Pont Art déco de la rue Ropsy Chaudron

Art Deco bridge spanning the Charleroi canal between rue Ropsy Chaudron and rue Léon Delacroix, inaugurated on 23 December 1943 and dated '1945' on the parapet; it is recorded in the inventory. It replaced a first bridge of 1931, bombed on 17 May 1940. Entirely faced with bluestone, the reinforced-concrete girder structure has three spans on battered piers. The parapet combines blocks, some carved with the coats of arms of Brabant, Brussels and Anderlecht and with rams' heads, with a wrought-iron railing of interlaced scrolls. The piers carry pillars carved with market scenes and topped by a stylised vase; on the south side they are flanked by monumental stone staircases.

Translated from the French original.