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Loriol-du-Comtat : Pont-Aqueduc des Cinq-Cantons (work of the art of the Carpentras canal)

Vaucluse

Reference

PA84000030

Latitude

44.06748

Longitude

5.02564

Address

1944 Route de Carpentras 84870 Loriol-du-Comtat

Construction era

3e quart 19e siècle

Protection date

2001/11/06 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Le pont-aqueduc, en totalité (cad. C 447 ; D 157) : inscription par arrêté du 6 novembre 2001

The bridge illustrates the desire to irrigate and enhance as many agricultural land as possible. It crosses a large depression to connect the main branch of the Carpentras canal. This bridge is longer than that of Galas, measuring 253 meters, but it is lower, reaching 11 meters.