Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name=Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir

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caption=The passerelle and the BNF seen from the right bank (July 2006)
locale=Paris, France
coordinates=coord|48|51|00|N|02|20|00|E
crosses=Seine
design=Lenticular (lens shaped) structure with rotational anchorages in the supports
length=304 m
width=12 m
height=
begun=2004
complete=2006
open=2006The Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir (initially known by the provisional name of passerelle Bercy-Tolbiac) is a bridge solely for pedestrians and cyclists across the Seine River in Paris. It is the 37th bridge on the Seine to Paris. It is located between the bridges of Pont de Bercy and Pont de Tolbiac and links up the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris. Its nearest Paris Metro station is Quai de la Gare.

History

Made in the Eiffel ("Eiffel Constructions métalliques") factory in Alsace, the central main span was transported by canal, the North Sea, the English Channel and French rivers (with difficulties due to sluices being too narrow), and finally crossed Paris on a barge on November 30, 2005 to its final destination. It was hoisted in two hours on January 29, 2006, around three o'clock in the morning. This part was to be the central element (named the "peltinée" by its architects, Feichtinger Architectes, under Dietmar Feichtinger) of the rest of the bridge. It was a steel span, weighing 650 tons, and 106 m long and 12 m wide.

on the "rive droite"). A protected area mid-way at the central lens allows pedestrians to shelter from rain.

In March 2005, Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, proposed naming it "Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir" and inaugurated the bridge on July 13, 2006, with de Beauvoir's adoptive daughter Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir in attendance.

Timeline

* September 2004: network deviation
* October 2004: foundations laid
* 2005 - 2006: links set up one by one
* June 2006: dynamic and static works
* July 2006: inaugurated and opened to the public

Bibliography

Feichtinger Architectes, "Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir, Paris", AAM Editions 2007, ISBN 978-2-87143-175-6

External links

commonscat|Passerelle Bercy-Tolbiac|passerelle Simone de Beauvoir
*fr icon [http://www.paris.fr/portail/deplacements/Portal.lut?page_id=5888 Ville de Paris]
*fr icon [http://www.feichtingerarchitectes.com/display_project.php/3/137 Feichtinger Architects]
*fr icon Plans and satellite view : coord|48|50|7|N|2|22|41|E|region:FR_scale:3000|format=dms "(too recent to be shown)"