Pont Notre-Dame

Pont Notre-Dame
The Pont Notre-Dame in Paris.
Coordinates48°51′21.77″N 02°20′54.81″E / 48.8560472°N 2.3485583°E / 48.8560472; 2.3485583
CarriesMotor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
CrossesThe Seine River
LocaleParis, France
Next upstreamPont d'Arcole
Next downstreamPont au Change
Characteristics
DesignArch Bridge
Total length105 metres (344 ft)
Width20 metres (66 ft)
Clearance below?
History
Construction start1910
Construction end1914
Statistics
TollFree both ways
Location
Map

The Pont Notre-Dame is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the quai de Gesvres on the Rive Droite with the quai de la Corse on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being the "most ancient" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is in its original state is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity;[1] nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous times, a fact referred to in the Latin inscription on it to honor its Italian architect, Fra Giovanni Giocondo. (See below.) The bridge once was lined with approximately sixty houses, the weight of which caused a collapse in 1499.[2]

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