Briare aqueduct

Pont-canal de Briare
The Briare Aqueduct
Coordinates	47°37′52″N 2°44′10″E / 47.63111°N 2.73611°E / 47.63111; 2.73611
Carries	Canal latéral à la Loire
Crosses	Loire
Locale	Briare
Characteristics
Trough construction	Steel
Pier construction	Masonry
Total length	662 m.
Width	6 m.
Water depth	2.2 m.
Towpaths	Both
No. of spans	Fifteen
History
Opened	1896
Location

The Briare Aqueduct in central France carries the Canal latéral à la Loire over the river Loire on its journey to the Seine. It replaced a river-level crossing from the canal to meet the Briare Canal that was hazardous in times of flood. Between 1896 and 2003 it was the longest navigable aqueduct in the world, until the opening of the Magdeburg Water Bridge.

It is part of the Canal latéral à la Loire, not, as is commonly believed, the Briare Canal.^[1]