The Pont d'Aquitaine is a large suspension bridge over the Garonne, north-west of the city of Bordeaux, in France.
[1] In 1949, the state, the city of Bordeaux and the communities concerned recognised that it was wiser to create a new bridge, but the choice of its location posed a major difficulty.
In the spring of 1953, it was decided, to increase the roadway of the stone bridge to four lanes, which could be done without notable modifications and at a low cost.
The same year, the mayor of Bordeaux, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, became Minister of Public Works and as of 13 August 1954, the decision was made in principle, to build a suspension bridge.
However, it is extended on the left bank by a viaduct of 1014 m, which brings it to the 8th rank in terms of length of French bridges when all categories combined.