Pont de l'Université, Metal arch bridge over Rhône River in Lyon, France.

The Pont de l'Université is a 240-metre road bridge over the Rhône in Lyon, linking Rue de l'Université on the left bank with Quai du Docteur-Gailleton. Its three shallow segmental steel arches, spanning 67.50, 72.50 and 67.50 metres, rest on limestone-clad piers, with a small masonry round arch over the left-bank floodplain. The 20-metre deck carries four one-way lanes and two 4.50-metre walkways.

A bridge at this spot was discussed from 1844 and built between 1899 and 1903 to serve the university buildings raised on the left bank between 1876 and 1898, replacing an old ferry. Inaugurated in 1903 as pont des Facultés, it was soon renamed pont de l'Université. Its central arch was blown up in September 1944, replaced by a temporary footbridge and bridge, and the crossing fully reopened in 1947.

The bridge's name recalls the university buildings erected on the left bank between 1876 and 1898, which it was built to serve; at its 1903 inauguration it was called pont des Facultés before quickly becoming pont de l'Université. The cast-iron balustrades were designed by the Lyonnais sculptor Labranche and cast by E. Capitain-Gény at Bussy, now part of Joinville in Haute-Marne.

The deck is one-way for motor traffic from the left to the right bank, with four lanes and two 4.50 m pavements. A planned restoration announced in July 2024 would drop the previous scheme's two-way cycle lane and bus lane to save 1.5 million euros of the 15.5 million budget. The next bridges are Pont de la Guillotière upstream and Pont Galliéni downstream.

Original streetlights from 1903 still stand on the bridge today, bearing witness to its long past. The metal components were manufactured in the foundries of Longwy in northeastern France, reflecting the regional craftsmanship of that era.