Pont Louis-Philippe

Pont Louis-Philippe

Pont Louis-Philippe
Official name Pont Louis-Philippe
Carries Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Crosses the River Seine
Locale Paris, France
Design Arch Bridge
Total length 100m (328 feet)
Width 15.2m (50 feet)
Clearance below ?

The Pont Louis-Philippe is a bridge across the River Seine in Paris. It is located in the 4th arrondissement, and it links the Quai de Bourbon on the Île Saint-Louis with the Saint-Gervais neighborhood on the right bank.

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History

On 29 July 1833, to celebrate his accession to the throne following the "Trois Glorieuses" (the three glorious days of the July Revolution), Louis-Philippe laid the first stone for a previously-nameless suspension bridge, located on the extension of the Rue du Pont Louis Philippe. Built by Marc Seguin and his brothers, it crossed the Seine to the Île Saint-Louis. It was opened to traffic one year later, on 26 July 1834. After the French Revolution of 1848 (during which the bridge and its tollhouses were burnt down), it was restored and renamed "Pont de la Réforme", a name it held until 1852.

In the face of increased traffic (the tollhouses had not been restored), it was demolished to be replaced by the present structure in 1860. This new structure, an arch bridge, was built by the engineers, Edmond-Jules Féline-Romany and Jules Savarin, between August 1860 and April 1862, a little further upstream than its predecessor. The Pont Louis-Philippe was inaugurated in April 1862. The spandrels above the four-metre-wide piers in the Seine are decorated with stone laurel wreaths surrounding metallic rosettes.

The only modification since then (unlike its much-modified contemporary, the Pont de Bercy) was the replacement of the stone guardrails (badly damaged by pollution) with replica railings in 1995.

Metro station

The Pont Louis-Philippe is:

Located near the metro stationPont Marie.

It is served by line 7.

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Location

Bridge location on the Seine:

Bridge location
Downstream:
Pont Saint-Louis
Pont d'Arcole
Upstream:
Pont Marie

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