Title
General view of the Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour - 19th century
Caption
General view of the Pont-Viaduc du Point-du-Jour near Auteuil (Paris).
It was built in 1863-1864 by the engineer Albert Bassompierre-Sewrin, in order to extend, on the occasion of the 1867 exhibition, the ring railway, whose terminus was then the Auteuil station.
Drawing by Emile Thérond in the Magasin Pittoresque. 1866
The Auteuil viaduct bridge, 175m long, links the two banks of the Seine on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, and serves as a passageway for the carriages of the ring railway, pedestrians and cars. It had two levels, the upper level for the trains of the Petite Ceinture and the lower level for cars and pedestrian traffic. The lower bridge has 5 arches, each 31 metres long; the upper bridge has 41 arches of 5 metres. The bridge was destroyed in 1959 and replaced in 1963 by the Garigliano Bridge
Date
19th century
Credit line
Photo12/Collection Jaime Abecasis
Reference
LKO09A01_118
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
27,1Mb (3,0Mb) / 13,4in x 7,9in / 4015 x 2356 (300dpi)