Which type of bridge takes its name from the French for see-saw?
"wife has confirmed it. In 1940, Evgeny Borisenko repeated this feat several times during the filming of ""Valery Chkalov"". Chkalov's feat is referenced by Boris Grebenshchikov in his song ""Under the Bridge, like Chkalov"" (""Под мостом как Чкалов""). Trinity Bridge, Saint Petersburg Trinity Bridge (, ""Troitskiy Most"") is a bascule bridge across the Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects Kamennoostrovsky Prospect with Suvorovskaya Square. It was the third permanent bridge across the Neva, built between 1897 and 1903 by the French firm Société de Construction des Batignolles. It is long and wide. The bridge takes its name from the"
"well as the Melocheville Tunnel. Champlain Bridge, Montreal The Champlain Bridge () is a steel truss cantilever bridge with approach viaducts constructed of prestressed concrete beams supporting a prestressed concrete deck paved with asphalt. The bridge crosses the Saint Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Montreal boroughs of Verdun and Le Sud-Ouest to Brossard on the South Shore. The bridge, with approaches, is approximately long. When the project began, it was designated as the ""Nuns' Island Bridge"" because it crosses over Nuns' Island. In 1958, it was officially named the Champlain Bridge in honour of the explorer Samuel"
"Barrage Vauban The Barrage Vauban, or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France. At that time, it was known as the Great Lock (""grande écluse""), although it does not function as a navigation lock in the modern sense of the word. Today it serves to display sculptures and has a viewing terrace on its roof, with views of the earlier ""Ponts Couverts"" bridges and Petite France quarter. It has been classified as a ""Monument historique"" since 1971. The barrage was constructed from"
"Pont de Saint-Cloud The pont de Saint-Cloud (""Saint-Cloud Bridge"") is a French bridge constructed of metal which crosses the Seine between the communes of Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud in the French department of Hauts-de-Seine. The first pont de Saint-Cloud appeared in 841 because of a conflict between Charles the Bald et Lothaire I, and consisted of only a simple wooden footbridge. The Seine has been traversable from this location for twelve centuries, and tradition holds that no king of France has traversed it without suffering a sudden death. As a result, sovereigns have crossed the Seine by boat. The wooden bridge"
"Champlain Bridge, Montreal The Champlain Bridge () is a steel truss cantilever bridge with approach viaducts constructed of prestressed concrete beams supporting a prestressed concrete deck paved with asphalt. The bridge crosses the Saint Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Montreal boroughs of Verdun and Le Sud-Ouest to Brossard on the South Shore. The bridge, with approaches, is approximately long. When the project began, it was designated as the ""Nuns' Island Bridge"" because it crosses over Nuns' Island. In 1958, it was officially named the Champlain Bridge in honour of the explorer Samuel de Champlain, who founded Quebec"
"in 1968. Like that of its sister-bridge, the Pont Amont, ""Pont Aval"" owes its name to its position on the Seine River: Pont ""Amont"" (""amont"" meaning ""upstream"" in French) is the first bridge on the river as it enters Paris, Pont ""Aval"" (""aval"" meaning ""downstream"") is the last. Pont aval The Pont Aval is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France. It is open exclusively to motor vehicles traveling along the Boulevard Périphérique, a roadway which encircles the city. The Pont Aval is the last bridge spanning the Seine if one were to follow the river's course downstream"
"Pont Charles-de-Gaulle The Pont Charles-de-Gaulle (""Charles-de-Gaulle Bridge"") is a steel-reinforced concrete girder bridge straddling the river Seine in the eastern part of Paris. It is a one-way bridge carrying road traffic from the 13th arrondissement to the 12th arrondissement. Another one-way bridge further downstream, Pont d'Austerlitz, carries traffic in the opposite direction. In 1986, the Council of Paris (""Conseil de Paris"") decided to construct a new bridge between the Pont de Bercy and the Pont d'Austerlitz in southeast Paris, to imitate the design of the Pont d'Austerlitz. The aims of this project were three in number: (1) to ease the"
"with larger spans, typically lack sufficient horizontal and vertical clearance for large ships. See the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux, in collaboration with architect Norman Robert Foster, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one pier's summit at 343 metres (1,125 ft)—slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 38 m (125 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building. It was formally dedicated on 14 December 2004 and opened to traffic"
