Émile-Béthouart-Steg Innsbruck

General Marie Émile Antoine Béthouart liberated Vorarlberg as commander of the First French Army Corps in May 1945. On 10 July, he was appointed commander-in-chief in the French Zone of Austria, finally also serving as French High Commissioner until 1950. On 22 October 1998, the Innsbruck City Council, at the suggestion of the French honorary consul Ivo Greiter, decided to rename the Innsteg, a bridge connecting the districts of St. Nikolaus and Saggen, after General Béthouart, in recognition of his conciliatory attitude towards Tyrol and the shooting sports. On 10 June 2003, a large ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Béthouart Bridge.

In March 2024, at the initiative of the Gymnasium Jean Dupuy in Tarbes, South France, a metal plaque was installed on the northern side of the Béthouart Bridge. It bears the French translation of the text on the information plaque on the opposite bank of the Inn, which had been attached at the opening of the Béthouart Bridge in 1998. Therefore, the information plaque was repositioned in accordance with its French-language counterpart on the other side of the Inn.