Spring time in Paris
The Rue du Pont-Neuf is a street in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, shared between Les Halles to the north and Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois to the south. It was pierced in the second half of the 19th century. It bears this name because it leads to the Pont Neuf.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.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.