Pont d'Iéna

Coordinates: 48°51′35″N 02°17′32″E / 48.85972°N 2.29222°E / 48.85972; 2.29222
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Pont d'Iéna
Pont d'Iéna
Coordinates48°51′35″N 02°17′32″E / 48.85972°N 2.29222°E / 48.85972; 2.29222
CrossesSeine
LocaleParis, France
Official namePont d'Iéna
Maintained bycivil service
Next upstreamPasserelle Debilly
Next downstreamPont de Bir-Hakeim
Characteristics
DesignArch bridge
Total length155 m (509 ft)
Width35 m (115 ft)
History
Opened1814
Location
Map

Pont d'Iéna ("Jena Bridge") is a bridge spanning the River Seine in Paris. It links the Eiffel Tower on the Left Bank to the district of Trocadéro on the Right Bank.

History

In 1807, by an imperial decree issued in

Champ-de-Mars
and pont de l'École militaire.

During the occupation of Paris by the

Louis-Philippe at Talleyrand's instigation.[1]

The Pont d'Iéna at night.

The structure was designed with five arches, each with an arc length of 28 m, and four intermediate piers. The initial construction, the cost of which was enormous at the time, was fully financed by the State and spanned six years from 1808 to 1814.

The

Napoléon III ascended the throne of the Second Empire, new imperial eagles, this time by the chisel of Antoine-Louis Barye
, replaced the royal "L".

Put in place in 1853, on the two ends of the bridge, are four sculptures sitting on top of four corresponding pylons: a

Arab warrior by Jean-Jacques Feuchère and a Greek warrior by François-Théodore Devaulx by the Left Bank
.

Towards the second half of the 19th century, the inadequacy of the bridge's carrying capacity started to become a pronounced problem. With the increasing traffic resulting from the expansion of the districts of Trocadéro, Auteuil and Passy, the necessity to enlarge the structure (the width of which was no more than 14 m, including the pavements) in a durable fashion grew as time went on.

Not until 1937, with the prospect of the upcoming

girders. Stone facings
were used to protect the concrete tympana, the imperial eagles put back in place and the four statues repositioned accordingly during the bridge expansion.

This bridge has been part of the supplementary registry of historic monuments since 1975.

The steps leading off the bridge are popularly known among film fans as the "Renault stairs", as they featured in a scene in

Renault 11 taxi down the steps in pursuit of an assassin later revealed to be May Day (Grace Jones).[2]

Gallery

Access

Location on the Seine
Located near the
Iéna
.

References

  1. ISBN 2-213-61326-5
    .French language.
  2. ^ "Renault Chase Stairs (Pont d'léna Stairs) | James Bond Locations". Jamesbondmm.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2015.

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