The pont de Tolbiac is a bridge across the
Seine in
Paris
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built between 1879 and 1882 by
H.P. Bernard, and
J.D.A. Pérouse. It crosses from the
12th
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to the
13th
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arrondissement, linking
quai de Bercy to
rue Neuve Tolbiac. Its nearest
Paris Metro
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station is
Cour Saint-Émilion.
History
The pont de Tolbiac was built in a wave of urbanisation of eastern Paris in the second half of the 19th century. The decision to build it was made in 1877 by a vote of the municipal council, in order to create an intermediate crossing in the long space between the existing
Pont National and
Pont de Bercy
The Pont de Bercy (English: Bridge of Bercy) is a bridge over the Seine in Paris. It links the 12th and 13th arrondissement of Paris by extending the Boulevard de Bercy and Boulevard Vincent-Auriol. In addition to the roadway, the bridge also ...
. The city financed the works, which began in 1879. It was hit by a downed British plane in 1943.
In the 1990s it became the location for techno raves.
Architecture
Total length of , five elliptical arches, 28m, 35m and 32m openings.
See also
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List of crossings of the River Seine
This page is a list of present-day bridges over the River Seine and its channels, sorted by département, and then sorted from downstream to upstream. After each bridge is listed the name of the communes which it links together, with the one on t ...
References
External links
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Mairie de Paris*
Structurae
Tolbiac
Tolbiac
Buildings and structures in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Buildings and structures in the 13th arrondissement of Paris
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