Pont de Puteaux, Road bridge in Puteaux and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
Pont de Puteaux is a 350-metre road bridge over the Seine that rests on the Île de Puteaux and links the boulevard Richard-Wallace at Puteaux with the same boulevard at the Neuilly-sur-Seine and Bois de Boulogne boundary. It is a variable-depth box-girder bridge designed by the architect Duffau, with a flat concrete deck on wide V-shaped piers, a pale-yellow slatted parapet on one side and a solid concrete barrier on the other.
A first stone bridge was built in 1895 with financial help from Salomon de Rothschild, who owned part of the Île de Puteaux. It was demolished in 1975 because it could no longer handle the traffic. The current girder bridge, designed by the architect Duffau, replaced it and carries the boulevard Richard-Wallace between Neuilly-sur-Seine and Puteaux.
The bridge links boulevard Richard-Wallace in Neuilly-sur-Seine, at the edge of the bois de Boulogne, with the same boulevard in Puteaux, crossing the Île de Puteaux. The island belonged partly to Salomon de Rothschild, whose financial help paid for the first stone bridge in 1895.
The bridge carries the boulevard Richard-Wallace between Neuilly-sur-Seine and Puteaux, resting on the Île de Puteaux, so a crossing can be combined with a stop on the island. Traffic is heavy: a 2011 tube-counter survey recorded 34,956 vehicles per day. The roadway has a pale-yellow slatted parapet on one side and a solid concrete barrier on the other.
The bridge rests on the Île de Puteaux, which splits its 350-metre span into two crossings. A 2011 count with tube counters recorded an average of 34,956 vehicles per day. The first stone bridge here was financed in 1895 by Salomon de Rothschild, who owned part of the island.
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