Pont Kennedy, Concrete bridge in central Liège, Belgium

Pont Kennedy is a concrete bridge over the Meuse in central Liège, linking the centre to the Longdoz district. Its deck rests on a single wide arch, lit in purple along the underside and the arch curve, with dark piers at each end. The roadway carries white lane markings and yellow flags on poles along both edges, and a pedestrian walkway with a metal railing runs along the left side.

Built between 1958 and 1960, this structure replaced an earlier bridge destroyed by German forces in 1940 during World War II. Its construction was part of Liège's post-war reconstruction effort to reconnect the city after years of separation.

The bridge was renamed in 1963, the year of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, after having been inaugurated in 1960 under another name. Its other name in Dutch is J.F. Kennedybrug, and in Chinese it is known as 肯尼迪大桥. It links the centre of Liège to the Longdoz district across the Meuse.

The bridge carries about 15,000 vehicles a day, so cross on foot via the walkway along the left edge, behind the metal railing. It links the centre to the Longdoz district and meets the quays Paul van Hoegaerden, Édouard van Beneden and Churchill and Rue Grétry. Yellow flags on slender poles mark the edges at intervals.

The first bridge on this site, opened in 1837, collapsed after only five months. Its successor, built between 1841 and 1843, was then called Pont de la Boverie or Pont Neuf, and it was this crossing that stood until 1940. The present structure, rebuilt in 1958 and inaugurated in 1960, carries about 15,000 vehicles a day.