College Footbridge
In Lyon , the Passerelle du Collège is a suspension bridge over the Rhône . This footbridge leads to the right bank on the passage Ménestrier included in what was the college of the Trinity - founded in 1519 - later called the Grand College under the Ancien Régime (the Small College being on the place of the same name in the Old Lyon ) and became the Lycée Ampère .


History
This bridge was built in the 19th century under pressure from the inhabitants of the left bank (Brotteaux district, then booming) who did not have a public high school: that of young girls only appeared at the end of the 19th century . century and that of the Park only after the First World War . The footbridge allowed students not to make the detour via the Morand and Lafayette bridges and to cross in safety.

The Compagnie des Ponts du Rhône was put on notice in 1842 and was obliged to carry it out and a project was approved in July. The "iron wire" footbridge still rests on three piles, whose rockfill is renewed from time to time, and has three spans of 96 m in the center and 42.5 m on the sides, the width of which is 4 m .

The construction was marked by a tragic accident: the work was almost completed when theDecember 7, 1844a bolt holding a cable in its sheath broke. The bridge collapsed and eight workers drowned. Work resumed immediately and people were able to walk on the structure onSeptember 3, 1845.

The footbridge was partly destroyed at the Liberation in 1944. One of the piers was rebuilt almost identically in paired stones (the middle one bears a commemorative inscription). The footbridge is finally reopened to the public onSeptember 3, 1945. Since then, this pedestrian crossing from Quai Jean-Moulin to Quai Général-Sarrail has been very busy.

Sources
This article is partially or totally taken from the article entitled “ Lyon bridges




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