Pont de Sully
Pont de Sully | |
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Cathedral of Notre Dame in the background | |
Coordinates | 48°51′00″N 2°21′33″E / 48.85°N 2.3592°E |
Crosses | Seine |
Locale | Paris, France |
Next upstream | Pont d'Austerlitz |
Next downstream | Pont de la Tournelle Pont Marie |
Location | |
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
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
.
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The collapse of the pedestrian bridge, 1872
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The southern part from the west
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The northern part from the west
See also
- List of crossings of the River Seine
Notes
- ^ Commemorating the taking of Damietta by Napoleon.
- ^ Félix and Louis Lazare, Dictionnaire historique des rues et monuments de Paris, (reprinted, 2003) s.v. "Damiette (Passerelle de)" and "Constantine (Passerelle de)".
- ^ Possibly Eugène Surville (1790-1866), ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées, the rebuilder of the canal de l'Ourq and brother-in-law of Balzac.
- ^ 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/
- ^ Constantine Footbridge, http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0032321
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pont de Sully.
- Site of the Mairie de Paris
- Sully Bridge (I) at Structurae — Left Bank bridge
- Sully Bridge (II) at Structurae — Right Bank bridge
- Aerial view on Google Maps