Pont du Garigliano (Paris RER)
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The Pont du Garigliano is a bridge across the
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Location and construction

The Pont du Garigliano links Boulevard Martial-Valin in the quartier de Javel ( 15th arrondissement), to Boulevard Exelmans in the
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quartier ( 16th arrondissement). It is a metal bridge made of three spans (of 58m, 93m and 58m) soldered to six beams and carried on only two piles, close to the river banks. It spans roadways on both banks before reaching the ground. It is the highest bridge in Paris, at 11 metres above the level of the Seine (making it a popular place for
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s, such as that of Boris Fraenkel). It is very close to the studios of
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, and to the
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Transport links

* Tramway stations :
Pont du Garigliano The Pont du Garigliano is a bridge across the Seine in Paris. Location and construction The Pont du Garigliano links Boulevard Martial-Valin in the quartier de Javel ( 15th arrondissement), to Boulevard Exelmans in the Auteuil quartier ( 16th ...
( Line 3) * Métro stations: Exelmans ( line 9) and Balard ( line 8) * RER stations: Boulevard Victor - Pont du Garigliano ( line C) * Bus stops: PC1, 22, 42, 72, 88 and 169 routes.


History

From 1863 to 1962, the two-level stone viaduc d'Auteuil (or viaduc du Point-du-Jour) ran across the river at this point, carrying
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 ...
trains on its upper level and car traffic on its lower level. When car transport increased on the
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, and since the arches of the existing structure were too low to be passed under by river traffic, it was decided to replace it. Construction began in 1963 under the architect Davy and the engineer Thenault, and the new structure was inaugurated on 1 September 1966. The present structure is named after General Juin's victory at the
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in Italy in 1944. Since the end of 2006, the art-work '' Le Téléphone'' has been installed on its downstream side, implanted in the exterior face of the pavement. It consists of a telephone cabin sculpted in the form of a flower by the architect
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, the artist who created the idea, in order to accompany the inauguration of the service on Tramway des Maréchaux, whose terminus is very close.


References


External links

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Pont du Garigliano
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Photographs
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Pont du Garigliano
on Structurae : dates, techniques, bibliography
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Garigliano The Garigliano () is a river in central Italy. It forms at the confluence of the rivers Gari (also known as the Rapido) and Liri. Garigliano is actually a deformation of "Gari-Lirano" (which in Italian means something like "Gari from the Liri"). ...
Buildings and structures in the 15th arrondissement of Paris Buildings and structures in the 16th arrondissement of Paris