Pont de Grenelle
The pont de Grenelle is the second bridge from the top, passing through the southern tip of the Île aux Cygnes.
Coordinates	48°51′N 2°17′E / 48.85°N 2.28°E / 48.85; 2.28
Crosses	The Seine River
Locale	Paris, France
Next upstream	Pont Rouelle
Next downstream	Pont Mirabeau
Location

The Pont de Grenelle-Cadets de Saumur, formerly known as Pont de Grenelle ( English: Grenelle Bridge. "Cadets de Saumur" is the name of the students of the Cavalry School) 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, replacing an earlier bridge that had stood since 1873. The bridge passes behind a replica of the Statue of Liberty.

Origin of the name

The name Grenelle Bridge comes from the name of the Grenelle plain that was accessible through this bridge. Grenelle was a town in the Seine department in 1830, before it 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. ^[1]

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