Le Pont Wilson / The Wilson Bridge (Tours, France)
N 47° 23.824 E 000° 41.172
31T E 325403 N 5251886
City of Tours is famous for many bridges crossing the river Loire - the oldest of them is the stone arch bridge bearing the name of Woodrow Wilson, built in 1765-1778.
Waymark Code: WME5PV
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 04/07/2012
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City of Tours is famous for many bridges crossing the river Loire - the oldest of them is the stone arch bridge bearing the name of Woodrow Wilson, built in 1765-1778.
The famous stone arch bridge, which collapsed several times, is 434 m long, 21.3 m wide and it has 15 arches of 24.3 m long. The bridge was named "Wilson" in 1918 after Woodrow Wilson (President of USA in 1913-1921), for the country's participation in the First World War, when Tours was a major US military base.