Formerly the Quai de Javel, after the town of Javel formerly on the site (this developed in 1485 out of the village of Javetz and its small port and boat yard), it was renamed in honour of the car manufacturer André Citroën (1878–1935).
The quay's axis is largely north-east to south-west. It continues in the north into the Quai de Grenelle at the Pont de Grenelle, and to the south by the Quai d'Issy-les-Moulineaux at the Pont du Garigliano. The Pont Mirabeau also joins to the Quai André-Citroën. The whole of this quay along the Seine is occupied by the Port de Javel.
