Pont de Sully

Coordinates: 48°51′00″N 2°21′32″E / 48.85000°N 2.35889°E / 48.85000; 2.35889
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Pont de Sully
Cathedral of Notre Dame in the background
Coordinates48°51′00″N 2°21′33″E / 48.85°N 2.3592°E / 48.85; 2.3592
CrossesSeine
LocaleParis, France
Next upstreamPont d'Austerlitz
Next downstreamPont de la Tournelle
Pont Marie
Location
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The Pont de Sully (or Pont Sully; French pronunciation:

Paris, France
.

In reality two separate bridges, carrying the Boulevard Henri IV, meet on the eastern tip of the

Sully – Morland
, located on the Right Bank.

History

Location on the Seine

The current bridge replaced two pedestrian

1848 Revolution, while the Passerelle de Constantine collapsed in 1872 owing to corrosion in its cables.[4][5]

The current bridge was constructed in 1876, as part of

Maximilien de Béthune, duke of Sully (1560–1641) and minister to Henry IV. It was designed by the engineers Paul Vaudrey and Gustave Brosselin. They set it at an angle of about 45 degrees to the river banks, which means that it gives a splendid view over the quais of the Île Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame. The southern part consists of three cast iron arches, while the northern part, over the narrower arm of the river, consists of a central 42-metre arch in cast iron and two 15-metre arches in masonry
.

  • The collapse of the pedestrian bridge, 1872
    The collapse of the pedestrian bridge, 1872
  • The southern part from the west
    The southern part from the west
  • The northern part from the west
    The northern part from the west

See also

  • List of crossings of the River Seine

Notes

  1. ^ Commemorating the taking of Damietta by Napoleon.
  2. ^ Félix and Louis Lazare, Dictionnaire historique des rues et monuments de Paris, (reprinted, 2003) s.v. "Damiette (Passerelle de)" and "Constantine (Passerelle de)".
  3. ^ Possibly Eugène Surville (1790-1866), ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées, the rebuilder of the canal de l'Ourq and brother-in-law of Balzac.
  4. ^ The Mystery of the Missing Suspension Bridges of Paris, http://parisianfields.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/the-mystery-of-the-missing-suspension-bridges-of-paris/
  5. ^ Constantine Footbridge, http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0032321

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