A hydrographic ladder, indicating floods' highest level in Paris, is visible on the last pier nearest each bank.

Madame de Sévigné reported that this last incident caused the loss of eight of the bridge's arches.

The bridge was finally reconstructed between 25 October 1685 and 13 June 1689, this time with stone, receiving complete financing from King Louis XIV.

Louvois, director of the Bâtiments du Roi, charged Jacques Gabriel, Jules Hardouin-Mansart and François Romain with the construction project.

[2] In 2005, the Pont Royal was illuminated by lights at night as one of the Paris Olympic Bid highlights.