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| Pont de l'Archevêché |
Much to my delight, the sun came out early this evening. I was so excited about the glimpses of blue sky and sunshine that I decided to walk home from the 5th - a trip according to google of nearly 14km. It would have been shorter had I gone direct but I wanted to go via a few baking stores to pick up a few more goodies...again. Not quite sure how I am going to get all of this stuff home but I will cross that bridge later. In any case, I did walk over a bridge today, a very pretty one too as it was all covered in 'love' locks.
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| View of Notre Dame from the bridge |
Pont de l'Archevêché
(courtesy of Wiki)
The Pont de l'Archevêché is the narrowest road bridge in Paris. It was built in 1828, by the engineer Plouard, for the society Pont des Invalides after the demolition of the suspension bridge at Les Invalides.
The bridge is 68 meters long and 11 meters high. It is composed of three arches of stone carrying heights of 15, 17, and 15 meters, respectively. The low clearance of the arches do cause an impediment to river traffic; however, in spite of a municipal decision in 1910 to rebuild it, the bridge was never replaced.
The bridge commonly seen in the background of the set on Highlander when the show was set in Paris. After the Pont des Arts was cleared of its display of padlocks in 2010, and similarly the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, lovers started to place their 'love padlocks' on this bridge. The original two bridges for this were footbridges, but this one, albeit narrow, is a road bridge.
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| Not the best photo but bring on the sunshine! |