Pont Notre-Dame

Pont Notre-Dame
The Pont Notre-Dame in Paris.
Coordinates	48°51′21.77″N 02°20′54.81″E / 48.8560472°N 2.3485583°E / 48.8560472; 2.3485583
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles
Crosses	The Seine River
Locale	Paris, France
Next upstream	Pont d'Arcole
Next downstream	Pont au Change
Characteristics
Design	Arch Bridge
Total length	105 metres (344 ft)
Width	20 metres (66 ft)
Clearance below	?
History
Construction start	1910
Construction end	1914
Statistics
Toll	Free both ways
Location

The Pont Notre-Dame (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃ nɔtʁə dam]) is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France linking the quai de Gesvres on the Rive Droite with the quai de la Corse on the Île de la Cité. The bridge is noted for being the "most ancient" in Paris, in the sense that, while the oldest bridge in Paris that is in its original state is undoubtedly the Pont Neuf, a bridge in some form has existed at the site of the Pont Notre-Dame since antiquity;^[1] nonetheless, it has been destroyed and reconstructed numerous times, a fact referred to in the Latin inscription on it to honor its Italian architect, Fra Giovanni Giocondo. (See below.) The bridge once was lined with approximately sixty houses, the weight of which caused a collapse in 1499.^[2]