Bridges Over The River Seine - Paris

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 :

  1. Pont amont (carrying the Boulevard Périphérique, situated at the river's entry to the city)
  2. Pont National
  3. Pont de Tolbiac
  4. Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir (pedestrian), inaugurated 13 July 2006
  5. Pont de Bercy (made up of a railway bridge carrying the Line 6 of the Paris Métro and another stage for road traffic) ;
  6. Pont Charles-de-Gaulle (1996)
  7. 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,
  8. Pont d'Austerlitz
  9. Pont de Sully (crosses the eastern corner of Île Saint-Louis)
  10. Pont de la Tournelle (between the Rive Gauche and the Île Saint-Louis)
  11. Pont Marie (between Île Saint-Louis and the rive droite)
  12. Pont Louis-Philippe (between Île Saint-Louis and the rive droite)
  13. Pont Saint-Louis (pedestrian zone, between Île de la Cité and the Île Saint-Louis)
  14. Pont de l'Archevêché (between the rive gauche and Île de la Cité)
  15. Pont au Double (between the rive gauche and Île de la Cité)
  16. Pont d'Arcole (between Île de la Cité and the rive droite)
  17. Petit Pont (between the rive gauche and Île de la Cité)
  18. Pont Notre-Dame (between the Île de la Cité and the rive droite)
  19. Pont Saint-Michel (between the Rive Gauche and the Île de la Cité)
  20. Pont au Change (between the Île de la Cité and the Rive Droite)
  21. Pont Neuf (crossing the west corner of the Île de la Cité, Paris's oldest bridge, built between 1578 and 1607)
  22. Passerelle des Arts (pedestrian)
  23. Pont du Carrousel
  24. Pont Royal
  25. Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor (1999) (pedestrian, formerly the Passerelle de Solférino, renamed in 2006)
  26. Pont de la Concorde
  27. Pont Alexandre III
  28. Pont des Invalides
  29. Pont de l'Alma
  30. Passerelle Debilly (pedestrian)
  31. Pont d'Iéna
  32. 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)
  33. Pont Rouelle (rail viaduct for line C of the RER crossing the Île aux Cygnes)
  34. Pont de Grenelle (crossing the Île aux Cygnes)
  35. Pont Mirabeau
  36. Pont du Garigliano
  37. Pont aval (used by the boulevard périphérique, at the river's exit from the city)

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