Pont de l'Archevêché

Pont de l'Archevêché
Pont de l'Archevêché
	A photograph of the Pont de l'Archevêché from Quai de la Tournelle. Notre Dame de Paris can be seen in the background.
Coordinates	48°51′5.82″N 2°21′5.73″E / 48.8516167°N 2.3515917°E
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Crosses	River Seine
Locale	Paris, France
Other name(s)	Padlock Bridge
Next upstream	Pont de la Tournelle
Next downstream	Pont au Double
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Material	Stone
Total length	68 m (223 feet)
Width	17 m (56 feet)
History
Construction start	1828
Statistics
Toll	Free both ways
Location

The Pont de l'Archevêché (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ də laʁʃəvɛʃe], 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.

Access

___	Located near the Métro station: Maubert-Mutualité.

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 68 metres (223 ft) long. It is composed of three arches of stone measuring lengths of 15 metres (49 ft), 17 metres (56 ft), and 15 metres (49 ft). 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.