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Alma Bridge
Pont de l'Alma

Built:	1970 - 1974
Status:	in use
Location:	Between 7^th arrondissment, Paris, Île-de-France, France and 8^th arrondissment, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Crosses:	Seine River

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Structural Type:

Single-cell steel box girder bridge

Function / usage:

Road bridge

Replaces:

Alma Bridge (1856)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Architect	Auguste Arsac
	M. Dougnac
Engineer	Ch. Blanc
	J. F. Coste

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Owner	Ministère de l'Equipement, des Transports, du Logement, du Tourisme et de la Mer
Client	Service de la navigation de la Seine
Design	CFEM
Construction	Entreprises Morillon Corvol-Courbot
Steel construction	CFEM
Civil works	Dodin
Foundations	Bachy
Earthworks	Entreprises Morillon Corvol-Courbot
Steel supplier	Creusot-Loire
Bearings	Aciéries de Blanc-Misseron
	Glacier-Métal

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
deck slab	steel
girders	steel
Dimensions

	total length	142.50 m
	span lengths	110 m - 31.50 m
deck	deck width	42 m
Quantities used in construction

	structural steel	2 x 1 634 t (573 kg/m²)

Notes & Comments

The bridge was built with such a span arrangement to reduce the number of piers in the river. The suitable load bearing stratum being at 42.40 m below river water level, building more than one pier would have been too costly.

Relevant Web Sites
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	LCPC Image Library: The bridges of PARIS seen by the LCPC
	Paris by the Water: Pont de l'Alma
	Planète TP: Pont de l'Alma
	Wikipédia: Pont de l'Alma

Relevant Literature
	Le nouveau pont de l'Alma à Paris, in "Bulletin annuel AFPC", 1971- 1972 .
	Paris - Reconstruction du pont de l'Alma, in "Bulletin annuel AFPC", 1973- 1974 .
	Boissin, M. La reconstruction du pont de l'Alma - Aménagement des accès, in "Travaux", October 1971, n. 439 .
	Cazet, P. Construction de l'ossature métallique du pont de l'Alma, in "Travaux", November 1974, n. 476 .
	Cazet, Paul New Alma Bridge over the Seine in Paris, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", March 1973, n. 3 v. 38 .
	Coste, J.-F. La reconstruction du pont de l'Alma - Travaux, in "Travaux", October 1971, n. 439 .
	Dreyfous-Ducas, D. Le nouveau pont de l'Alma à Paris, in "Travaux", November 1974, n. 476 .
	Gaillard, Marc Quais et Ponts de Paris, Martelle Editions, Amiens (France) , ISBN 2878900577, 1996; pp. 169.
	Grattesat, Guy Ponts de France, Presses Ponts et chaussées, Paris (France) , ISBN 2859780300, 1984; pp. 242-243.
	Herzog, A. La reconstruction du pont de l'Alma - Présentation, in "Travaux", October 1971, n. 439 .
	Lambert, Guy Les Ponts de Paris (1^st edition), Action artisique de la ville de Paris, Paris (France) , ISBN 2913246052, 1999; pp. 221.
	Montens, Serge Les plus beaux ponts de France, Bonneton, Paris (France) , ISBN 2862532754, 2001; pp. 111.
	Prade, Marcel Les grands ponts du monde: Ponts remarquables d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170653, 1990; pp. 245.

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