete has been carried out since 2017.
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