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...Pour diminuer la dépense considérable que nécessite un pont construit avec des arches de pierre, on prenait quelquefois le parti de n'élever que des piles en maçonnerie sur lesquelles on posait un tablier de bois. Tel avait été construit le pont traversant la Loire à Nantes (fig. 11). Sur les avant-becs de ce pont s'élevaient de petites maisons louées à des marchands...

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