Pont de Bonpas

Prior to the construction of a bridge to cross the Durance river, there is evidence that a reaction ferry was used from 1166. A religious organisation, the Bridge-Building Brotherhood, was involved in bridge construction, road repairs and a variety of other tasks. It began constructing a bridge while providing housing for foreigners beside the Durance river, and later completed a stone bridge. It was constructed between 1189 and 1199. In 1270, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, granted the Bridge-Building Brotherhood the rights over the bridge over the Durance and confirmed the fiefs, rights and jurisdictions it had in the counties of Venaissin and Toulouse. It was destroyed by a flood in 1272. In 1316, the construction of a new bridge using stones from the old bridge was authorized but failed in 1320. In 1804, plans to construct a new wooden bridge were made and a bridge with 47 spans opened in 1812. Nine spans were damaged in an 1886 flood and it became a footbridge. A new suspension bridge opened in 1894 with a length of . ==References==