Pont de l'Archevêché
| Pont de l'Archevêché | |
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 A photograph of the Pont de l'Archevêché from Quai de la Tournelle. Notre Dame de Paris can be seen in the background. | |
| Other name(s) | Padlock Bridge |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles |
| Crosses | River Seine |
| Locale | Paris, France |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Material | stone |
| Total length | 68 m (223 feet) |
| Width | 17 m (56 feet) |
| Toll | Free both ways |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 48°51′5.82″N 2°21′5.73″E / 48.8516167°N 2.3515917°E |
The Pont de l'Archevêché (Archbishop's Bridge) is a bridge crossing the Seine river in Paris, France.
Location
The bridge links the 4th Arrondissement, at the Île de la Cité, to the 5th Arrondissement, between the quai de Montebello and the quai de la Tournelle.
Access
| Located near the metro station: Maubert-Mutualité. |
History
The bridge is 68 meters long. It is composed of three arches of stone measuring heights of 15, 17, and 15 meters. The bridge commonly seen in the background of the set on Highlander when the show was set in Paris. After the Pont des Arts was cleared of its display of padlocks in 2010, and similarly the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, lovers started to place their 'love padlocks' on this bridge. The original two bridges for this were footbridges, but this one, albeit narrow, is a road bridge.
Characteristics
- Type of construction : Arch bridge
- Construction : 1828
- Architect : Plouard
- Material : stone
- Total Length : 68 m
- Width : 17 m
- Usable width : 11m
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pont de l'Archevêché. |
- (French) Mayor of Paris' website
- (French) Structurae
- Satellite View from Google Map
- (French) http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2008/09/14/01016-20080914ARTFIG00013-une-vedette-de-plaisance-sombre-sur-la-seine-.php
Location
Bridge location on the Seine:
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| Downstream: Pont au Double |  | Upstream: Pont de la Tournelle | |||