The Armeniers Bridge

Essentially agricultural in the 19th century, Île de l'Oiselay produced cereals, fodder, millet and sugar beets. Initially, the link between it and the city of Sorgues was made by cable ferries, a boat that moved along a cable connecting the two banks. Far from being efficient, the farmers and inhabitants of the island decided to create a union and develop a bridge project in 1922. Thus, in 1925 the project was completed and the construction of the bridge began, then a year later, in August 1926, it was opened to traffic, thus facilitating the passage from one bank to the other.

Following the decline in agricultural activity in the middle of the 20th century, added to the changes of the Rhône, the management of the bridge became communal in 1950. Over the years the condition of the bridge deteriorated and the city decided to ban traffic on the Armenian Bridge in 1975. Today, a road built on the site of the former cable ferry allows access to the island.