Pont National (Brest)

Pont National
Pont National
	The Pont National opened to allow through the French cruiser Duguay-Trouin, in 1901
Coordinates	48°23′03.7″N 04°29′47.3″W / 48.384361°N 4.496472°W
Carries	Rue de Siam
Crosses	Penfeld
Locale	Brest, Brittany, France
Characteristics
Design	Swing bridge
Material	Masonry, steel
Total length	104m
History
Designer	Nicolas Cadiat (1805-1856); Alphonse Oudry (1819-1869); Schneider et Cie, builders
Construction start	1856
Opened	1861
Closed	1944 (destroyed)
Location

The Pont National was a swing bridge across the river Penfeld in Brest, France. It opened in 1861 and linked rue de Siam to Recouvrance, near the Tour Tanguy. It was destroyed by Allied bombardment in 1944 and was replaced by the Pont de Recouvrance in the 1950s.

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