Pont de l’Alma

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bridge in Paris road bridge

Pont de l’Alma is a notable road bridge in Paris, France, best known for its location near the site of Princess Diana’s fatal 1997 car crash and for its iconic Zouave statue used as an informal flood gauge.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pont de l'Alma	1
Pont de l’Alma (left bank side)	1
Pont de l’Alma road tunnel	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge in Paris ⓘ road bridge ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	1997 car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales ⓘ
connects	Avenue George V ⓘ Avenue du Président Wilson ⓘ surface form: Avenue de New York
constructionStartDate	1854 ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
crosses	Left Bank of the Seine ⓘ surface form: Rive Droite–Rive Gauche connection River Seine ⓘ surface form: Seine
floodGauge	Zouave statue ⓘ
hasLanes	multiple road lanes ⓘ
hasNearbyMonument	Flame of Liberty ⓘ
hasNearbyTransport	Alma–Marceau metro station ⓘ Pont de l’Alma RER station ⓘ
hasStatue	Artilleryman ⓘ Chasseurs alpins ⓘ surface form: Chasseur à pied Grenadier ⓘ Zouave ⓘ
heritageStatus	not classified as a historic monument ⓘ
inception	1856 ⓘ
length	approximately 153 meters ⓘ
locatedIn	7th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ 8th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ
maintainedBy	Paris ⓘ surface form: City of Paris
material	concrete ⓘ
namedAfter	Alma River ⓘ Battle of Alma ⓘ
nearbyEventSite	site of Princess Diana’s fatal 1997 car crash ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Avenue Montaigne ⓘ Eiffel Tower ⓘ
nearbyStructure	Pont de l’Alma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pont de l’Alma road tunnel
notableFeature	Zouave statue used as informal flood gauge ⓘ
openingDate	1856 ⓘ
orientation	roughly east–west across the Seine ⓘ
originalArchitect	Hyacinthe Gariel ⓘ
originalEngineer	Hyacinthe Gariel ⓘ Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie ⓘ
originalMaterial	stone ⓘ
partOf	Paris road network ⓘ
reconstructed	1970s ⓘ
reconstructionReason	structural problems ⓘ
reconstructionStartDate	1970 ⓘ
reopeningDate	1974 ⓘ
replaced	original 19th-century arch bridge ⓘ
river	River Seine ⓘ surface form: Seine
trafficType	road traffic ⓘ
width	approximately 42 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quai d'Orsay → connectsTo → Pont de l’Alma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont de l'Alma

River Seine → hasBridge → Pont de l’Alma ⓘ

7th arrondissement of Paris → hasLandmark → Pont de l’Alma ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont de l’Alma (left bank side)

Pont de l’Alma → nearbyStructure → Pont de l’Alma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pont de l’Alma road tunnel