north-west (turn right at the tourist office), you will come to a river bed (it joins the Welcoming Capitainerie. Overall, the average flow rate in Lyon is 475 cubic metres per second (16,800 cu ft/s), with a minimum of 153 cubic metres per second (5,400 cu ft/s), in August, and a maximum of 954 cubic metres per second (33,700 cu ft/s), in February.[7]. PK 222.0    Suspension bridge (d976) [3] The 161 km long part upstream from Saint-Symphorien-sur-Saône to Corre, also named Petite Saône, is navigable for Freycinet gauge ships and has 19 locks.[4]. PK 157.2    Bridge (N102) Amazingly big to be inside, at the bottom, like a concrete cathedral with the roof off. PK 133.5    Confluence of Ouvèze, r/b PK 63.3    End of diversion canal. PK 17.2    Arboras railway viaduct Well suited for a night’s stay, a month or for long-term berthing. The Rhône is a river in France and Switzerland.It is 812 kilometers long. PK 133.2    Le Pouzin bridge, village r/b, commercial quay u/s r/b (very high, not recommended) The facility is run by former fighter pilot Olivier Pallier, who is helpful and friendly. It all lasted 70 years, then the Pope went back to Rome, although a series of quasi-Popes then continued to operate from Avignon. The song is about dancing on the isthmus ‘island’ across the river from Avignon, under (sous) the bridge not on (sur) le pont. Besides the palace, the town itself shelters a maze of streets behind massive defensive walls. This facility is managed by the capitainerie at Beaucaire. Hotel barges are elegant and supremely comfortable, converted from traditional vessels or created as cruising boutique hotels from new. PK 239.1    Overhead power line Large fenders necessary. It can be a slow grind upstream. PK 68.8    Suspension bridge (Andance), Andance r/b, Andancette l/b, quay d/s r/b, slipway, pontoon mooring u/s l/b, water, electricity. Quayside (high) with mooring rings, but also a relatively new pontoon – probably room for no more than 2 boats. PK 144.9    Cruas, quay, r/b, port de plaisance, 42 berths, night €11, water, electricity, shower, slipway, village 500m. Opposite the quay, toward the flat bridge span, there is a small inlet that looks like a good anchoring spot (check depths, naturally). The River Rhône empties into the Mediterranean. PK 180.3    Bridge (d59) In fact, tritium is regularly observed at anomalous levels in this river and extreme events such as flushing operations might conduct to its transport downstream. The river drains an are of 95.5500 m 2. The phenomenal engineering works detract only slightly from the beauty of the valley, which runs between the foothills of the Massif Central and the Alps. PK 3.9    Entrance to Pierre-Bénite diversion canal, l/b Large commercial vessels now reach the port of Fos through the high-capacity Canal du Rhône à Fos, entered from the Rhône just upstream of Barcarin ferry, but this route is not open to boats, which continue to use the existing link through Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. PK 203.5    Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts pontoon moorings r/b, 10 berths, water, electricity, slipway, former boatman’s village. This page was last edited on 1 September 2020, at 15:20. PK 131.6    Confluence of Drôme, l/b Advance notice to be given to use the lock to access the canal basin and boatyard in Arles. The Rhône is a river of stunning contrasts, and boaters should take their time to explore the valley’s many attractions. Upstream of the confluence the Upper Rhône has also now been partly developed by the CNR, and although the river in practice remains un-navigable over a certain length, the entire route from Lyon to Lake Bourget is covered under the separate entry which follows for the Upper Rhône. PK 103.0    Canal leaves river Isère (outlet weir, r/b) It is also subject to wash from the commercial vessels that pass by, since the harbour wall is not a solid barrier. Possibly wise to moor on the inside against the piles (but depth not checked). PK 237.8    Villeneuve-lès-Avignon bridge (Pont du Royaume) Similarly, on the left bank, the Canal d’Arles à Fos (formerly the Canal de Marseille au Rhône) has lost its former rôle as the through route to the Gulf of Fos and the Marseille region. The Saône (/ s oʊ n / SOHN, French: ; Francoprovençal: Sona; Latin: Arar) is a river of eastern France.It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, just south of the Presqu'île. PK 7.2    Feyzin oil refinery PK 114.8    Soyons, r/b, leaning tower (ruin) The Rhône is a river of stunning contrasts, and boaters should take their time to explore the valley’s many attractions. Relatively low bridges have red and white gauges on the piers, the same indication being given by stakes situated a short distance upstream and downstream of the bridges. Navigation alternates between wide deep river sections and 11 diversion canals, and bears no resemblance to that immortalised by Bernard Clavel in Lord of the River. PK 128.0    La Voulte suspension bridge, mooring and town centre r/b. All locks are fitted with floating bollards. PK 15.0    End of diversion canal A variety of shops. All the canals are Freycinet gauge. PK 9.0     Limit of navigation, turning basin. PK 282.5    Trinquetaille bridge, VNF office d/s r/b, mooring possible on quay