Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Pont de Bercy


There are two bridges that allow the metro to cross the Seine in Paris: the Pont de Bir Hakeim, not too far from the Eiffel Tower and the Pont de Bercy on the Eastern part of Paris, near the Ministry of Finance. It's a beautiful bridge that was transformed many times throughout history (the first version originates from 1832!) including a first widening in 1904 to support the metro line 6 and a second one   between 1989 and 1992 to add additional traffic lanes. Now it's also a bike lane, as you can obviously see it! 

15 comments:

  1. Cool photo. I wouldn't be afraid to ride a bike here but you would never catch me on the street! HAH :)

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  2. Great photo! And thanks for including interesting info about the bridge.

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  3. Very cool photo. I love all the lines forming the v shape.

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  4. Superb, photo, Eric. I love the perspective, the symmetry, and especially the light.

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  5. Great photo Eric. Reminds me of the car chase scene in the movie, French Connection :)

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  6. Is the Pont de Bercy the one that leads to Ile St Louis? Or am I misremembering?

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  7. oops, no i think i was thinking of pont sully. sorry.

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  8. @Brattcat. Yes you were. This one goeas from Bercy (precisely...) to the 13th arroindissement, near the TRès grande bibliothèque). Not many people visit this part of Paris actually.

    @Martin "Reminds me of the car chase scene in the movie, French Connection :)" I remember that too, but wasn't it in Chicago?!!

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  9. what a very lovely and luminous shot. I love those bridges - merci Eric.

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  10. John and I went to the 13th, to the bibliothèque, because they had the Atget photo DVDs we wanted, and nobody else had them. If we went on this bridge, though, we didn't notice!

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  11. This is beautiful! (And actually a place I would ride a bike in Paris!) Just curious, do Parisians wear helmets when they ride?

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  12. Naughty boy Eric. Please refer to your post of Monday February 04, 2008.
    As a punishment, you must write out this Line 5 times:

    "There are three bridges in Paris which allow the metro to cross the Seine"

    ;-)

    Cracking photo, lovely vanishing point.

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  13. @Eric "I remember that too, but wasn't it in Chicago?!!" no, the movie takes place in NYC. Great action movie, with Gene Hackmen playing a tough cop.

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