Rue du Pont-Neuf, Paris

The street gives access to the Pont Neuf from the right bank to the south, and to the Forum des Halles from its other end to the north.

The lane continues via this last end and becomes the {{Interlanguage link|Rue Baltard|lt=Rue Baltard|fr|Rue Baltard}}, closed to car traffic since the closure of the old halls of Paris, then the Rue Montorgueil, {{Interlanguage link|Rue des Petits-Carreaux|lt=Rue des Petits-Carreaux|fr|Rue des Petits-Carreaux}}, {{Interlanguage link|Rue Poissonnière|lt=Rue Poissonnière|fr|Rue Poissonnière}}, Rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière to end at the {{Interlanguage link|Barrière Poissonnière|lt=Barrière Poissonnière|fr|Barrière Poissonnière}}.

The current street is an important crossing point because it crosses several arteries such as the tracks of the banks of the Seine, the Rue de Rivoli and the Rue Saint-Honoré. There was previously an entrance to the Forum des Halles car park, now filled in and converted into a sidewalk.

On 21 June 1854, a decree approved the plan for the restructuring of the Halles Centrales. This plan provided for the opening of a new street between the Pont Neuf and Les Halles.{{cite web |last=Graveur |first=Avril Frères (Paris) |date=1854 |title=Plan général des Halles centrales et de leurs abords / gravé par Avril, frères |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b530856711 |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Gallica |language=EN}} The plot plan of the properties to be expropriated for "the widening of the Rue Tirechape and the extension of this road to the Pont Neuf" was published on 6 September 1865.{{cite web |last=texte |first=Seine Auteur du |date=1865 |title=Recueil des actes administratifs de la Préfecture du département de la Seine |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5768611p |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}

The Rue Étienne, {{Interlanguage link|Rue de la Tonnellerie|lt=de la Tonnellerie|fr|Rue de la Tonnellerie}} and {{Interlanguage link|Rue Tirechape|lt=Tirechape|fr|Rue Tirechape}} were absorbed by the new road. Part of the {{Interlanguage link|Rue de la Monnaie, Paris|lt=Rue de la Monnaie|fr|Rue de la Monnaie (Paris)}} and the {{Interlanguage link|Place des Trois-Maries|lt=Place des Trois-Maries|fr|Place des Trois-Maries}}, located at the mouth of the Pont Neuf, also disappeared. In 1867, the new road was named the Rue du Pont-Neuf.{{Cite book |last=Alphand |first=Adolphe |title=Arrêté du 26 février 1867 |pages=371 |language=fr |author-link=Adolphe Alphand}} The part between the {{Interlanguage link|Rue Berger|lt=Rue Berger|fr|Rue Berger}} and the Rue Rambuteau was renamed the {{Interlanguage link|Rue Baltard|lt=Rue Baltard|fr|Rue Baltard}} in 1877;{{cite book |last=Alphand |first=Adolphe |title=Décret du 10 novembre 1877 |pages=425 |language=fr |author-link=Adolphe Alphand}} this street was removed during the construction of the Forum des Halles.

File:RueDuPontNeuf-1793-1795.png|Superposition of the current road network on the neighboring road network at the end of the 18th century

File:Charles Marville, Rue Tirechape, de la rue de Rivoli, ca. 1853–70.jpg|Rue Tirechape, from the Rue de Rivoli

File:Charles Marville, Rue Tirechape, de la rue Saint Honoré, ca. 1853–70.jpg|Rue Tirechape, from the Rue Saint-Honoré

File:Charles Marville, Rue du Contrat Social de la rue de la Tonnellerie.jpg|From the Rue du Contrat-Social to the Rue de la Tonnellerie

• No. 1, at the corner with the Quai du Louvre: La Samaritaine department store, Monument historique. On the top floor, Le Kong, a restaurant fitted out in 2003 by designer Philippe Starck, whose glass roof is in line with the Pont Neuf.{{Cite web |title=KONG Bar Restaurant Paris, France |url=https://www.kong.fr/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.kong.fr}}{{Cite web |date=22 July 2014 |title=Les meilleurs rooftops de Paris |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sortir-paris/2014/07/22/30004-20140722ARTFIG00009-les-meilleurs-rooftops-de-paris.php |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}} A scene from the film Tell No One (2006) was filmed there.{{cite web |title=Kong – NE LE DIS A PERSONNE |url=http://www.parisfaitsoncinema.com/les-adresses/paris/kong-restaurant-de-ne-le-dis-a-personne.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529023931/http://www.parisfaitsoncinema.com/les-adresses/paris/kong-restaurant-de-ne-le-dis-a-personne.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |archive-date=2022-05-29 |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.parisfaitsoncinema.com |language=fr |url-status=bot: unknown }}
• No. 2, at the corner with the {{Interlanguage link|Quai de la Mégisserie|lt=Quai de la Mégisserie|fr|Quai de la Mégisserie}}: former site of the {{Interlanguage link|À la Belle Jardinière|lt=À la Belle Jardinière|fr|À la Belle Jardinière}} store (1867–1972).{{Cite book |last=Hillairet |first=Jacques |title=Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris |title-link=Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris |publisher=Les Éditions de Minuit |year=1963 |isbn=2-7073-1054-9 |pages=393–394 |language=fr |author-link=Jacques Hillairet}}
• No. 31, Molière would have been born in a house which was on this site; a bust above an engraved inscription pays homage to him. Nearby, at 96 rue Saint-Honoré, is a commemorative plaque stating the same.{{Cite web |date=16 December 2013 |title=Comment Paris plaque l'histoire sur ses murs |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/1264057-20131216-20131216-comment-paris-plaque-lhistoire-murs |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}} We owe this inscription, indicating the birth of the man of letters in 1620, while he was born in 1622, to an unscrupulous owner who, by buying the building, thought that he could give it an capital gain by erecting this false plaque.{{Cite web |title=Où est vraiment né Molière ? – Paris ZigZag Insolite & Secret |url=https://www.pariszigzag.fr/insolite/histoire-insolite-paris/ou-est-vraiment-ne-moliere |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=www.pariszigzag.fr |language=fr-FR}}
• No. 33, restaurant Au chien qui fume, Monument historique.

File:14SamaritaineMagasin1.JPG|No. 1

Louis Vuitton 2, Rue du Pont-Neuf, Paris April 2010.jpg|No. 2

Plaque naissance Molière.jpg|No. 31

The dog who smokes, Paris 2010.jpg|No. 33

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• Haussmann's renovation of Paris

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Category:Streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris