Pont de Tolbiac

The Pont de Tolbiac is a vehicle and pedestrian bridge in Paris .

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 58 "  N , 2 ° 22 ′ 51"  E

Pont de Tolbiac
use	Vehicular traffic, pedestrians
Crossing of	His
place	Paris
Building number	9318
overall length	168 m
width	20 m
Longest span	35 m
start of building	1879
opening	1882
location

history

The building was decided in 1876 by the council of the city of Paris. Several designs were proposed for the construction of the bridge in 1879, including one by Gustave Eiffel . The two engineers HP Bernard and JDA Pérouse won .

In 1890 the bridge was damaged by January ice on the Seine and rebuilt in 1893.

In 1943 an Allied bomber attacked the Chevilly-Larue power plant and was hit by the German air defense. In order not to fall into the city, the pilot Yves François Lamy flew in the direction of the Seine, whereupon he hit the Pont de Tolbiac and sank into the Seine. None of the four crew members who belonged to the French army survived this disaster. Today a marble plaque on the bridge commemorates this event.

Data

The bridge is 168 meters long, 20 meters wide and consists of five elliptical arches measuring 29, 32, 35, 32 and 29 meters. The street is 12 meters wide and surrounded by two four meter wide sidewalks.

location

The bridge is located in the 12th and 13th arrondissements of Paris. The access roads are Rue Joseph Kessel and Rue Neuve Tolbiac. The next station of the Métro Paris is the Cour Saint-Émilion station.

gallery

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  Memorial plaque

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  Memorial plaque

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  Bridge lanes

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  Masonry of the bridge

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  Detail view of an arch

See also

• Seine bridges in the Paris area

Web links

Commons : Pont de Tolbiac  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Le pont de Tolbiac. In: Histoires de Paris. December 23, 2016, accessed on March 28, 2020 (fr-fr). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Pont de Tolbiac | Le Rendez Vous du Mathurin. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .