# What kind of bridge is this?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 10, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bridge-is-this/509510 "2009-09-10T02:53:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bridge-is-this/509510/1 "2009-09-10T02:53:00Z")

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[This](http://www.artquotes.net/masters/vangogh/vangogh_langloisbridge1888.jpg) is the Langlois (or Van Gogh) Bridge, near Arles France. What is the name for this type of bridge?

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bridge-is-this/509510/2 "2009-09-10T03:00:41Z")

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it is a drawbridge lifted by a beam

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**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bridge-is-this/509510/3 "2009-09-11T09:30:44Z")

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Here’s a modern replica of Van Gogh’s bridge (Le Pont de l’Anglois): [Arles - Provence - France - Le Pont du Langlois ... | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rietje/3606760378/)

See also: [Bascule bridge - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bascule_bridge)

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**Author:** ![Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Speak\_to\_me\_Maddie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speak_to_me_Maddie)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bridge-is-this/509510/4 "2009-09-11T13:24:13Z")

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A double counterweight drawbridge.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-bridge-is-this/509510/5 "2009-09-11T15:56:24Z")

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> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#):
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> Here’s a modern replica of Van Gogh’s bridge (Le Pont de l’Anglois): [Arles - Provence - France - Le Pont du Langlois ... | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rietje/3606760378/)

[Here’s my photo](http://s174.photobucket.com/albums/w113/flamingriver/?action=view&current=ARL0070502small.jpg) of the same bridge (it’s a couple of hours’ walk from Arles).