Pont amont explained

Upriver Bridge
Official Name:None
Carries:Motor vehicles
Design:Truss Bridge
Length:270m (886 feet)
Width:42 m (138 feet)
Below:4.5 m (15 feet)
Begin:1967
Complete:1969
Material:Reinforced concrete
Coordinates:48.8267°N 2.3889°W
Downstream:Pont National

The Pont Amont (French for "upriver bridge") is a bridge in Paris which carries the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris' inner ring road) over the Seine River. Entirely dedicated to motor traffic, it is the first bridge to be seen when following the Seine downstream into Paris. The bridge links the 12th and 13th arrondissements, near the Quai d'Ivry and the Quai de Bercy.

The bridge being 270 m long, it is the second longest bridge in Paris, after its downstream counterpart, the Pont Aval, which also carries the Périphérique. Inaugurated in 1969, it has not been given an official name : its current designation (Pont Amont) is, much like for the Pont Aval, completely unofficial.

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