Pont de Grenelle

The bridge of Grenelle is a bridge of Paris, built in 1827.

Geography

The bridge of Grenelle spans the Seine of the street Linois (15 {{E}} district) to the street Maurice Bourdet, in the XVIe, spanning the Île of the Swans whose downstream end carries a counterpart of the Statue of Freedom. They are in fact the model small-scale the high statue 9 meters. It was offered by the United States in 1885 and drawn up in 1898 for the World Fair. In 1937, one directed it vis-a-vis the West in direction of New York.

History

It is conceived by the Mallet architect, on the initiative of the promoters of the Beaugrenelle districts. In 1873, it subsides completely, and a year later, is taken the decision to build a cast iron bridge of six arches designed by two engineers Vaudrey and Pesson.

Of 1966 with 1968, three engineers Thenault, Grattesat, and Rammer build a new bridge.

Structure

The bridge comprises two principal metal spans of 85 m, crossing the two arms of the eine, a span of 20 m above the island of the Swans and two spans of 15 m out of concrete, crossing the quays Right Bank and left bank. The overall length of the bridge is of 220 m, its width of 30 m (22 m for the roadway, and 8 m for the two pavements).

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