List of bridges in Paris

There are many bridges in the city of Paris, principally over the River Seine, but also over the Canal de l'Ourcq.

Statistics

"Source : [http://www.paris.fr/portail/deplacements/Portal.lut?page_id=19&document_type_id=5&document_id=4910&portlet_id=652 Ville de Paris] "

In 2006, Paris had :
* 37 bridges over the Seine
* 58 bridges used to carry Parisian streets over each other
* 10 bridges used by the RATP
* 33 bridges used by the SNCF
* 148 bridges over the boulevard périphérique
* 49 "passerelles piétonnières".

Seine

Paris has 37 bridges across the Seine, of which 3 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 of the city 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 Metro 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,
# 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 des Cygnes, comprising one stage with a railway bridge carrying Line 6 of the Paris Metro and another for road traffic)
# Pont Rouelle (rail viaduct for line C of the RER crossing the Île des Cygnes)
# Pont de Grenelle (crossing the Île des Cygnes)
# Pont Mirabeau
# Pont du Garigliano
# Pont aval (used by the boulevard périphérique, at the river's exit from the city)

Canal de l'Ourcq

The canal de l'Ourcq system includes 16 bridges - the majority 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 :
** Pont de la rue de l'Ourcq
** Passerelle de la rue de Crimée
** Pont levant de la rue de Crimée

* On the canal Saint-Denis :
** Boulevard périphérique
** Boulevard Macdonald
** Avenue Corentin-Cariou

* On the canal Saint-Martin :
** Pont de la rue Louis Blanc
** Passerelle Bichat
** Pont tournant de la Grange aux Belles
** Passerelle Richerand
** Passerelle Alibert
** Pont tournant de la rue Dieu
** Passerelle des Douanes

* At the level of the bassin de l'Arsenal :
** Passerelle de Mornay
** Pont Morland
** Pont-métro Morland

Passerelles piétonnières

"Source : [http://www.paris.fr/portail/deplacements/Portal.lut?page_id=19&document_type_id=5&document_id=4910&portlet_id=652 Ville de Paris] "

Paris has 49 passerelles piétonnières (footbridges), listed by arrondissement :

* Ier arrondissement :
** Passerelle Baillet
** Passerelle des Tuileries
* IVe arrondissement :
** Passerelle de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
* VIe arrondissement :
** Pont des Arts
* VIIe arrondissement :
** Passerelle du Bac
** Passerelle Debilly
** Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor
* IXe arrondissement :
** Pont de Cristal
** Passerelle de Crimée
** Passerelle Le Peletier
** Passerelle de Mogador
** Passerelle de la rue de Provence
** Passerelle Sainte-Cécile
* Xe arrondissement :
** Passerelle de la rue de Maubeuge
* XIIe arrondissement :
** Passerelle de l'Arsenal
** Passerelle des Meuniers
** Passerelle Reuilly
** Passerelle de Picpus
* XIIIe arrondissement :
** Passerelle du Quai de la Gare
** Passerelle Corvisart
** Passerelle Alésia
** Passerelle Commandant René Mouchotte
** Passerelle Gergovie
** Passerelle Vercingétorix
** Passerelle Alain
** Passerelle Jean Zay
** Passerelle des Arts et Métiers
** Passerelle du Cambodge
* XVe arrondissement :
** Passerelle Bargues
** Passerelle du Capitaine Ménard
** Passerelle Ernest Renan
** Passerelle rue de l'Ingénieur Robert Keller
** Passerelle Leblanc
** Passerelle Procession
** Passerelle Tuileries
** Passerelle des Quatre frères Peignot
* XVIe arrondissement :
** Passerelle l'Alboni
** Passerelle de l'Avre
** Passerelle Géo André
** Passerelle Suzanne Lenglen
* XVIIe arrondissement :
** Passerelle de la rue Juliette Lamber
* XVIIIe arrondissement :
** Passerelle de la rue Belhomme
* XIXe arrondissement :
** Passerelle des Ardennes
** Passerelle de Crimée
** Passerelle d'Hautpoul
** Passerelle de la Moselle
** Passerelle du Rond Point
* XXe arrondissement :
** Passerelle de la Mare
** Passerelle Lambeau

Miscellaneous

There are several other bridges in Paris which do not cross a body of water - in the Xe arrondissement, Rue La Fayette et de and Rue de l'Aqueduc pass over the train lines of gare de l'Est. On the boundary between the 5th and XIIIe arrondissements, boulevard de Port-Royal spans Rue Broca and Rue Pascal. In the XVIII arrondissement, rue Caulaincourt is carried over the Montmartre Cemetery by a bridge. In the XXe arrondissement, rue Charles-Renouvier spans rue des Pyrénées. In the VIIIe arrondissement, rue du Rocher crosses rue de Madrid.

Also, 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 XXe arrondissement.

External links

* [http://www.paris.fr/portail/deplacements/Portal.lut?page_id=27 Ponts de Paris on the city's official site]
* [http://www.structurae.info/fr/geo/geoid/13/index.cfm Structurae] : lists of Paris' works of art, including bridges
* [http://www.lcpc.fr/fr/sources/paris/index.dml Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées] : Detailed and documented list of Paris' bridges
* [http://www.peniche.com/21ptsommaire.htm The bridges over the Seine in Paris]
* [http://www.paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris_les_ponts.htm Les ponts de Paris] : Historical photos from the present-day and the 1900s

ee also

* Bridges over the River Seine