The pont National (named pont
Napoléon-III from its construction until 1870) is a road and rail bridge across the
Seine in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
, to the east of the
12th
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and
13th
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arrondissements. With a total length of 188.5m, it is made up of 5 masonry arches. Its rail part carries the
Petite Ceinture
Paris' former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture ('small(er) belt railway'), also colloquially known as ''La Petite Ceinture'', was a circular railway built as a means to supply the city's fortification walls, and as a means of transporting merch ...
, now disused, and its road part links boulevard Poniatowski to
boulevard Masséna. Its nearest
Paris Métro
The Paris Métro (french: Métro de Paris ; short for Métropolitain ) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architec ...
stations are
Porte de Charenton and
Cour Saint-Émilion.
History
It was built between 1852 and 1853 as a railway bridge (to allow the
Petite Ceinture
Paris' former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture ('small(er) belt railway'), also colloquially known as ''La Petite Ceinture'', was a circular railway built as a means to supply the city's fortification walls, and as a means of transporting merch ...
line to cross the river) and to link the "
enceintes" on the two sides of the river. Its architects were E. Couche,
Petit
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* ''Petit'' (EP), a 1995 EP by Japanese singer-songwriter Ua
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*Petit four
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,
Gaspard, and
Netter. Its width was doubled with an addition on the upstream side in 1936.
See also
*
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 ...
External links
*
Mairie de Paris*
Structurae
National
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
National
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
Buildings and structures in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Buildings and structures in the 13th arrondissement of Paris
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