Léopold Sédar-Senghor Footbridge

General Information

Structure:	Arch bridge
Function / usage:	Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Material:	Steel bridge

Location:	Paris ( 1^st), Paris, Ile-de-France, France Paris ( 7^th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Crosses:	Seine River
Replaces:	Pont Solférino (1858)
Coordinates:	48° 51' 43.00" N 2° 19' 29.00" E

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cost of construction

French Franc 60 000 000

arch	steel
deck slab	wood

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Design

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Steel construction

Project direction

Wells, Matthew (2002): 30 Bridges. Laurence King, pp. 130-135.
Wells, Matthew / Pearman, Hugh: 30 Brücken. Callwey Verlag, Munich (Germany), pp. 130-135.
Pearce, Martin / Jobson, Richard (2002): Bridge Builders. Wiley, pp. 128-131.
Torres Arcila, Martha (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 498-503.
Danbon, Frédéric / Grillaud, Gérard (2005): Dynamic Behaviour of a Long-Span Steel Footbridge. Characterisation and Modelling of the Dynamic Loading Induced by a Moving Crowd on the Solférino Footbridge in Paris. Presented at: Footbridge 2005 (Second International Congress), Venezia, 06-08 December 2005.