"Erasmusbrug Erasmusbrug (English: ""Erasmus Bridge"") is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands. The bridge was named after Desiderius Erasmus, a prominent Christian renaissance humanist also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam. The bridge across the New Meuse was designed by Ben van Berkel and completed in 1996. The cable-stayed bridge section has a single asymmetrical pale blue pylon with a prominent horizontal base, earning the bridge its nickname ""The Swan"". The southernmost span of the bridge has an bascule bridge for ships"
"of the river. A metro station on line 10 of the Paris Métro has been named after the bridge. Pont de Saint-Cloud The pont de Saint-Cloud (""Saint-Cloud Bridge"") is a French bridge constructed of metal which crosses the Seine between the communes of Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Cloud in the French department of Hauts-de-Seine. The first pont de Saint-Cloud appeared in 841 because of a conflict between Charles the Bald et Lothaire I, and consisted of only a simple wooden footbridge. The Seine has been traversable from this location for twelve centuries, and tradition holds that no king of France has traversed"
"Cheekpoint Cheekpoint () is a village set on the confluence of the River Suir and the River Barrow. Lying beneath the 150 metre high Minaun Hill ""(mountain meadow by a river)"" the village has panoramic views of Waterford Harbour, the 2131 ft. Barrow Bridge, which was once the longest bridge in Ireland, and Great Island Power Station now owned by Scottish Southern Energy SSE plc who purchased it from Endesa in 2012. The village is also surrounded by the Malting Woods which were planted by Cornelius Bolton. The Irish name for Cheekpoint is ""Pointe na Síge"", or perhaps ""Pointe na"
"to the upstream side of the bridge and two footpaths, one on each side of it, permit unmotorized traffic to cross. Pont Charles-de-Gaulle The Pont Charles-de-Gaulle (""Charles-de-Gaulle Bridge"") is a steel-reinforced concrete girder bridge straddling the river Seine in the eastern part of Paris. It is a one-way bridge carrying road traffic from the 13th arrondissement to the 12th arrondissement. Another one-way bridge further downstream, Pont d'Austerlitz, carries traffic in the opposite direction. In 1986, the Council of Paris (""Conseil de Paris"") decided to construct a new bridge between the Pont de Bercy and the Pont d'Austerlitz in southeast Paris,"
"La Salle Causeway The La Salle Causeway is a causeway that allows Highway 2 to cross the Cataraqui River (the southern entrance of the Rideau Canal) at Kingston, Ontario. The causeway separates Kingston's inner and outer harbours. Construction of the causeway was completed on April 15, 1917. Three bridges are incorporated into the causeway, the centre one being a Strauss trunnion bascule lift bridge designed by Joseph Strauss, designer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The La Salle Causeway was named after René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle who oversaw the construction of Fort Frontenac in 1673 at,"
"Pont Alexandre III The Pont Alexandre III is a deck arch bridge that spans the Seine in Paris. It connects the Champs-Élysées quarter with those of the Invalides and Eiffel Tower. The bridge is widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in the city. It is classified as a French Monument historique since 1975. The Beaux-Arts style bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896 and 1900. It is named after Tsar Alexander III, who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. His son Nicholas II laid the"
"bridges. One of the most remarkable examples of contemporary architecture and engineering is the Millau Viaduct in southern France, designed by architect Norman Foster and structural engineer Michel Virlogeux. The Millau Viaduct crosses the valley of the River Tarn and is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers and Montpellier. It was formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004. It is the tallest bridge in the world with one mast's summit at above the base of the structure. The British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid constructed the Bridge Pavilion in Zaragoza. Spain for an international exposition there in 2008. The"
"GDF Suez plans to install a 0.5-megawatt test tidal turbine in the passage in 2014. Fromveur Passage The Fromveur Passage (), sometimes called St. Vincent's Channel, is a strait that lies between the island of Ushant and Kéréon lighthouse on Men Tensel Rock, off the coast of the French province of Brittany. It forms part of the northern limit of the Iroise Sea. The name ""Fromveur"" comes from the Breton words ""froud"", meaning ""current"", and ""meur"" meaning ""great"", as the passage can exhibit strong tidal currents, often running at . These currents, the second strongest in France after those of"
