Pont de l'Archevêché explained

Pont de l'Archevêché
Also Known As:Padlock Bridge
Carries:Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Locale:Paris, France
Material:stone
Length:68 m (223 feet)
Width:17 m (56 feet)
Begin:1828
Toll:Free both ways
Coordinates:48.8516°N 2.3516°W
Upstream:Pont de la Tournelle

The Pont de l'Archevêché (Archbishop's Bridge) is a bridge crossing the Seine river in Paris, France.

Location

The bridge links the 4th Arrondissement, at the Île de la Cité, to the 5th Arrondissement, between the quai de Montebello and the quai de la Tournelle.

History

The Pont de l'Archevêché is the narrowest road bridge in Paris. It was built in 1828, by the engineer Plouard, for the society Pont des Invalides after the demolition of the suspension bridge at Les Invalides.

The bridge is 68m (223feet) long. It is composed of three arches of stone measuring lengths of 15m (49feet), 17m (56feet), and 15m (49feet).The bridge commonly seen in the background of the set on Highlander when the show was set in Paris.After the Pont des Arts was cleared of its display of padlocks in 2010, and similarly the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, lovers started to place their 'love padlocks' on this bridge. The original two bridges for this were footbridges, but this one, a bit narrower, is a road bridge.

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