Pont de Bellerive, Metal road bridge in Vichy, France

Pont de Bellerive is a 260-metre road bridge over the Allier, linking Vichy on the right bank with Bellerive-sur-Allier on the left. Its deck rests on six steel plate-girder spans carried by stone piers, with a stone arch over the right-bank riverside road. Fourteen Art Deco lamp posts stand on the deck, and the white balustrade dates from 2020.

A first bridge on the site dates from 1870, replacing earlier crossings destroyed by Allier floods. It became too narrow, and it was demolished to build the current steel-girder bridge between 1930 and 1932, not widened. Until the Pont de l'Europe opened in 1963, it was Vichy's only bridge over the Allier. It was renamed Pont Jacques-Chirac in 2022.

The bridge is lit by fourteen Art Deco lampposts from the 1930s, two at each entrance and two facing each other above every pier. Its steel railing, with a simplified geometric Art Deco pattern, was replaced in 2020 by a taller aluminium copy of the same design. The name changed officially to pont Jacques-Chirac on 4 April 2022, after having been pont Aristide-Briand.

The bridge is open to traffic around the clock and provides free access for cars and all vehicles without tolls. Pedestrians and cyclists can also use it to cross between the two towns.

The bridge was renamed Pont Jacques-Chirac on 4 April 2022, having previously been called Pont Aristide-Briand. Its steel beams are not arches: the load is carried vertically onto the stone piers, and the first and last spans rest on steel roller bearings that allow the beams to expand in heat.