"Emile Asari. A tail bridge can quickly and efficiently be raised and lowered from one pylon (instead of hinges). This quickly allows water traffic to pass while only briefly blocking road traffic. Slauerhoffbrug The Slauerhoffbrug () is a fully automatic bascule bridge (aka tail bridge) in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It is a road bridge that carries the Slauerhoffweg (named after J. Slauerhoff) over the Harlingervaart. It was completed in 2000. The bridge uses two arms to swing a section of road in and out of place within the road itself. The deck is 15 m by"
"the Seine from the pont de Brotonne: the Pont de Tancarville and the Pont de Normandie. The bridge is a cable-stayed bridge (specifically of the fan design), whose principal span reaches and is made of prestressed concrete. It is considered an engineering feat and was the first bridge of this type in the world. The bridge was a toll bridge until 2006, at which point crossing it became free. The bridge is considered to be the inspiration for the much larger Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. Pont de Brotonne The Brotonne Bridge (""pont de Brotonne"") is a bridge in the"
"Pont du Carrousel The Pont du Carrousel is a bridge in Paris, which spans the River Seine between the Quai des Tuileries and the Quai Voltaire. Begun in 1831 in the prolongation of the ""rue des Saints-Pères"" on the Left Bank, the original bridge was known under that name until its inauguration, in 1834, when king Louis-Philippe named it ""Pont du Carrousel"", because it opened on the Right Bank river frontage of the Palais du Louvre near the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Tuileries. The bridge's architect, Antoine-Rémy Polonceau, succeeded in a design that was innovative"
"Pegasus Bridge Pegasus Bridge is a bascule bridge (a type of movable bridge), that was built in 1934, that crossed the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham, in Normandy, France. Also known as the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, it was, with the nearby Ranville Bridge over the river Orne, later renamed Horsa Bridge, a major objective of the British airborne troops during Operation Deadstick, part of Operation Tonga in the opening minutes of the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War. A unit of glider infantry of the 2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire"
"Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct (, ) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in southern France. In a Franco-British partnership, it was designed by the English architect Lord Norman Foster and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux. , it is the tallest bridge in the world, having a structural height of . The Millau Viaduct is part of the A75-A71 autoroute axis from Paris to Béziers and Montpellier. The cost of construction was approximately € 394 million. It was built over three years, formally inaugurated on 14 December 2004, and opened to traffic"
"d'Administration"", are both adjacent to the northern end of the barrage. The headquarters (""Hôtel du Département"") of the Bas-Rhin department is by the southern end. Barrage Vauban The Barrage Vauban, or Vauban Dam, is a bridge, weir and defensive work erected in the 17th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France. At that time, it was known as the Great Lock (""grande écluse""), although it does not function as a navigation lock in the modern sense of the word. Today it serves to display sculptures and has a viewing terrace on its roof, with views"
"Seaway International Bridge The Seaway International Bridge is an international crossing connecting New York State, in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. It consists of the South and North Channel Bridges. The South Channel Bridge was opened in 1958, and spans the St. Lawrence Seaway. The North Channel Bridge, opened in 2014, connects the City of Cornwall to Cornwall Island. The bridge is among the busiest on the Canada–United States border in the state of New York, with about two million crossings a year. It is jointly owned by the Federal Bridge Corporation (a Crown corporation"
"Pont Notre-Dame The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the ""quai de Gesvres"" on the Rive Droite with the ""quai de la Corse"" on the Île de la Cité. 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; nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous times, a fact referred to in the Latin"
"Mohammed VI Bridge The Mohammed VI Bridge (Arabic: جسر محمد السادس) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the Bouregreg River near Rabat in Morocco. It is named after the current king of Morocco. The bridge is characterised by its architecture comprising two 200-meters high arched towers, which symbolize the new doors to the cities of Rabat and Salé. The deck is supported by two sets of 20 pairs of parallel multi-strand stay cables. The structure forms part of the new 41.5 km Rabat motorway bypass around the city of Rabat and will improve traffic congestion in Hay"
