Jean Ango Lift Bridge

The Jean Ango Lifting Bridge, in Dieppe

The Jean Ango Lifting Bridge is one of the two movable bridges of Dieppe, which allow to cross the port while letting the boats pass. The Dieppe audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this modern structure with a prestigious name, a tribute to the great Dieppe shipowner of the Renaissance.

The movable bridge of the port

As a seaport, Dieppe is endowed with two distinct bridges that allow the inhabitants to cross the basins of the port while letting the passage to the ships. One of them is the Jean Ango Lifting Bridge. As its name indicates, it is a movable bridge whose deck rises to free the passage of the boats that enter or leave the port, before lowering again for the traffic. This mechanism, fascinating to observe, is made necessary by the configuration of the town, crossed by the basins, and illustrates the ingenuity deployed to reconcile urban life and port activity. The bridge bears the name of Jean Ango, one of the greatest figures of the history of Dieppe: shipowner, navigator and patron of the sixteenth century, he was an immensely rich and powerful figure, who financed distant maritime expeditions and made the glory of the port at the time of the great discoveries. To give his name to this bridge is to honour this prestigious past. A movable structure and a tribute to a great shipowner, the Jean Ango Lifting Bridge is an interesting stop of the discovery of Dieppe.

What to see

Here you observe one of the two movable bridges of Dieppe, whose deck rises to let the boats entering or leaving the port pass before lowering for the traffic, a fascinating mechanism made necessary by the basins that cross the town; it bears the name of Jean Ango, shipowner, navigator and patron of the sixteenth century who made the glory of the port. The Jean Ango Lifting Bridge is an emblematic structure of Dieppe. It is an interesting stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Jean Ango Lifting Bridge crosses the port of Dieppe, reachable on foot. It is a public structure; its deck rises at the passage of the boats, temporarily interrupting the traffic. You discover it during a walk around the basins of the port.

Who was Jean Ango, whose name the bridge bears in Dieppe?

One of the greatest figures of the history of Dieppe: shipowner, navigator and patron of the sixteenth century, immensely rich and powerful, he financed distant maritime expeditions and made the glory of the port at the time of the great discoveries; the lifting bridge that bears his name is one of the two movable bridges of the town.

Where is the Jean Ango Lifting Bridge in Dieppe?

Above the port of Dieppe, in France.