Pont ferroviaire de la Mulatière, Railway bridge in La Mulatière, France

The Pont ferroviaire de la Mulatière is a steel railway bridge over the Saône between Lyon and La Mulatière. Its 190.60 m span carries two decks of parallel tracks through tall crisscrossing trusses that form triangles, resting on concrete piers. A small red-and-white sign is mounted on a vertical member near the left pier.

The first rail-road bridge on the site, six wooden arches 151.20 m long and 18 m wide, opened on 1 October 1830 as the pont d'Orléans. Partly swept away by the 1840 flood, it was replaced in 1845 by Antoine Rémy Polonceau's metal deck on Porcieu-Amblagnieu stone piers, raised in 1858. The all-metal bridge of 190,60 m, built from 1912 by Levallois-Perret under Maurice Koechlin, was inaugurated in 1916 by the PLM company.

The structure reflects the industrial heritage of Lyon and showcases typical railroad engineering of its era. Visitors can observe from the riverside paths how this crossing connects the city's neighborhoods and rail corridors.

The bridge is visible from the riverside paths along the Rhône and can be viewed from several vantage points in the area. The best views come from the water level or nearby footpaths where you can see the structure and watch trains passing through.

The bridge was dynamited by German troops on 2 September 1944 during their retreat, then reopened to traffic in 1946. It had already been damaged by the fire at the oil port on 18 June 1940 and returned to service on 5 May 1941. In 1957 it was adapted for the electrification of the Saint-Étienne–Lyon line.