Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir

The Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir (French pronunciation: [pasʁɛl simɔn də bovwaʁ]; initially known by the provisional name of passerelle Bercy-Tolbiac) is a bridge solely for pedestrians and cyclists across the Seine River in Paris.

The central span of the bridge (named the peltinée by its architects, Feichtinger Architectes, under Dietmar Feichtinger) is made of steel, weighs 650 tonnes (640 long tons; 720 short tons), is 106 metres (348 ft) long and 12 metres (39 ft) wide.

The span was constructed by the Eiffel company (Eiffel Constructions métalliques) in the Alsace and was transported by canal, the North Sea, the English Channel and French rivers (with difficulties due to sluices being too narrow) to its destination, crossing Paris on a barge on 30 November 2005.

The rotational anchorage on its supports brings its structural height back down to the different levels of the quais at either end.

Feichtinger Architectes, Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir, Paris, AAM Editions 2007, ISBN 978-2-87143-175-6

View from on the bridge