Lyon - Pont de Serin

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Soren bridge across the river Saône (the Saône), Lyon (option). The first bridge in this part of Lyon came back in 1749. It was a wooden bridge, called Seren or Alenkur (pont d'Halincourt). This bridge carries over a few times, he recovered and rebuilt, while in 1815 not to build a new bridge, which consists of seven wooden spans about 9 meters wide. In 1844, the wooden supports are replaced with stone. The bridge was very slightly damaged during the Second World War and was quickly restored. Due to their inability to pass large vessels, the bridge was demolished in 1972. Even before the demolition of the bridge in the immediate vicinity was built a new bridge odnoprolotny called Koenig bridge (pont Kœnig).For the river can be seen Fort Saint-Jean, which was built in 1636-1834 as part of the defensive fortifications of the city. Since 2004, the fort is the National Public Finance School (École nationale des finances publiques).