"which allowed it reopened the following year. The name comes from the Bordeleau family that was present in the vicinity of the bridge during construction. The bridge is now red with white trim but was formerly white with green trim. Bordeleau Bridge The Bordeleau Bridge is a covered bridge of farm type, located in Saint-Severin, in Quebec, Canada. It has a single span of long and has a vertical clearance of . The first bridge built at this location dates back to 1875. The bridge was rebuilt twice, in 1895 and 1915 and was equipped with a roof in 1932"
"it is written that it was the house owned by Mr Picot, a few hours before the Gondrées' house. 11. Pegasus Diaries John Howard and Penny Bates (2006). The Private Papers of Major John Howard DSO. page 129 . Pegasus Bridge Pegasus Bridge is a bascule bridge (a type of movable bridge), that was built in 1934, that crossed the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham, in Normandy, France. Also known as the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, it was, with the nearby Ranville Bridge over the river Orne, later renamed Horsa Bridge, a major objective of the British"
"""rive droite""). A protected area mid-way at the central lens allows pedestrians to shelter from rain. In March 2005, Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, proposed naming it ""Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir"" and inaugurated the bridge on July 13, 2006, with de Beauvoir's adoptive daughter Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir in attendance. Feichtinger Architectes, ""Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir, Paris"", AAM Editions 2007, Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir The Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir (initially known by the provisional name of passerelle Bercy-Tolbiac) is a bridge solely for pedestrians and cyclists across the Seine River in Paris. It is the 37th bridge on the Seine to Paris. It"
"Riad, the capital's western residential suburb. Mohammed VI Bridge The Mohammed VI Bridge (Arabic: جسر محمد السادس) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the valley of the Bouregreg River near Rabat in Morocco. It is named after the current king of Morocco. The bridge is characterised by its architecture comprising two 200-meters high arched towers, which symbolize the new doors to the cities of Rabat and Salé. The deck is supported by two sets of 20 pairs of parallel multi-strand stay cables. The structure forms part of the new 41.5 km Rabat motorway bypass around the city of Rabat and"
"Wasauksing Swing Bridge The Wasauksing Swing Bridge spans the South Channel, a narrow channel of Georgian Bay between the Rose Point on the mainland and an island commonly known as Parry Island (the Wasauksing First Nation), near Parry Sound, Ontario. The bridge was built by the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway to provide rail access to Depot Harbour. The bridge is sometimes referred to by its former name, the ""Rose Point Swing Bridge"". A bridge was first built at this location in 1887 (some sources indicate 1888). This was replaced by the current structure in 1912. The twin-towered Rose"
"Zouave (Pont de l'Alma) The Zouave is an 1856 stone statue by French artist Georges Diebolt, which has been sited on the Pont de l'Alma in Paris since the 1850s. The statue is used as an informal flood marker for the level of the River Seine in Paris. An arch bridge over the Seine was first constructed at this location in Paris in the 1850s, connecting the Avenue George V (formerly the Avenue d'Alma) to the Quai d'Orsay and Quai Branly. The new bridge was named after the 1854 Battle of Alma in the Crimean War. The two supporting piers"
"Pont aval The Pont Aval is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France. It is open exclusively to motor vehicles traveling along the Boulevard Périphérique, a roadway which encircles the city. The Pont Aval is the last bridge spanning the Seine if one were to follow the river's course downstream through the capital. The Pont Aval is located in the southwest of Paris, linking the 15th and 16th arrondissements, connecting the Quai d'Issy-les-Moulineaux and the Quai Saint-Exupéry. With a total length of 313 meters (1,027 feet), the Pont Aval is the longest in Paris. The bridge was opened"
"for pedestrian and cycle traffic along the middle spine of the deck by the cable stays. Assut de l'Or Bridge The Assut de l'Or Bridge (Valencian: ""Pont de l'Assut de l'Or"", Spanish: ""Puente de l'Assut de l'Or"") is a dazzling white single-pylon cable-stayed bridge in Valencia, Spain designed by Valencian architect and civil engineer Santiago Calatrava and completed in December 2008. The name ""l'Assut de l'Or"" means ""the Dam of the Gold"" and refers to a dam that was located nearby, although locally it is referred to as ""El Jamonero"" (The Ham Holder) or ""puente del arpa"" (The Harp Bridge)."