Pont Louis Philippe - Paris, France
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The Pont Louis-Philippe is a bridge that crosses the River Seine 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 in Paris, France.
Waymark Code: WMCP96
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 09/28/2011
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Early History of the Bridge:
"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.
Reconstruction during the reign of Napoleon III
"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."
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"Ce pont, construit par les frères Seguin, reliait directement la rive droite au quai aux Fleurs, sur l'île de la Cité, en prenant appui sur le charmant petit square situé à l'extrémité de l'île Saint-Louis. Incendié lors des émeutes de1848, il sera rebâti entre 1860 et 1862 par les ingénieurs Romany et Savarin, un peu plus en amont.
On ouvrit pour cette occasion la rue des Deux-Ponts pour assurer la liaison avec le Pont Saint-Louis. Avec ses trois arches elliptiques et ses garde-corps en pierre fine, il est large de 15 mètres et long de 160 mètres et repose sur des piles de 4 mètres d'épaisseur. Chacune est ornée d'une couronne de feuillage en pierre qui entoure rosace métallique. "
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Designers: FELINE-ROMANY, VAUDREY
Contractor: GARNUCHOT
Construction date: 1861-1862
Total length: 100 m
Usable width: 15.20 m; 10 m roadway; two pavements of 2.60 m
Construction principles: Stone bridge with three elliptical arches of 30 m, 32 m and 30 m
Decoration: Bullseye windows in the tympana designed to illuminate the interior.
Address: Quai de Bourbon and Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris