The pont de Bercy of Paris !!!

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I was inspire on writing about this wonderful historical bridge of my eternal Paris. The whole world comes to Paris ,and for a good reason, I have done my walks around here even at night and it is sublime ! One more reason to come to the most beautiful City in the world ! I, again, found me a new picture in my cd rom vaults and need to have it in my blog for you and me, Therefore, here is my take on the Pont de Bercy of Paris !!!  Hope you enjoy it as I,

The Pont de Bercy bridge connects the 12éme arrondissement at the foot of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the multi-purpose hall of the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy to the 13éme arrondissement, extending from Boulevard de Bercy and Boulevard Vincent-Auriol. In addition to several vehicule traffic lanes, it supports a railway viaduct used by metro line 6. This site is served by the Quai de la Gare metro station. The Pont de Bercy is located upstream from the Pont Charles de Gaulle and downstream from the Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir. It is named after the former village of Bercy, which has become a district of Paris, to which it leads. It is 175 meters long, with the five spans spanning 29 meters. The beam width is today 35 meters. Its total width is 40 meters.

A bit of history I like tell us that the multi-span, embedded arch bridge was built between 1863 and 1864, raised in 1904, and widened between 1989 and 1992. It was inaugurated in 1864, its reconstruction being part of the overall renovation of the capital desired by Napoleon III and carried out by Baron Haussmann. Until 1832, the crossing between Bercy and La Salpétrière, then outside the limits of Paris, was made by ferry (at the height of the current bridge). On January 24, 1832, Louis Philippe inaugurated, at the height of the Barrière de la Rapée, a toll suspension bridge which was called “Pont d’Orléans” because of the proximity of the Orléans station. Between 1863 and 1864, it was replaced by a masonry structure and took the name “Pont de la Gare” from the name of the Gare district before taking its current name of Pont de Bercy.

The City of Paris on the swimming spots on the Seine so by the Pont de Bercy : https://www.paris.fr/pages/la-seine-s-ouvre-a-la-baignade-les-trois-sites-devoiles-31078#a-bercy-deux-espaces-de-baignade-et-un-solarium

The Paris tourist office on the 12éme arrondissement de Paris: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/article/explore-paris-s-12th-arrondissement-a824

There you go folks, another dandy in my eternal Paris, once bitten, the virus of love stays with you ; nothing better than over the bridges of Paris, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Pont de Bercy of Paris !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

3 thoughts on “The pont de Bercy of Paris !!!”

  1. I had no idea about this particular bridge in Paris. If you have similar pics and history of le Pont Alexandre Troi it would also be great to see! Your collection of everything “la belle France” is amazing and always great to see, a wonderful documentary, like a personal tour guide.

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