Old port of Orsay, this way holds its name since 1905 of its neighborhood with the old bridge of Solférino. In 1960, a part of the expressway left bank encroaches on that of the port of Solférino. In 2013, the construction - within the framework of the works of the riverside expressways of the left bank of the Seine and the closure of the express way - of a staircase coming down since the quay Anatole-France and the Musée d'Orsay towards the Seine, connects directly for the pedestrians the port and the banks with ways overhanging it.