& x22;The bridge of Mean& x22; Everything begins with a wooden bridge on stilts that had become fragile and whose apron collapsed when two oxen passed through a fairground in 1713. On July 13, 1742, the adjudication of the future bridge was signed and its construction will end In 1745. It will be partially destroyed by 2 times: In December 1793, a few days before the battle of Savenay, 300 men of the army of Canclaux cut down the ark of the left bank, to prevent a possible retreat of the great Catholic and royal army. - June 18, 1940 to delay the invasion of St-Nazaire German troops at the beginning of the 39-45 conflict and to encourage the departure of the battleship Jean-Bart, the central vault will be dynamited.
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