Pont-canal sur la Baïse (également sur commune de Vianne)

English translation

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History

Canal bridge constructed by the inspector of bridges and highways Thomas de Baudre and engineer Job. It is the second canal bridge of the canal lateral to that of the Midi. The stone structure comprises three arches covered with round arches. At the ends of the bridge, the connection with the canal walls is ensured by an abutment forming a mass of masonry. The junction between this mass and the bridge is ensured by a cutwater treated as a quarter cylinder covered with a flat coping. The piers of the bridge are protected upstream as downstream by two similar but semi-cylindrical cutewaters. On the cornice rests a guard rail in cast iron of neo-classical character. On the bridge where the bed of the canal is theoretically deep, two benches lined with pebbles served for the passage of pedestrians and for towing. By a play of black and light pebbles, the eastern bench is decorated with a Greek key pattern along its entire length. On the territory of Vianne, to the north-west, is found the approach device of the canal bridge, with lock and waiting basin at the entrance of the bridge.