page_title: List of vertical-lift bridges
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: List of vertical-lift bridges / Examples / France
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le pont Jacques-Chaban-Delmas levé à Bordeaux, le 15 mars 2013 (jour de son inauguration).
context_page_description: This is a list of vertical-lift bridges.
context_section_description: Pont Gustave-Flaubert – crossing the Seine at Rouen, this lift bridge is the highest vertical-lift bridge in Europe, allowing ships up to 55 m tall to pass under it. It is 670 m long, with a span of 116 metres. A striking design feature, the two road sections are mounted outside the central towers. The bridge was designed by François Gillard and Aymeric Zublena and opened to road traffic on 25 September 2008. It is named after the author Gustave Flaubert who was born in Rouen.
  Pont de Recouvrance – over the river Penfeld in Brest – road & tramway
  Pont Levant de Crimée – over the Ourcq Canal; the last surviving vertical-lift bridge in Paris
  The Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas, spanning the River Garonne in Bordeaux, was opened in March 2013. The central lift span is 117m long and can be lifted vertically up to 53m to let tall ships pass underneath. The bridge is 575m long with the central lift span weighing around 2,600 tonnes. Its width varies from 32 to 45m and it will be used by cars, trams, cyclists and pedestrians. It can handle 43,000 vehicles a day and will reduce traffic congestion in Bordeaux. Structurae gives a length of 110 m for the lift span, making it probably the longest vertical-lift span in Europe.
caption: 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.
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