Pegasus Bridge
Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Normandy
- Also known as: “Pegasus bridge” and “Pont de Bénouville”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Café Gondrée and Memorial Pegasus.
Café Gondrée
Café
Photo: Rundvald, Public domain.
The Café Gondrée is a small coffeehouse in the French community of Bénouville. The cafe is located on the west bank of the Caen Canal, at the northwest end of the Bénouville Bridge, now commonly referred to as the Pegasus Bridge.
Memorial Pegasus
Museum
Photo: Patrbe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Memorial Pegasus at Ranville in Lower Normandy is a museum and memorial to the 6th Airborne Division in the Normandy landings and particular the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges. Memorial Pegasus is situated 200 metres east of Pegasus Bridge.
Signal Monument in Pegasus Bridge
Memorial
Photo: Jarosław Baranowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Signal Monument in Pegasus Bridge is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ranville and Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay.
Ranville
Village
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ranville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Ranville was the first French village liberated on D-Day.
Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay
Village
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Saint-Aubin-d’Arquenay is situated 2½ km northwest of Pegasus Bridge.
Amfreville
Village
Photo: Ikmo-ned, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amfreville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. Amfreville is situated 3 km east of Pegasus Bridge.
Pegasus Bridge
- Categories: rolling lift bridge, bascule bridge, and transportation
- Location: Bénouville, Arrondissement of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.24238° or 49° 14′ 33″ northLongitude
-0.27422° or 0° 16′ 27″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8CXX6PRG+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 745702717OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Pegasus Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Pegasus Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر بيغاسوس”
- Breton: “Pegasus Bridge”
- Catalan: “Pegasus Bridge”
- Chinese: “飛馬橋”
- Czech: “Pegasus Bridge”
- Danish: “Pegasusbroen”
- Dutch: “Pegasusbrug”
- Esperanto: “Ponto Pegasus”
- French: “Pegasus Bridge”
- German: “Pegasusbrücke”
- Italian: “Ponte Pegasus”
- Japanese: “ペガサス橋”
- Luxembourgish: “Pegasus-Bréck”
- Polish: “Most Pegaz”
- Polish: “Most Pegaza”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Pegasus”
- Russian: “Мост Пегас”
- Slovenian: “Most Pegasus”
- Spanish: “puente Pegaso”
- Spanish: “puente Pegasus”
- Spanish: “Puente Pegasus”
- Swedish: “Pegasus Bridge”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bénouville and Le Bout de Bas.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Le pont de la Paix entre les Peuples and Voie verte Caen-Ouistreham.
Calvados: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Caen, Lisieux, Bayeux, and Honfleur.
Curious Bridges to Discover
Uncover intriguing bridges from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pegasus Bridge”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.