Saint-Nazaire Bridge
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The Saint-Nazaire bridge
is a Cable-stayed bridge
spanning the Loire river and linking Saint-Nazaire
on the north bank and Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins
on the south bank, in the department of Loire-Atlantique
, France
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Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
is a Cable-stayed bridge
Cable-stayed bridge
A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns , with cables supporting the bridge deck....
spanning the Loire river and linking Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire , is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.The town has a major harbour, on the right bank of the Loire River estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean. The town is at the south of the second-largest swamp in France, called "la Brière"...
on the north bank and Saint-Brevin-Les-Pins
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-References:*...
on the south bank, in the department of Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique
Loire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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