Pont Marie

The Pont Marie is a stone arch bridge over the Seine in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, after the Pont Neuf is the second oldest surviving bridge in the city.

Genesis

The precursor of the Pont Marie was a wooden bridge called Pont de Fust and was destroyed by a frost period in January 1408. For more than 200 years this place had no bridge. The Pont Marie was built by the contractor Christophe Marie 1614-1635 and named after its builder. Christophe Marie was responsible for monitoring all the Parisian bridges simultaneously. The planning application was submitted in 1605, but there were numerous reasons for the delay in planning permission. Marie was initially able to acquire the necessary for bridge area for a denier per Quadrattoise. It was not until 1611 ensured L. Shanker animal and F. le Regrattier for the financing of the construction materials. In addition, the owner of the island, the cathedral chapter of Notre- Dame de Paris cathedral was turned on too late. They finally agreed to pay 1616-1618 the church a lease of 1200 livres a year. The first, these results considered plan was filed on April 19, 1614. The bridge was ( 91.65 m) and a width of 8 Toises ( 15.60 m) planned with a wingspan of 47 Toises. For bridge construction Contesse Charles and Jean de la Noue were responsible.

By King Louis XIII. the building permit was issued on May 6, 1614. The first stone was laid by him on 11 December 1614. The works, however came only in 1623 underway, as Jean de la Grange funding secured until 1627 and the master mason Remy Collin took over the construction management. The bridge received heavy piles, so that they could be built with 50 houses. Both sides of the street of the bridge were each given 25 houses, the building of bridges with houses was common. The festivities of the ground-breaking ceremony took place in the presence of the royal family on October 11, 1624. The bridge was completed in 1630 though, but it was only in 1635 opened to traffic. When Marie in 1643 withdrew from the bridge project, was awarded on June 10, 1643 master carpenter Claude Dublet the bridge responsibility. He had 46 bridge build houses with 30 square meters, which were obtained from 1652.

A flood on March 1, 1658 flooded 20 houses away together with two arches. In this case, 60 people were killed. As a replacement a toll wooden bridge at the same place in 1660 built, which was replaced by a 1677 just finished stone construction. In 1769 it was decided to omit the House buildings on the bridge in 1788 were generally forbidden in Paris houses on bridges. The bridge originally had six arches, one of which was later incorporated into the shoreline stabilization. Since 10 February 1887, the bridge stands as a monument historique a historical monument. From Maximilien Luce, a French painter of the late Impressionism, there is a document issued in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich painting the bridge of 1899.

Location and meaning

The bridge is 92 m long, 22.60 m wide, of which 14.60 m road and 4m each sidewalk. Your stone arches have a span between 14 m and 18 m. It connects the Seine Ile Saint -Louis with the right bank of the Seine, where the Rue des Nonnains d'Hyeres forms its extension. The Pont Marie is the counterpart of the Pont de la Tour Nelle, which leads to the left bank. Both bridges are connected to the island by the Rue des Deux -Ponts (Street of two bridges). Pont Marie is the middle one of the three leading to the Rive Droite bridges. The metro station Pont Marie Métro Line 7 is located in its vicinity on the right bank of the Seine. Pont Marie is one of the 37 bridges in the Seine near Paris.