"strAngers" in the night

Inaugurated a few days ago, and since enlighted, the profile of the Confluences bridge stands out in the night over the Maine river. Its roadway is emphasized by a kind of a ships'rail whose line is elegantly curved between the right bank and the left one in which it gives the impression of sinking.

Green lights make the bridge look like a simple dotted line in the space. Viewed from the bottom, Confluences gives the pedestrian the feeling he is under the white body of a giant plane, an idea accentuated by the absence of pillars in the bed of the river, which would fly over the Maine.

But this sensation of mass vanishes when Confluences is looked from the Haute-Chaîne bridge nearby. Then, the profile of the "harp" (the technical word is arrow-bridge), which, in reality, attaches the bridge to the banks, giving its force to the work, makes it appear like a delicate thing suspended in space.