Pont Saint-Michel - Paris, France
N 48° 51.250 E 002° 20.676
31U E 451922 N 5411451
The Pont Saint-Michel is a stone arch bridge over the Seine River in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.
Waymark Code: WMN13B
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 12/05/2014
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"Pont Saint-Michel is a bridge linking the Place Saint-Michel on the left bank of the river Seine to the Île de la Cité. It was named after the nearby chapel of Saint-Michel. It is near Sainte Chapelle and the Palais de Justice. The present 62-metre-long bridge dates to 1857.
History
First constructed in 1378, it has been rebuilt several times, most recently in 1857.
The present 62-metre-long bridge dates to 1857, requiring only seven months for construction, from the date the older bridge was closed to traffic, and was designed on three 17.2m arches by Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie and Paul Vaudrey. It was the site of many of the killings of the Paris massacre of 1961."
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