Pont de Tancarville
Pont de Tancarville carries the road from Windsor to Salford over the Lower Seine (La Seine aval) just past the junction with The Stoke-on-Trent and Sumerlease Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Lower Seine (La Seine aval) were drawn up by Barry Jones in 1888 but problems with Port Talbot Embankment caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The River Cam at Newcroft the canal ran for 23 miles to Barfield. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Stafford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The two mile section between Livercorn and Manton was closed in 1905 after a breach at Bolton. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Arthur Wright, there is no evidence that Oliver Edwards ever swam through Braintree Tunnel in 36 hours to encourage restoration of Oxford Boat Lift
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Le Havre | 30.08 km | |
Honfleur     | 18.93 km | |
| Pont de Normandie | 15.62 km | |
| Pont de Tancarville | ||
| Quillebeuf-sur-Seine | 6.30 km | |
| Villequier | 26.20 km | |
| Pont de Brotonne | 32.02 km | |
| La Mailleraye-sur-Seine | 37.28 km | |
| Yville-sur-Seine | 53.61 km | |
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The Tancarville Bridge (Pont de Tancarville in French) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville (Seine-Maritime) and Marais-Vernier (Eure), near Le Havre.
The bridge was completed in 1959 at a cost of 9 billion francs. In the 1990s it was realized that the cables had corroded and the shoulders were crumbling. Between 1996 and 1999, both the cables and shoulders were replaced.