Pont d'Argenteuil

Pont d'Argenteuil
use	Road bridge
Crossing of	His
place	Argenteuil , Colombes
construction	Steel arch bridge
overall length	230 m
width	19 m
Number of openings	three
Longest span	62 + 68 + 62 m
completion	1947
	location

48.940277777778 2255Coordinates: 48 ° 56 ′ 25 ″ N , 2 ° 15 ′ 18 ″ E

The Pont d'Argenteuil is a road bridge over the Seine , the Argenteuil ( Département Val-d'Oise ) on its right bank with a strip of banks belonging to the municipality of Gennevilliers ( Département Hauts-de-Seine ) and the area of the municipality of Colombes in the background Connects northwest of Paris .

It stands about 500 m below the Argenteuil railway bridge ; the next bridge downstream is the Pont-Aqueduc de Colombes, just under 1.3 km away .

description

Today's Pont d'Argenteuil is a four-lane road bridge with wide sidewalks that crosses the Seine and, with an immediately adjoining bridge structure, also the four-lane Quai de Bezons that follows its right bank, before it leads into Avenue Gabriel-Péri . The decoration of the bridge railings with a row of flower boxes and occasionally the sidewalks with small trees in planters is eye-catching .

The Pont d'Argenteuil crosses the Seine with three arches that have spans of around 62 + 68 + 62 m. The bridge is 203 m long and 19 m wide between the abutments , including the abutments and piers, the length is 232 m. Its two-hinged arches between the stone pillars that extend upwards are each formed by six riveted, curved steel girders that are stiffened by diagonal and transverse connections. The carriageway slab is mounted on the girders with slender supports which - unlike the similarly looking Pont d'Asnières - are not further decorated and allow a view into the interior of the structure.

history

Wooden arch bridge (1833)

At Argenteuil there has been a ferry connection across the Seine for a long time . In 1830 it was decided to build a wooden arch bridge with stone pillars. In 1831, following the relevant tender , a royal decree approved the award to the entrepreneur Rozier des Bordes as part of a 99-year concession , after which he built the bridge according to plans by Henri Navier (and a connecting road to Sannois to connect with the Paris - Le Havre road ) had to build within three years at their own expense and to maintain and repair for 99 years and was given the right to collect a toll regulated according to the amount in the concession . Rozier des Bordes, who had already built the Pont d'Asnières on the basis of a similar concession, later incorporated both bridges into a public company.

This bridge was destroyed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 . First, the city of Argenteuil had a wooden temporary structure built, which Alfred Sisley depicted on one of his works.

Cast iron arch bridge (1874)

Instead of the wooden superstructure, the rebuilt bridge now had seven cast-iron arches and a toll booth clearly towering over the bridge.

This bridge was partially painted several times by Claude Monet , Auguste Renoir and Gustave Caillebotte .

Alfred Sisley:
the provisional Passerelle d'Argenteuil , 1872

Claude Monet: Argenteuil, le pont en réparation (The Argenteuil Bridge under repair), 1872

Claude Monet: Bassin d'Argenteuil , 1872 (with the rebuilt bridge)

Claude Monet, Pont d'Argenteuil , probably 1874

Claude Monet, Le Pont d'Argenteuil , 1874

Claude Monet, Bridge over the Seine at Argenteuil , 1874

Gustave Caillebotte:
The Argenteuil Bridge and the Seine , 1885

Auguste Renoir: Le Pont d'Argenteuil en automne , 1882

Auguste Renoir: Le Pont d'Argenteuil , around 1888

In 1940, during World War II , the Pont d'Argenteuil was destroyed.

Steel Arch Bridge (1947)

In 1947 a new bridge - the current one - was built in a style based on the Pont d'Asnières.

Web links

Commons : Pont d'Argenteuil - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Argenteuil Bridge. In: Structurae

Individual evidence

↑ Ordonnance du Roi No. XXVI of March 27, 1831. In: Annales des ponts et chaussées, 1 ^re Série, 2. partie: Partie administration: Lois, ordonnances et autres actes. Carilian-Gœury, Paris 1831, p. 130 ( digitized on Google Books)
↑ Prony: Notice Biographique sur M. Navier ... In: Annales des ponts et chaussées, 1 ^re Série, 1837, 1 ^er Semestre, S. ( digitized on google books)
^ Société anonyme des ponts d'Asnières et d'Argenteuil, approved on October 31, 1832 with Ordonnance portant autorisation de la société anonyme des ponts d'Asnières et d'Argenteuil, et approbation de ses statuts . In: Th. Ravinet: Code des ponts et chaussées et des mines. Volume 5, Carilian-Gœury, Paris 1836, p. 333 ( digitized on Google Books)
↑ Approval of the President of the Republic of November 22, 1871 to the contract between the bridge company and the Ville d'Argenteuil for the construction of the temporary solution ( digitized on Google Books).
↑ Postcard on artifexinopere.com
^ Marcel Prade: Ponts & Viaducs au XIXe Siècle . Brissaud, Poitiers 1988. ISBN 2-902170-59-9 , p. 245

[1] Ordonnance du Roi No. XXVI of March 27, 1831. In: Annales des ponts et chaussées, 1 ^re Série, 2. partie: Partie administration: Lois, ordonnances et autres actes. Carilian-Gœury, Paris 1831, p. 130 ( digitized on Google Books)

[2] Prony: Notice Biographique sur M. Navier ... In: Annales des ponts et chaussées, 1 ^re Série, 1837, 1 ^er Semestre, S. ( digitized on google books)

[3] Société anonyme des ponts d'Asnières et d'Argenteuil, approved on October 31, 1832 with Ordonnance portant autorisation de la société anonyme des ponts d'Asnières et d'Argenteuil, et approbation de ses statuts . In: Th. Ravinet: Code des ponts et chaussées et des mines. Volume 5, Carilian-Gœury, Paris 1836, p. 333 ( digitized on Google Books)

[4] Approval of the President of the Republic of November 22, 1871 to the contract between the bridge company and the Ville d'Argenteuil for the construction of the temporary solution ( digitized on Google Books).

[5] Postcard on artifexinopere.com

[6] Marcel Prade: Ponts & Viaducs au XIXe Siècle . Brissaud, Poitiers 1988. ISBN 2-902170-59-9 , p. 245