Old bridge of Poissy

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The old bridge of Poissy, also known as the old bridge of Poissy, is a arched bridge in masonry that once crossed the main arm of the Seine for a length of four hundred meters and extended for almost a kilometre between Poissy and Quartiers-sous-Poissy in the department of Yvelines in France. This bridge, of which there are only six visible arches, is located 330 m downstream of the new bridge of Poissy and 570 m upstream of the bridge of the island of Migneaux. It was an important channel of commercial communication in the region from the Middle Ages (with the old Limay bridge and the bridge aux Perches) due to the passage of cattle from the Vexin and Normandy going to the Poissy cattle market by the road of Rouen, the surrounding harbour activity, fishing and milling on its arches. It remained a strategic location during the wars until its destruction in 1944. It is the subject of a project to build a bridge on its remains by 2024.

Uncertain origins of the bridge: Until the end of the 19th century, the origins of the bridge remained uncertain and confused. For Octave...