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A pretty 12th century church located in the town of Échillais. You can also find public toilets on site if you need them.

If you're wondering what this huge bridge-like structure is, it's a transporter bridge that spans the harbor to move vehicles and people from one bank to the other in a gondola (or transporter ) suspended from a carriage passing under the apron. Initially powered by steam, it now uses electricity. It was recently renovated and can still be used to cross the estuary.

The crossing costs €2 and takes a few minutes. Be careful, tickets are on sale, on the Echill side, at the ferry house, which is not open before 9:30 a.m.! However, you can buy the ticket from the driver when boarding, but only by credit card ;-) With the Soubise ferry, it's another nice way to cross the Charente.

The various imposing bridges that span the Charente river are visible from afar

A transporter bridge is a bridge spanning a port, a canal or a river, to transport vehicles and people from one bank to the other in a nacelle (or ferry) suspended from a cart rolling under the deck. Traction, by cable controlled from the shore, was first provided by a steam engine and then, very quickly, by an electric motor. Originally, this transporter bridge was created to replace the ferries that made the crossings. These were unreliable and very dependent on the flow of the Charente, itself a function of rain, wind and especially tides. It was the engineer Arnodin who made the proposal, in 1888, of his prototype bridge to ensure more safety without hindering traffic. It was in 1900 that the bridge was inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of the Navy at the time, Mr. Lanessan, and the Minister of Public Works, Mr. Baudin. Unfortunately, the population increase and the increasing traffic, the traffic jams are more and more present and it is sometimes necessary to wait more than one hour to have a place on the nacelle. The decision was therefore taken, in 1967, to create a 2nd bridge not far away in order to unclog this axis. A very nice video is visible on youtube https://youtu.be/fOxl8Y3X_Ms Under renovation from 2016 to 2020, the transporter bridge has returned to service in good conditions and is once again providing crossings of the Charente. Some demonstrations are carried out such as those of tightrope walkers in November 2021 francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/non-vous-ne-revez-pas-il-y-a-bien-un-homme-en-equilibre-sous-le-pont -tranbordeur-de-rochefort-1636709367 The Rochefort bridge is closed to traffic from November to February inclusive. The cost of the trip is 2€ per person Know that today there are 8 transporter bridges still in operation in the world, including one in France, that of Rochefort: witnesses of the Belle Époque. Mostly fell into disuse by the middle of the 20th century, replaced by more traditional bridges, they were still impressive nonetheless. The very few modern transporter bridges (since 1930) were only created for tourist attraction or for occasional industrial needs. A new generation transporter bridge project is however being studied in Nantes: the return to soft traffic and the renewal of the maritime connections of the estuary towns give a glimpse of a new life for this type of structure.

In the 19th century, the only way to cross the Charente was by ferry. But this one was disturbed by the tides. It would have been necessary to build a bridge, but it would have blocked the maritime traffic, then very important on the Charente. It was therefore decided to build this transporter bridge, which was inaugurated in 1900. The pylons and bridge deck are fixed. A mobile nacelle is suspended from the deck and circulates between the two banks of the Charente thanks to a trolley. The transporter bridge operated from 1900 to 1967, then was replaced by a lift bridge, itself destroyed in 1991. The transporter bridge has resumed service and now allows pedestrians and cyclists to cross for €2 or €3 each way -feedback.