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Pont National (Sète)

18 Quai Léopold Suquet, 34200 Sète, France D612

Pont National (Sète) carries the M72 motorway over the Canal de Sète a few kilometres from Liverpool.

The Canal de Sète was built by Henry Parker and opened on January 1 1835. "A Very Special Boat" by George Thomas describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Bury Inclined plane.

Information about the place

Pont National (Sète) is a minor waterways place on the Canal de Sète between Thau - Rhône à Sète Jonction (Junction of the Étang de Thau with the Canal du Rhône à Sète) (2.57 kilometres to the north) and Sète (0.94 kilometres to the south).

The nearest place in the direction of Thau - Rhône à Sète Jonction is Sète - Payrade Jonction (Junction of the Canal de Sète and the Canal de la Payrade); 0.17 kilometres away.

The nearest place in the direction of Sète is Pont Legrand; 0.28 kilometres away.

There may not be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.

	Thau - Rhône à Sète Jonction	2.57 km
	Beziers a Sete Levage Pont Ferroviaire	0.94 km
	Pont Sadi Carnot	0.89 km
	Sète - Payrade Jonction	0.17 km
	Pont National (Sète)
	Pont Legrand	0.28 km
	Sète	0.94 km

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VisuRiS — associated with Waterways of Mainland Europe: The official inland waterway resource for Belgium with actual traffic and planned operations on the waterways. Also has voyage planning and notices to mariners

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The pont National (named pont Napoléon-III from its construction until 1870) is a road and rail bridge across the Seine in Paris, to the east of the 12th and 13th arrondissements. With a total length of 188.5m, it is made up of 5 masonry arches. Its rail part carries the Petite Ceinture, now disused, and its road part links boulevard Poniatowski to boulevard Masséna. Its nearest Paris Métro stations are Porte de Charenton and Cour Saint-Émilion.

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