There are many bridges in the city of Paris, principally over the River Seine, but also over the Canal de l'Ourcq.
Statistics
In 2006, Paris had:
- 148 bridges over the Boulevard Périphérique
- 58 bridges used to carry Parisian streets over each other
- 49 passerelles piétonnières (pedestrian bridges)
- 37 bridges over the Seine
- 33 bridges used by the SNCF
- 10 bridges used by the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
Seine
Paris has 37 bridges across the Seine, of which 5 are pedestrian only and 2 are rail bridges. Three link Île Saint-Louis to the rest of Paris, 8 do the same for Île de la Cité and one links the 2 islands to each other. A list follows, from upstream to downstream :
- Pont amont (carrying the Boulevard Périphérique, situated at the river's entry to the city)
- Pont National
- Pont de Tolbiac
- Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir (pedestrian), inaugurated 13 July 2006
- Pont de Bercy (made up of a railway bridge carrying the Line 6 of the Paris Métro and another stage for road traffic) ;
- Pont Charles-de-Gaulle (1996)
- Viaduc d'Austerlitz (railway bridge used for Line 5 of the métro), directly followed on the Rive Droite by the viaduc du quai de la Rapée [fr],
- Pont d'Austerlitz
- Pont de Sully (crosses the eastern corner of Île Saint-Louis)
- Pont de la Tournelle (between the Rive Gauche and the Île Saint-Louis)
- Pont Marie (between Île Saint-Louis and the rive droite)
- Pont Louis-Philippe (between Île Saint-Louis and the rive droite)
- Pont Saint-Louis (pedestrian zone, between Île de la Cité and the Île Saint-Louis)
- Pont de l'Archevêché (between the rive gauche and Île de la Cité)
- Pont au Double (between the rive gauche and Île de la Cité)
- Pont d'Arcole (between Île de la Cité and the rive droite)
- Petit Pont (between the rive gauche and Île de la Cité)
- Pont Notre-Dame (between the Île de la Cité and the rive droite)
- Pont Saint-Michel (between the Rive Gauche and the Île de la Cité)
- Pont au Change (between the Île de la Cité and the Rive Droite)
- Pont Neuf (crossing the west corner of the Île de la Cité, Paris's oldest bridge, built between 1578 and 1607)
- Passerelle des Arts (pedestrian)
- Pont du Carrousel
- Pont Royal
- Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor (1999) (pedestrian, formerly the Passerelle de Solférino, renamed in 2006)
- Pont de la Concorde
- Pont Alexandre III
- Pont des Invalides
- Pont de l'Alma
- Passerelle Debilly (pedestrian)
- Pont d'Iéna
- Pont de Bir-Hakeim (crossing the Île aux Cygnes, comprising one stage with a railway bridge carrying Line 6 of the Paris Métro and another for road traffic)
- Pont Rouelle (rail viaduct for line C of the RER crossing the Île aux Cygnes)
- Pont de Grenelle (crossing the Île aux Cygnes)
- Pont Mirabeau
- Pont du Garigliano
- Pont aval (used by the boulevard périphérique, at the river's exit from the city)
Parisian canals
The Parisian canals [fr] are crossed by a number of bridges – the majority of which are passerelles piétonnes (footbridges) – and many of the road bridges can be raised or turned (temporarily interrupting road traffic) to allow canal traffic through.
- On the canal de l'Ourcq :
- On the canal Saint-Denis :
- On the canal Saint-Martin :
- At the level of the bassin de l'Arsenal :
Passerelles piétonnières
Paris has 49 passerelles piétonnières (footbridges), listed by arrondissement:
- 1st arrondissement of Paris :
- 4th arrondissement of Paris :
- 6th arrondissement of Paris :
- 7th arrondissement of Paris :
- 9th arrondissement of Paris :
- 10th arrondissement of Paris :
- 12th arrondissement of Paris :
- 13th arrondissement of Paris :
- 15th arrondissement of Paris :
- 16th arrondissement of Paris :
- 17th arrondissement of Paris :
- 18th arrondissement of Paris :
- 19th arrondissement of Paris :
- 20th arrondissement of Paris :
Miscellaneous
There are several other bridges in Paris which do not cross a body of water. In the 10th arrondissement, Rue La Fayette and Rue de l'Aqueduc pass over the train lines of gare de l'Est. On the boundary between the 5th and 13th arrondissements, boulevard de Port-Royal spans Rue Broca and Rue Pascal. In the 18th arrondissement, rue Caulaincourt is carried over the Montmartre Cemetery by a bridge. In the 20th arrondissement, rue Charles-Renouvier spans rue des Pyrénées. In the 8th arrondissement, rue du Rocher crosses rue de Madrid.
Also, lines 2 and 6 of the Paris metro include several aerial viaducts in their above-ground zones, whilst RER C also has a viaduct along the length of quai André-Citroën.
Footbridges may also be found in the Parc des Buttes Chaumont and parc de Reuilly. Among others, the promenade plantée uses the old viaduc Daumesnil. In bois de Vincennes, the islands of Bercy and of Reuilly are linked to each other, and the east of the latter to the rest of the park.
The line for the chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture also includes several bridges and viaducts, as well as footbridges across it such as that carrying rue de la Mare in the 20th arrondissement.
See also
References
- ^ "Ouvrages d'art: Ponts sur la Seine et autres ponts, passages souterrains, boulevard périphérique, et passerelles piétons" [Works of art: Bridges over the Seine and other bridges, underpasses, ring road, and footbridges]. Paris.fr (in French). Mayor of Paris. 2005. Archived from the original on 26 October 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links
- "Ponts de Paris". Paris.fr (in French). The city's official site.
- "Les canaux". Paris.fr (in French). City article on canals
- "Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées". lcpc.fr (in French). Detailed and documented list of Paris' bridges.
- "Les ponts de Paris". paris1900.lartnouveau.com (in French). Historical photos from the present-day and the 1900s.
- "Structurae". structurae.info (in French). Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-01-28. Lists of Paris' works of art, including bridges.
- "The bridges over the Seine in Paris". peniche.com (in French).
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