Pont du Garigliano

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Pont du Garigliano
Garigliano bridge.jpg
The bridge from upstream
Coordinates 48°50′21.7″N2°16′6″E / 48.839361°N 2.26833°E / 48.839361; 2.26833
Crosses Seine
Locale Paris, France
Next upstream Pont Mirabeau
Next downstream Pont aval
Characteristics
Design Arch bridge
Total length209 m
Width26 m
Height11 m
History
Construction start1963
Construction end1966
Location
Pont du Garigliano

The Pont du Garigliano is a bridge across the Seine in Paris.

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Location and construction

The Pont du Garigliano links Boulevard Martial-Valin in the quartier de Javel (15th arrondissement), to Boulevard Exelmans in the Auteuil quartier (16th arrondissement). It is a metal bridge made of three spans (of 58m, 93m and 58m) soldered to six beams and carried on only two piles, close to the river banks. It spans roadways on both banks before reaching the ground. It is the highest bridge in Paris, at 11 metres above the level of the Seine (making it a popular place for suicides, such as that of Boris Fraenkel). It is very close to the studios of France Télévision, and to the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou.

Location on the Seine Paris-Ponts-Mirabeau.png
Location on the Seine

History

From 1863 to 1962, the two-level stone viaduc d'Auteuil (or viaduc du Point-du-Jour) ran across the river at this point, carrying Petite Ceinture trains on its upper level and car traffic on its lower level. When car transport increased on the Boulevards of the Marshals, and since the arches of the existing structure were too low to be passed under by river traffic, it was decided to replace it. Construction began in 1963 under the architect Davy and the engineer Thenault, and the new structure was inaugurated on 1 September 1966. The present structure is named after General Juin's victory at the Battle of Garigliano in Italy in 1944.

Since the end of 2006, the art-work Le Téléphone has been installed on its downstream side, implanted in the exterior face of the pavement. It consists of a telephone cabin sculpted in the form of a flower by the architect Frank Gehry, with no function other than to receive calls from Sophie Calle, the artist who created the idea, in order to accompany the inauguration of the service on Tramway des Maréchaux, whose terminus is very close.

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