The Simone de Beauvoir Pedestrian Bridge

37. the most crossed the Seine or IV. pedestrian bridge in Paris

The new Simone de Beauvoir pedestrian bridge is stretched between the 12th and 13th districts of Paris Bercy-Tolbiac, connecting the park area of Bercy Park (near the American Center and Film Library in Bercy 1994, by Frank O. Gehry) and the BNF 1989-1995 National French Library (by Dominique Perrault).

The ambitious structure materialized in the elegance of a pair of radii of the same radius, intersecting in the form of walkable deck sections, corresponds to the flow of forces, along with the open embankment, constituting attributes of an inventive technical solution.
The duality of compression and tension, whose intersection creates a symmetrical lens, a pocket, an internal space of being above the Seine, a place for rest, relaxation, cultural experiences, artistic and musical productions, and social gatherings. The bridge connecting people transforms into a lively bridge, a bridge of encounters.
It is poetry of lightness and transparency, between the mass of greenery and the BNF, offering new views of the river's flow, a new floating pool on the Seine, on the horizon with Bibliothèque François Mitterrand grading in the extended axis along with the tower of the Notre-Dame de la Gare church…

Technical parameters:
total length: 304 m
midfield: 190 m
lens: 106 m, weight 550 tons
deck width at the supports on the right bank: 12 m, left: 6 m
length of frames transferring compression and tension to the embankment: 35 m
The lens measuring 106 is manufactured in Lauteubourg in Alsace, traveling by ship via the Rhine, North Sea, and Seine to Paris.

(regarding pedestrian bridges over the Seine in Paris: Passerelle Debilly, Passerelle Solférino, Pont des Arts)