Passerelle du Village olympique, Pedestrian and bicycle bridge in Saint-Denis, France
The passerelle du Village olympique, officially Pont olympique Louafi Bouguera, is a 138-metre bridge over the Seine linking Saint-Denis and L'Île-Saint-Denis. It carries a bus-bike lane and a pedestrian pavement, and its belvedere and nearly 4-metre-wide staircase give direct access to the redesigned quay de Saint-Ouen.
Architect Thomas Lavigne designed this structure specifically for the 2024 Paris Olympics preparation. The bridge served as a key piece of infrastructure connecting the two sections of the Olympic Village complex.
The bridge is named after Louafi Bouguera, the first indigenous African athlete to win an Olympic title, in the marathon at Amsterdam in 1927; he was shot dead in Saint-Denis in 1959 during the Algerian War. The name was given and the bridge officially inaugurated on 7 December 2024, after the Games, when it opened to residents of the two communes.
The bridge carries a bus-and-cycle lane plus a pedestrian pavement, and a belvedere with a staircase nearly 4 metres wide gives direct access to the redeveloped quay de Saint-Ouen bank in Saint-Denis. The quai du Châtelier (RD 1bis) was fully reworked between the pont de Saint-Ouen-les-Docks and the L'Île-Saint-Denis motorway viaduct to open the bank to the Seine.
The bridge is named after Louafi Bouguera, the first indigenous African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal, in the marathon at Amsterdam in 1927. He was shot dead in Saint-Denis in 1959 during the Algerian War. The bridge was officially inaugurated on 7 December 2024.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 94,370 contributors worldwide.
