Passerelle de l'Estacade

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The bridge of the Estacade, formerly a "stead of the Île Saint-Louis" or a "stead of Henri-IV", also known as the "bridge of the Estacade", is a former dual-purpose building built in the 1770s in Paris across the small arm, known as the "arm Marie" of the Seine. It was rebuilt several times before being demolished in 1932.

It was a simple jetty and was launched in a straight line along the old Dauphin or Balcony wharf (now Bethune wharf) with support, northwest on the upstream tip of Saint Louis Island and southwest on the former Louviers Island. With a boarded bridge apron at the beginning of the 19th century, it now allowed pedestrians to walk between the two islands and then, from the north bank of Louviers Island, reach the right bank by crossing the Grammont bridge over the "arm of the Mail". After the connection of this island to the right bank in 1841 and the development of its south bank in 1844, a new section of bridge was added to the existing one to cross the new port Henri-IV. The location of the platform that welcomed passers-by to the level...