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The pont National (named pont Napoléon-III from its construction until 1870) | The pont National (named pont Napoléon-III from its construction in 1852-3 until 1870) was built as a road and rail bridge across the Seine. | ||
See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_National Wikipedia entry]. | Five segmental arches, each with a span of approx 113 ft, with a rise of 15 ft. Thickness of crown at arches was 3ft 11". It was built as a road and rail bridge, the rail tracks being for the Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture.<ref>The Practical Mechanic's Journal 1 Decmber 1867</ref> | ||
Its width was doubled with an addition on the upstream side in 1936. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_National Wikipedia entry]. | |||
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The pont National (named pont Napoléon-III from its construction in 1852-3 until 1870) was built as a road and rail bridge across the Seine.
Five segmental arches, each with a span of approx 113 ft, with a rise of 15 ft. Thickness of crown at arches was 3ft 11". It was built as a road and rail bridge, the rail tracks being for the Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture.[1]
Its width was doubled with an addition on the upstream side in 1936. See Wikipedia entry.
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- ↑ The Practical Mechanic's Journal 1 Decmber 1867