Bridge Van Gogh
Historic site and monument Engineering structure Bridge
Presentation
Formerly known as Pont de Langlois
Period: 19th century
Type : Public architecture: civil engineering
Status : Property of the Arles Tourist Office Classified as a historic monument (1988)
Period: 19th century
Type : Public architecture: civil engineering
Status : Property of the Arles Tourist Office Classified as a historic monument (1988)
Named after the employee responsible for guarding and handling it, the "Langlois Bridge" gained worldwide renown thanks to Van Gogh's representations of it in the late 19th century. However, the bridge that can be seen a few kilometers south of the city center, on the canal from Arles to Bouc, is not the one painted by the artist. Nor is it in its original location. Technical progress, the evolution of urban planning and the hazards of war have meant that today we can only see an identical example, formerly installed in Fos. However, the desire to evoke the painter, as well as to restore an ancient technique, has enabled us to replace the structure in its functional integrity, and in a landscape setting close to that seen by Van Gogh. The structure is a movable bridge of the arrow drawbridge type: in other words, the deck is raised by pivoting on one end, connected by chains to one or two rocking parts, the arrows. The Langlois bridge is symmetrical, with two four-metre-long decks providing an eight-metre span. This is the width of the canal, minus the abutments, the masonry section that fixes the structure to the banks. The two decks, made of wooden sleepers, offer a width of four meters for traffic. The fixed parts on which the booms pivot are assembled to form a sort of portico, some five metres high. The booms themselves measure 8.30 m. Most of the structure is made of wood, except for the abutments, lifting chains and metal fastening and assembly parts.
General information
- Price :
- Free
- Period :
- 19th C
- Park :
- Park
Contact
Bridge Van Gogh
Canal d'Arles à Bouc
13200
Arles
Phone : +33 4 90 18 41 20
Tarifs
Free of charge.
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Pont Van Gogh
Canal d'Arles à Bouc
13200
Arles
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 43.65699
Longitude : 4.621038