The Pont Royal

Pont Royal

The Pont Royal is a bridge crossing the river Seine in Paris. It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the Pont Neuf and the Pont Marie.-Location:...

 in Paris was known as the Pont National from 1792 to 1804, and there was also a Pont National

Pont National (Brest)

The Pont National was a swing bridge across the river Penfeld in Brest, France. It opened in 1861, linking rue de Siam to Recouvrance, near the Tour Tanguy. It was destroyed by Allied bombardment in 1944 and replaced by the Pont de Recouvrance in the 1950s....

 in Brest

Brest, France

Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...

 until 1944.

The pont National (named pont Napoléon-III

Napoleon III of France

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...

from its construction until 1870) is a road and rail bridge across the Seine

Seine

The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...

 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, to the east of the XIIe

XIIe arrondissement

The 12th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....

 and XIIIe arrondissement

XIIIe arrondissement

The 13th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....

s.
With a total length of 188.5m, it is made up of 5 masonry arches. Its rail part carries the Petite Ceinture

Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture

The Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture was a Parisian railway that, from 1852, was a circular connection between Paris' main railroad stations within the fortified walls of the city...

, now disused, and its road part links boulevard Poniatowski to boulevard Masséna. Its nearest Paris Métro

Paris Métro

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...

 stations are Porte de Charenton

Porte de Charenton (Paris Métro)

Porte de Charenton is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro.The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot for the Paris Colonial Exposition, held in the nearby Bois de Vincennes. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Charenton -...

 and Cour Saint-Émilion

Cour Saint-Émilion (Paris Metro)

Cour Saint-Émilion is a station of the Paris Métro, located on the Line 14, which opened in 1998.It is named after the French wine Saint-Émilion because it was built at the old railway station of Bercy where wine from south of France arrived in Paris....

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History

It was built between 1852 and 1853 as a railway bridge (to allow the Petite Ceinture

Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture

The Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture was a Parisian railway that, from 1852, was a circular connection between Paris' main railroad stations within the fortified walls of the city...

 line to cross the river) and to link the "enceintes" on the two sides of the river. Its architects were E. Couche, Petit

Petit

Petit is the French adjective for "small", or "little", in the masculine form. In the feminine form, it is petite. It may also refer to any of the following:*Petit's triangle ,...

, Gaspard

Gaspard

Gaspard is a Francophone male given name or family name and may refer to:* Gaspard Dughet , French painter* Gaspard de Coligny , French Huguenot leader* Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac , French mathematician...

, and Netter

Netter

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. Its width was doubled with an addition on the upstream side in 1936

External links

Mairie de Paris Structurae