The pont des Chutes is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada.[1]
Pont des Chutes | |
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| Coordinates | 48°42′17″N 77°26′41″W / 48.704722°N 77.444722°W |
| Carries | Road Bridge |
| Crosses | Rivière Laflamme |
| Locale | La Morandière-Rochebaucourt |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Town lattice |
| Material | Wood |
| Total length | 64m |
| Clearance above | 4.42m |
| History | |
| Opened | 1954 |
| Closed | 2010 |
| Location | |
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Among the last in Quebec, 34 covered bridges were constructed in Abitibi, and are associated with the colonisation of the region in the early 1900s.[2] Today fewer than half of them are extant.
The single-lane bridge is of Lattice truss bridge design.[3] This design was modified by the Quebec Ministry of Colonisation and was used for more than 500 covered bridges in Quebec.[4]
Built in 1954, it was severely damaged in 1961 and again in 1964 when the central pillar failed. The capacity was 8 tonnes.[3] It is so named because of the rapids (chutes) underneath it.
The bridge does not benefit from any provincial or municipal protection.
References edit
- ^ "À la découverte de l'arrière-pays et de ses ponts couverts". Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Arbour, Gérald. "Covered Bridges of Quebec". Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b "pont des Chutes". Les ponts couverts au Québec (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Lefrançois, Jean. "Les ponts couverts au Québec" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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