Pont de Grenelle

The Pont de Grenelle-Cadets de Saumur, formerly known as Pont de Grenelle is a bridge that crosses the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the Île aux Cygnes. Constructed of steel, it is a girder bridge. The current bridge was constructed in 1966-68. It replaced an iron bridge that had stood since 1875. which had replaced the original wooden tollbridge built in 1827-29. The bridge passes behind a replica of the Statue of Liberty.

Origin of the name

The bridge's original name came from the town and plain of Grenelle on its Left Bank end. Grenelle was a town in the Seine department from 1830, and became a part of Paris's 15th arrondissement in 1860.
On 18 June 2016, the bridge was renamed the "Pont de Grenelle-Cadets-de-Saumur" to honor the students of the Cavalry School who defended the Loire region in the Battle of Saumur that took place in June 1940.