4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A PONT ALEXANDRE III P LOCATION The Pont Alexandre III will play a major part OLYMPIC GAMES PARALYMPIC 6 KM from the Olympic and Paralympic in the ‘Paris centre’ arrangements during the th th Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024. GAMES Village, between the 7 and 8 arrondissements The bridge, which links two competition CYCLING of Paris. venues – Les Invalides and the Grand Palais PARA TRIATHLON – will, itself, host the triathlon, the cycling Discipline: road GETTING THERE time trial (serving as the finish line) and the 2 events: 1 / 1 Information to be determined • Bus marathon swimming. Individual Time Trial / • Metro, lines 8 and 13 • RER C The site, on which temporary infrastructure will be • Vélib’ public bike stations built, played a major role in 2017, when Paris’ bid to host the Games was still ongoing. For Olympic Day NEARBY GAMES VENUES on 23 June 2017, a diving board was built on the • La Concorde bridge, and a floating running track was installed TRIATHLON • Les Invalides along the Seine beside it. • Grand Palais Pont Alexandre III is no stranger to large events, 3 events: 1 / 1 / 1 • Pont d’Iéna given that it was opened to mark the Paris Exposition Individual / • Champ-de-Mars Arena in 1900. The bridge was designed to symbolise • Eiffel Tower friendship between Russia and France, established Mixed relay by the 1891 signing of the alliance between Emperor CAPACITY Alexander III of Russia and President of the French Marathon Swimming, Triathlon, Republic Sadi Carnot. It was built under the Para Triathlon : T supervision of engineers Jean Résal and Amédée AQUATICS E Alby, and the architects Cassien-Bernard and Gaston E H Cousin. The 45m-wide metal bridge is a single arch, 1,000 A S Discipline : marathon swimming T 107m long, including three joints, which allows it A S : D to cross the Seine with no additional supports. In 2 events: 1 / 1 NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS E and of itself, it is a veritable tourist attraction, which U 10 km swimming / • Place de la Concorde N E will offer Olympic spectators a breathtaking view of C V the sporting events, and some of the most beautiful • Champs-Élysées I • Grand Palais P monuments of Paris. M Y • Hôtel des Invalides L A • Eiffel Tower R A D P N POST-2024 LEGACY C A I After the Games, no trace will remain on the P M site, as all infrastructure built on the bridge Y L O for the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be women men mixed temporary. 35