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The Footbridge and the Dam
The approach across the salt meadows, with the best views of the Mont, especially from the dam on the Couesnon river.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Barrage du Couesnon, 50170 BeauvoirDirections
- Getting There
- Between La Caserne and the Mont; the shuttles stop near the footbridge.
Why Go
A causeway built in the 1870s let sand build up around the Mont, threatening to join it to the mainland. A footbridge opened in 2014 lets the sea flow again, and the dam on the Couesnon flushes the sand out. At the highest tides, the Mont becomes an island once more.
Nearby in Mont-Saint-Michel
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