Pont Transbordeur de Rochefort - Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge

17300 Échillais, France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

The first Transporter Bridge was built near Bilbao in Spain and is still used today. Worldwide less than twenty transporter bridges were built, of which 6 are currently in operation.
- Puente Vizcaya - (Bilbao), Spain, 1893
- Pont Transbordeur de Rochefort - Martrou, France, 1900
- Newport Transporter Bridge - Newport, UK, 1906
- Schwebefähre Osten–Hemmoor - Osten, Germany, 1909
- Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge - Middlesbrough, UK, 1911
- Rendsburger Hochbrücke mit Schwebefähre - Rendsburg, Germany, 1913

2 Transporter Bridges can be seen out of operation and only as a technical monument and from the outside:
- Puente Transbordador Nicolás Avellaneda - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1914
- Warrington Transporter Bridge - Warrington, UK, 1916


Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge is a transporter bridge built between 1898 and 1900. It is located in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes.
Opened: July 8, 1900
Total length: 175 m
Width: 12 m
Clearance below: 50 m

The Transporter bridge will open in the spring 2023

After four years of major renovation works, the gondola of the Pont Transbordeur cross again the river Charente. From April to october, the Pont Transbordeur allows cyclists and pedestrians to reach both banks of Rochefort and Échillais.

Maison du Transbordeur - Visitor centre

In 2003, the 'Maison du Transbordeur' (Transporter Bridge visitor centre) opened in a converted ferry boat shed, in Échillais, allowing the Transporter Bridge to become a fully-fledged tourist attraction.

Discover the history of the Transporter Bridge! A temporary exhibition shows you how the State of France renovated the last transporter bridge of the country.

Free entrance. This major project led by the State can be followed this year!

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