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Heugueville-Sur-Sienne

Ancient Pont de la Roque

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Heugueville-Sur-Sienne

Ancient Pont de la Roque

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Location: Heugueville-Sur-Sienne, Coutances, Manche, France

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1. Château de Regnéville – Regnéville-sur-Mer loop from Muneville-sur-Mer

56.2km

03:24

310m

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2. Regnéville-sur-Mer – Château de Regnéville loop from Coutainville

36.3km

02:09

210m

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3. Regnéville-sur-Mer – Château de Regnéville loop from Blainville-sur-Mer

46.2km

02:44

280m

Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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April 6, 2022

There are only eight of the eleven piles of the bridge built in 1852, bombarded by the allies in 1944 to prevent the retreat of the German occupation army.

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Willem VS

March 9, 2023

It was in 1852 that a cut stone bridge comprising eleven arches spanned the Siena.

A strategic objective for the Allies during the Liberation, its destruction was important to hinder the German withdrawal. A first sabotage attempt was made by the Trelly resistance group, under the direction of Roger Lemesle.

It was bombed, for the first time, on April 23, 1944, without success, then regularly thereafter by four Royal Air Force bombers until June 14 and 15, dates during which three of the eleven arches collapsed.

A "Bailey" type bridge was installed by the Allies at the end of July 1944 to allow the passage of Brigadier General B.C. Clarke's troops. This replacement bridge, planned for two years, will be used until 1967. A new bridge, inaugurated in 1967, will be built fifty meters upstream of the old one.

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Location: Heugueville-Sur-Sienne, Coutances, Manche, France

Ancient Pont de la Roque

1. Château de Regnéville – Regnéville-sur-Mer loop from Muneville-sur-Mer

2. Regnéville-sur-Mer – Château de Regnéville loop from Coutainville

3. Regnéville-sur-Mer – Château de Regnéville loop from Blainville-sur-Mer

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