Bir-Hakeim Viaduct
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Arch bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Tramway, light or metro rail bridge
Road bridge |
| Built: | 1903 - 1905 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
15th arrondissment, Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe 16th arrondissment, Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces |
Passerelle de Passy (1878)
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| Connects to |
Metro Bridge across Place des martyrs Juifs du Vélodrome d'Hiver (1905)
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| Coordinates: | 48° 51' 20.00" N 2° 17' 15.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 257 m | |
| span lengths | 24 m - 42 m - 24 m + 30 m - 54 m - 30 m | |
| deck | deck width | 25 m |
Materials
| arches |
steel
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Notes
The Passy Footbridge was moved and transformed into this bridge.
Participants
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
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Histoire en ligne: Pont de Bir-Hakeim
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LCPC Image Library: The bridges of PARIS seen by the LCPC
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Ministère de la Culture: Viaduc de Passy (Bir-Hakeim), Paris 15e
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Paris by the Water: Pont Bir-Hakeim
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Planète TP: Pont de Bir-Hakeim
Relevant Publications
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 114
- Quais et Ponts de Paris, Martelle Editions, Amiens (France), ISBN 2878900577, 1996; pp. 184-185
- Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France), ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 156
- Les Ponts de Paris (1st edition), Action artisique de la ville de Paris, Paris (France), ISBN 2913246052, 1999; pp. 226
- Guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008, Editions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris (France), ISBN 2354870035, 2009; pp. # 56
- L'architecture du fer, Champ Vallon, Seyssel (France), ISBN 2903528713, 322; pp. 114
- 100 Monuments du XXe Siècle, Editions France Loisirs, Paris (France), ISBN 2744134961, 2000; pp. 30-31
- Familièrement inconnues... Architectures, Paris 1848-1914, Secrétariat d'Etat à la Culture, Paris (France)
- Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France), ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 112, 114
- Ponts et viaducs au XIXème siècle, Poitiers (France), 1988; pp. 320-323
- L'art de Paris, Editions Place des Victoires, Paris (France), ISBN 2844590659, 2003
- Architecture et patrimoine du XXe siècle en France, Editions du patrimoine, Paris (France), ISBN 2858222673, 1999; pp. 84-85
- Le 16e Chaillot - Passy - Auteuil (1st edition), Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France), ISBN 2-905118-39-3, 1991; pp. 179-181
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000234 |
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| Created: | 09/05/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |