Ain, Savoie. Pont suspendu de La Balme

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In September 1835 governing ferry to Balme get permission to replace the ferry suspension bridge. Construction begins two years later, in June 1837, the project Küllo Ferranda.Most and was completed in December of the same year (7 months). But already in 1841 it was granted a loan to repair the bridge, which was suffering from navodneniy.Kontsessiya bridge was purchased by the government in March 1861 for a little more than 129 thousand. Francs. By this time, the bridge was already in poor condition. In May 1878 Ferdinand Arnaud takes a contract to work on the restoration of the bridge, involving the complete replacement of bearing and suspension kanatov.S end of 1900 considered several options for the next restoration of the suspension bridge, recognized too narrow and dilapidated. As a result, it was sold and eventually demolished in the middle of 1910, to make way for concrete bridges.