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Carries
  
Motor vehicles

Locale
  
Next upstream
  
Opened
  
1968

Width
  
35 m

Bridge type
  
Girder bridge

Crosses
  
The Seine River

Official name
  
Pont Aval

Design
  
Concrete

Total length
  
312 m

Location
  
Body of water
  
Seine

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Similar
  
Pont amont, Pont Rouelle, Pont du Garigliano, Viaduc d'Austerlitz, Pont de Tolbiac

The Pont Aval is a bridge that crosses the Seine in Paris, France. It is open exclusively to motor vehicles traveling along the Boulevard Périphérique, a roadway which encircles the city.

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Location

The Pont Aval is the last bridge spanning the Seine if one were to follow the river's course downstream through the capital. The Pont Aval is located in the southwest of Paris, linking the 15th and 16th arrondissements, connecting the Quai d'Issy-les-Moulineaux and the Quai Saint-Exupéry. With a total length of 313 meters (1,027 feet), the Pont Aval is the longest in Paris.

History

The bridge was opened in 1968. Like that of its sister-bridge, the Pont Amont, Pont Aval owes its name to its position on the Seine River: Pont Amont ("amont" meaning "upstream" in French) is the first bridge on the river as it enters Paris, Pont Aval ("aval" meaning "downstream") is the last.

References

Pont aval Wikipedia


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