Quebec Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cantilever truss bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | Pont de Québec |
| Completed in: | 1917 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada, North America |
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| Crosses |
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| Next to |
New Quebec Bridge (1970)
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| Replaces |
Pont de Québec (1907)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 549 m | |
| length of drop-in span | 195 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 1916 | As the drop-in span is lifted into position a stirrup fails and the structure falls into the waters killing 11 workers. |
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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A Span for All Seasons: Pierre LaPorte and Quebec Bridges
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Canadian Civil Engineering History and Heritage: Quebec Bridge
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Historique et patrimoine du génie civil canadien: Quebec Bridge
Relevant Publications
- D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (7)(television documentary)
- Quebec Suspended Span Successfully Hung from Cantilevers, in "Engineering", 27 September 1917
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 90
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 116
- Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 84-85
- Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 84-85
- Le Pont de Québec, Septentrion, Sillery (Canada), ISBN 2894481764, 2001
- The Bridge at Québec, Indiana University Press, Bloomington (USA), ISBN 0253337615, 2001
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 57-59
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000480 |
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| Created: | 13/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |