Sully-sur-Loire Suspension Bridges
This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.
| Bridge: | Sully-sur-Loire Suspension Bridges |
| Location: | Sully-sur-Loire and Saint-Père-sur-Loire, France - Loire River |
| Image Set Contributor: | Jochem Hollestelle |
| Related Suspension Bridge Inventory: | 1836 Sully-sur-Loire - Sully-sur-Loire and Saint-Père-sur-Loire, Loiret, France 1859 Sully-sur-Loire - Sully-sur-Loire and Saint-Père-sur-Loire, Loiret, France |
| Related Image Lists: | All from Jochem Hollestelle All in France All Vehicular Suspension Bridges |
| Credit: | Postcards, collection of Jochem Hollestelle. |
Damaged and repaired multiple times, the Sully-sur-Loire bridge finally collapsed in 1985 and was replaced with a non-suspension bridge.
The first Sully-sur-Loire suspension bridge. It was destroyed by a flood in 1856.
A new suspension bridge was completed in 1859.
The bridge is intentionally damaged by French engineers to slow advancing troops, June 18, 1940.
The bridge is repaired in 1943, bombed in 1944, and repaired again in 1947.
