France - Pont Alexandre III 亞歷山大三世橋

 

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Alexandre III Bridge (Pont Alexandre III) is an arch bridge that spans the Seine, connecting the Champs-Élysées quarter and the Invalides and Eiffel Tower quarter, widely regarded as the most ornate, extravagant bridge in Paris, France.
The bridge, with its exuberant Art Nouveau lamps, cherubs, nymphs and winged horses at either end, was built between 1896 and 1900. It is named after Tsar Alexander III, who had concluded the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1892. His son Nicholas II laid the foundation stone in October 1896. The style of the bridge reflects that of the Grand Palais, to which it leads on the right bank.
It was 160 meters length, has six-meter high single span steel arch in 107 meters long, 40 meters wide, was the feat of engineering in fact.

亞歷山大三世橋是跨越塞納河的一座拱橋，連接右岸的香榭麗舍大街地區和左岸的榮軍院和艾菲爾鐵塔地區，普遍認為是法國巴黎最華麗的橋樑。
橋上有新藝術運動路燈、天使、仙女和兩端的飛馬，興建於1896-1900年，得名於俄國沙皇亞歷山大三世，他在1892年締結了法俄同盟。1896年10月他的兒子尼古拉二世為該橋奠基，橋樑的風格與右岸的大皇宮一致。
這座橋全長160公尺，其中鑄鐵單跨橋拱長達107公尺，寬40公尺，實為當時工程技術之壯舉。