Older Than deck / Buildings and landmarks
Pont Neuf
Completed
1607
Its name means “new bridge”, yet it is the oldest standing bridge across the Seine in Paris.
Sources and checks
Checked 2026-10-21: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.
“1607”City of Paris: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
“1607”French Civil Engineering Association (AFGC): source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
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