Avenue des Champs-Elysées is the main route to west-end Paris. It stretches practically 1.2 miles from Place de la Concorde to Place Charles de Gaulle.
...The Pont Alexandre III connects the 7th district to the 8th district in Paris. The bridge was opened for the 1900 World Fair and it is the most monumental bridge in Paris.
The bridge was built opposite the arterial road in the centre of the Esplanade des Invalides to connect it to the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, the new constructions which had been chosen to replace the Palais de l’Industrie. The 350 ft long and 147 ft wide bridge was designed by architects Cassien-Bernard and Gaston Cousin and was built by engineers Jean Résal and Amédée Alby. The difficulty was making the bridge flat enough to see the Invalides from the Champs Élysées without affecting the river traffic.
The bridge was also named after the Tsar to symbolise the friendship between the two countries after an alliance was agreed in 1891 with Alexander III. The first stone was laid 7th October 1896 by his son Nicolas II and the bridge was officially opened 14th April 1900 at the same time at the World Fair. The entire construction is metal supported by richly decorated pylons and the unique arch was an incredible technical feat at the time. The bridge became national heritage in 1975.