Talk:List of medieval bridges in France

Turning bridge at Porte-Joie
Can someone determine if the turning bridge at Porte-Joie is really a swing bridge or a change bridge where horses are changed from one side of a waterway to the other side. Peter Horn User talk 18:15, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Marjorie Nice Boyer: Medieval French Bridges. A History, Cambridge: Massachusetts, The Mediaeval Academy of America 1976, ISBN 0-910956-58-8, p. 191 reads: Portejoie (Eure), cant. Pont-de-l'Arche, arr. Louviers. Turning bridge. 1198. 11: Mortet and Deschamps, 172, n. 4. "Mortet and Deschamps, 172, n. 4." refers to Boyer's source, but unfortunately I don't have her bibliography at hand. Hope this helps. A turning bridge that early would be a fascinating find. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 21:43, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * And so it would be. If it does not turn the what ''does it do? Would this be a case of a misnomer? Peter Horn User talk 23:21, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't think so, but the only way to find out is to track down the reference given by Boyer. Gun Powder Ma (talk) 01:36, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * "Good luck". Peter Horn User talk 02:37, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * May be it is a draw bridge? After all, a draw bridge "turns" on a horizontal axis rather than on a vertical axis as does a swing bridge. Peter Horn User talk 17:26, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I changed the "redirect" of turning bridge, click and you-all will see. Peter Horn User talk 16:01, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Place names with "Pont"
Are all of these actually bridges? Some of them just seem to be places that happen to have "Pont" in the name. Pont Rousseau in Rezé isn't a 12th-century bridge anymore, it's just a place name. (Unless there really is a 12th century bridge there and I completely missed it, which is possible...) Pont-en-Vertais in Nantes is not an actual bridge either, is it? I also wonder how old some of this information is ("Loire-Inférieure" was renamed Loire-Atlantique in 1957). Adam Bishop (talk) 12:04, 29 January 2013 (UTC)