Pont de Rennes bridge
Pont de Rennes bridge | |
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Pont De Rennes with Kodak Tower in background | |
| Coordinates | 43°09′46″N 77°36′55″W / 43.1627°N 77.6153°W |
| Carries | Pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Genesee River |
| Locale | Rochester New York |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 858 feet (262 m) |
| History | |
| Designer | Leffert L. Buck |
| Opened | 1891 |
| Location | |
Interactive map of Pont de Rennes bridge | |
The Pont de Rennes Bridge, originally the Platt Street Bridge, is a historic wrought iron pedestrian bridge spanning the Genesee River and Brown's Race in Rochester, New York. Built in 1891 by the Rochester Bridge and Iron Works to a design by engineer Leffert Lefferts Buck, the bridge is an 858-foot-long (262 m) metal 11-panel rivet-connected lattice (triple Warren) deck truss bridge standing 114 feet (35 m) above the river. Originally carrying vehicular traffic of Platt Street,, it was closed to automobiles after being deemed structurally unsafe and sat unused for approximately two decades before being converted to a pedestrian bridge in 1982 and renamed for Rochester's sister city of Rennes, France.
The bridge is a contributing structure within the Brown's Race Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is part of the Genesee Riverway Trail and provides views of High Falls, a 96-foot (29 m) waterfall on the Genesee River, and the surrounding gorge. Between 2023 and 2024, the bridge underwent a $18.7 million rehabilitation as part of the ROC the Riverway initiative, reopening on December 6, 2024.