Paris
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 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,
- 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)
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