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Magnificent bridge with a 360 view

The Parc de Rouelles in Le Havre is a beautiful 198-hectare urban park, laid out on the site of a former farm. It retains its 17th-century manor house and dovecote, and also features a perennial garden, a deciduous tree park, themed exhibitions on nature, and a collection of tools and traditional objects from rural life. Since 2010, Scottish oxen have been used to maintain the meadows, and there are three playgrounds, a sports field, a petanque court, 22 km of footpaths and picnic areas.

The abbaye is located in the Graville-Saint-Honorine district, just outside the city center of Le Havre. The abbaye is a museum and can be visited. The building, which dates back to the 11th century, is well worth a visit.

Faced with the rapid increase in road traffic, the idea of a second bridge connecting the two banks of the Seine was born in 1972. The Normandy Bridge, which was opened on 26 January 1995, is a true engineering feat: 2141.25 m long, 23.60 m wide, pylons 214 m high, 7 years of work... and 10 million hours of work.

impressive and so hugh

The Pont de Normandie (English: Normandy Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge that has the longest span in Europe at 856 m. It crosses the Seine estuary and connects Le Havre (then Upper Normandy) on the right bank to the north with Honfleur (then Lower Normandy) on the left bank to the south. The bridge was built between 1988 and 1994 and was inaugurated on January 20, 1995. The 23.60 m wide bridge has a total length of 2141.25 m. It consists of the southern approach bridges with twelve spans and spans of 96.00 m + 9×43.50 m + 32.5 m + 3×70 m + 27.75 m (= 547.75 m), the northern approach bridges with 16 spans and spans of 96.00 m + 14×43.50 m + 32.50 m (= 737.50 m) and the 856 m large one main opening. The 3 m high superstructure of the main opening consists of a 624 m long central steel section, which is followed on both sides by 116 m long prestressed concrete sections. The pylons of the cable-stayed bridge are 203 m high and each carry 2×23 cables. The passage height for ships is 52 m at the highest known water level. Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Normandie

Very accessible trail - boots recommended for the end of the route - immersed in the reedbed with very beautiful views.

At the toll booth here you will find an information center for the bridge, which is a good 800m away. It shows the history of the bridge with a model to illustrate the construction, as well as detailed depictions of anchorages and the cross-section of a pylon. In order to get from here to the highest point of the bridge, you should plan an hour with the return journey. The road is of course annoying, but on the way you have a nice view over the reeds in the Seine delta. To the north you can see the other highway bridge, which is also impressive.