Pont de Chatou, Bridge and bicycle crossing in Chatou and Rueil-Malmaison, France

Pont de Chatou is a bridge spanning the Seine River between Chatou and Rueil-Malmaison. It accommodates both motor traffic and bicycles in a single direction.

A first wooden bridge replaced the ferry in 1626, with a toll and two spans over the Seine arms. It was burned in 1652 during the Fronde and again in 1815, when Marshal Davout had the grand pont set on fire to slow the Allied advance. The present structure opened in 1966, 314.53 m long, carrying the D186 on two lanes each way.

The bridge crosses at the Île des Impressionnistes, named for the Impressionist painters who worked along these banks; the island is now a place for walks between the two arms of the Seine. Until 1790, users paid a toll to cross, a right abolished by a decree of 15 March 1790 when bridges passed into the national domain.

The bridge is accessible to pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers from both sides of the Seine. The riverbanks nearby offer space for walking and stopping before crossing.

The current 1966 bridge stands about 175 metres downstream from the site of the 1626 wooden bridge, which linked Rueil to the Île des Impressionnistes by a "Petit pont" and the island to Chatou by a "Grand pont". Crossing it was tolled until a decree of 15 March 1790 abolished the toll during the Revolution.