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transportation, and it was decided to scrap it for an entirely new structure to be built a few tens of metres downstream from the former one, and with greater headroom on the river. The architects Malet and Lang attempted to respect the former aspect, which now had become familiar to Parisians. The new bridge of reinforced concrete still crosses the river in three arches reaching the right bank in front of the Louvre, in direct line with the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. For its lighting at night, the iron craftsman Raymond Subes conceived an ingenious telescoping system that raised the streetlights from a height of 13 metres in the daytime to 20 metres at nightfall when they were lit; however, the system was too fragile to be of any use and did not function until it was repaired in 1999. The nearest
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In 1906, after seven decades of use, serious restoration was required; the former wooden elements were replaced with beaten iron. Nevertheless, the bridge was too narrow for twentieth-century traffic, and shifted alarmingly. In 1930, its height above the river was judged insufficient for river
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Brahim Bouarram drowned after being pushed into the Seine river near the bridge by members of a
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with timber. Its graduated cast-iron circular supports were quickly dubbed "napkin rings" (
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procession. In 2003, in the name of all the citizens of Paris, the mayor of the city,
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48°51′34″N 2°19′59″E / 48.85939°N 2.33292°E / 48.85939; 2.33292
the Seine
Paris
France
Pont des Arts
Pont Royal

[pɔ̃dykaʁuzɛl]
Paris
River Seine
Quai des Tuileries
Quai Voltaire
Left Bank
Louis-Philippe
Right Bank
Palais du Louvre
Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

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