Selles Swing Bridge – Canal des Vosges à Selles loop from Passavant-la-Rochère

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Vesoul

Passavant-La-Rochère

Selles Swing Bridge – Canal des Vosges à Selles loop from Passavant-la-Rochère

Moderate

riders

Selles Swing Bridge – Canal des Vosges à Selles loop from Passavant-la-Rochère

03:08

73.1km

540m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 4.85 km for 16 m

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Parking

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874 m

View of the Passavant-la-Rochère Viaduct

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A freight activity existed until 1991: coal was transported from Jussey for the activity of the Rochère glassworks...

I ran in short pants after this train that we heard whistling from my grandparents' house from the carpentry in the 1970s

We now pass over the viaduct at a height of more than 20 m via a superb cycle path which has rehabilitated this old line via the "Charles the Bold" route which joins CORRE towards the West and Epinal towards the East.

The Charles the Bold Véloroute route takes, in France, the route of the V50 (In 2022, for legal reasons, the v50 must change its name. It becomes THE BLUE WAY Moselle-Saône by bike Luxembourg-Lyon) of Apach (57 Moselle) to Lamarche-sur-Saône (21 Côte d’Or).

The Charles the Bold cycle route then reaches Dijon while the Voie Bleue heads towards Lyon.

Have a nice trip to all!

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4.88 km

Mooie picknick plaats met aan de ene kant het riviertje en aan de andere kant het kanaal

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4.90 km

Selles Swing Bridge

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This bridge rotates to allow free passage to boats navigating on the Eastern Canal.

It is dated from the 19th century and is still in operation. It is operated by hand and pivots on its axis thanks to wheels located under the apron.

It is used by vehicles and pedestrians. A few meters away is a stone bridge, in contrast to the metal swing bridge, which spans the river.

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4.92 km

Canal des Vosges à Selles

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beautiful and historic bridge

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9.87 km

Town Hall

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Set back from the street, don't miss this 18th century castle built for Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre, one of Louis XV's marshals.
Its glazed tile roof is particularly beautiful and is one of the elements listed in the inventory of Historic Monuments.
Today it is the town hall of Vauvillers.

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10.00 km

Halles de Vauvillers

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16th century halls with impressive wooden frames. They were initially built under Gauthier II de Beauffremont then were victims of attempts to conquer the region: completely destroyed in 1595 then quickly rebuilt, they were damaged again in 1636 but repaired identically.
Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre then consolidated them around 1770.

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20.3 km