Pont de Fragnee
The Pont de Fragnée crosses the Meuse in Liège.
It has three arch spans, the arches being of the three-hinge type.
The bridge was built from 1901 to 1904 for the 1905 Universal Exhibition, evidently inspired by the Pont Alexandre III in Paris.
Designer: Émile Jacqmain
Decoration: Paul Demany
Steelwork contractor John Cockerill and Co
Total length: 177.6 metres
Span lengths: 53.725 m, 57.75 m, 53.725 m.
Contractor for the abutments and piers: Joseph and Victor Cousin. The foundations were constructed using compressed air caissons.
Destroyed by the Belgian Army in 1940.
Rebuilt 1946-8 in the same style, also by Cockerill, but 1.2m wider. The steelwork was fabricated by Cockerill, and site erection was by A. Janssens of Hoboken.
The 'Triton" statues were recovered from the Meuse and put back in place in 1959.
1993 - 2001 Major renovation.
See here[1] for an excellent description of the bridge, from which much of the above information is taken.
Note: The Pont de Fragnée crosses the Meuse close to the point where the River Ourthe joins the Meuse.The N633 road after crossing the Meuse on the Pont de Fragnée continues a short distance north west over a narrow piece of land before crossing the Ourthe on the The Pont Fétinne. This was also built for the 1905 World's Fair at the same time as the Fragnée Bridge, and is effectively an extension of it, but it was presumably spared from demolition.
See here for photographs and information concerning the construction of the Pont Fétinne.