Pont sur le Canal de Briare – Châtillon-sur-Loire bridge loop from Batilly-en-Puisaye

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Pont sur le Canal de Briare – Châtillon-sur-Loire bridge loop from Batilly-en-Puisaye

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Pont sur le Canal de Briare – Châtillon-sur-Loire bridge loop from Batilly-en-Puisaye

02:46

40.9km

140m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Tips

Includes a movable bridge

Check opening times.

After 18.7 km for 13 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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22.3 km

Briare Canal Bridge

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A detour to make while passing through the area

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23.0 km

Briare, or the "city of enamels", is a boating city located at the crossroads of the Loire, the Briare Canal and the Loire Lateral Canal. The Briare Canal is the oldest canal in France, and its famous bridge is among the top five favorite monuments of the French.

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23.2 km

Port of Briare

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The port is located near the north bank of the Loire, and the Briare canal bridge to which it is connected via the Loire lateral canal.

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23.5 km

Saint Stephen's Church

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A beautiful Roman-Byzantine style church which can be visited all year round. To discover if you pass through Briare to admire its mosaics!

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24.7 km

Pont sur le Canal de Briare

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28.5 km

Riverside Path Along the Loire

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This section of the route is for the most part quite easy to drive, but there are small areas of root system and now and then also sand passages available.

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29.4 km

Les Combles Lock No. 42

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Beautiful place to relax and unwind and the bosom of nature.

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29.6 km

Châtillon-sur-Loire bridge

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This suspension bridge is located halfway between the towns of Beaulieu-sur-Loire and Briare, and allows cars, cyclists and pedestrians to cross the Loire.

The bridge is located right in the middle of the Mantelot and Combles lock site. Before the construction of the Briare aqueduct, this passage allowed boats to pass between the old side canal, the Loire, and the old Briare canal.

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40.9 km

End point

Parking

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