Pont de l'Europe, road bridge over the Saint-Lazare railway tracks in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France

Pont de l'Europe is a road bridge in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, spanning the railway tracks of Gare Saint-Lazare at Place de l'Europe. Its deck is carried on a metal lattice of girders crossing in repeating X patterns between horizontal beams, above a solid parapet pierced with oval openings between vertical supports. The flat, light-coloured deck runs the length of the span, with buildings standing beyond it.

The original structure was built in 1863 to ease traffic flow between the station and the city. In 1931, the bridge was replaced with the current one to support greater weight and meet modern traffic needs.

The bridge's name comes from the Place de l'Europe at its end, and it crosses the railway tracks of Gare Saint-Lazare. Between 1876 and 1877 Monet painted about a dozen canvases of the station and bridge, and Caillebotte, who bought three of Monet's variations, painted Le Pont de l'Europe and Sur le pont de l'Europe. Louis Anquetin also took up the subject in a pastel of 1889.

The bridge is easily reached on foot from Gare Saint-Lazare and serves as a direct crossing for pedestrians and vehicles. The wide pathways allow safe passage, and the flat structure makes crossing simple at any time of day.

The bridge was a favorite subject for Impressionist painters, especially Monet, who painted it around a dozen times between 1876 and 1877, capturing different lighting and seasons. These paintings reveal how artists of that era used the location as a source of artistic inspiration.