Boulevard du Général-d'Armée-Jean-Simon
The Boulevard du Général-d'Armée-Jean-Simon is a boulevard in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is one of the Boulevards of the Marshals, which run in the outer parts of the city. Route. The boulevard continues the route of Boulevard Masséna from Porte de Vitry (southwestern terminus) to Porte de la Gare at the intersection of Quais Panhard-et-Levassor and d'Ivry (northeastern end). It forms a viaduct that crosses the tracks of the Austerlitz train station and overlooks the southern pat of the Paris Rive Gauche neighborhood. It is continued  by the Pont National, which crosses the Seine river and connects to Boulevard Poniatowski. The boulevard is served by the stations "Maryse Bastié" et "Avenue de France" of the tramway Line T3a. History. As the former "CA/13 way", the boulevard was named after General Jules Simon (1814–1896), an officer of the Ground Army and the French Foreign Legion and a member of the Free French Forces, and was inaugurated as such on September 25, 2013. The boulevard was part of the arrangement plan of Paris Rive Gauche. Important buildings. At No. 36 stands the M6B2 tower, also called "Biodiversity Tower