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002-000022.040
France
002-000022, 2005, France, Paris, art, bridge, heritage, island, metallic, metro, monument, paris, sculpture, statue, subway, train, transportation
Pont de Bir-Hakeim
Jean-Philippe DAIN
10 July 05
Jean-Philippe Dain
Ile de France
Paris
FRA
The downstream side of the arc of triumph approximately located at the 2/3 of the .Bir-Hakeim bridge (Pont de Bir-Hakeim), Paris, France. On this side, the .allegoric decorations designed by Jules Coutant refers to Science and .Work. The Bir-Hakeim bridge (Pont de Bir-Hakeim), Paris, France. Formerly called "Viaduct of Passy", the Bir-Hakeim bridge is a double deck bridge built between 1903 and 1905 by the French architects Louis Biette and Jean-Camille Formige, in association with the contractors Dayde and Pille. Supported by metal columns, the upper level is for metropolitan railway, the lower level for motorized traffic and pedestrians with a central walkway. The actual name of the bridge was given in 1949, as a tribute to General Koenig's June 1942 victory in Libya against German troops (Battle of Bir Hakeim, WWII). The statue on the Swan Island is "La France Renassante", it was offered by the Danish sculptor Holger Wederkinch.