Passerelle Debilly
| Passerelle Debilly | |
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| Coordinates | 48°51′47″N 02°17′47″E / 48.86306°N 2.29639°E |
| Carries | Pedestrians |
| Crosses | Seine |
| Locale | Paris, France |
| Official name | Passerelle Debilly |
| Maintained by | Civil Service |
| Next upstream | Pont de l'Alma |
| Next downstream | Pont d'Iéna |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Through arch Bridge |
| Total length | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Width | 8 m (26 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1900 |
Coordinates: 48°51′45.56″N 02°17′48.68″E / 48.8626556°N 2.2968556°E
The Passerelle Debilly (Debilly Footbridge) is a through arch bridge situated in Paris bestriding the Seine. It is a footbridge that connects the quai de New York to the quai Branly, close to the Eiffel Tower.
In order to accommodate visitor traffic to the 1900 World's Fair across the Seine, the General Commissioner of the Exposition, Alfred Picard, approved the construction of a provisional footbridge opposite the Avenue Albert de Mun, to join the Army and Navy Halls to the exhibit recreating old Paris. Its architect, Jean Résal, also designed the Pont Alexandre III and the Viaduc d'Austerlitz.
The Debilly footbridge had, as well, a succession of provisional names. It was initially called passerelle de l'Exposition Militaire or passerelle de Magdebourg, only later passerelle Debilly, after General Jean Louis Debilly of the French First Empire who was killed in the Battle of Jena in 1806. The bridge became a permanent fixture from its original provisional status under the management of the City of Paris in 1906 after it was relocated opposite to the rue de la Manutention.
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