Covered bridge in Quebec, Canada
| Pont des Chutes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Coordinates | 48°42′17″N 77°26′41″W / 48.704722°N 77.444722°W / 48.704722; -77.444722 |
| 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 | |
The pont des Chutes is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada.
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. Today fewer than half of them are extant.
The single-lane bridge is of Lattice truss bridge design. This design was modified by the Quebec Ministry of Colonisation and was used for more than 500 covered bridges in Quebec.
Built in 1954, it was severely damaged in 1961 and again in 1964 when the central pillar failed. The capacity was 8 tonnes. It is so named because of the rapids (chutes) underneath it.
The bridge does not benefit from any provincial or municipal protection.
References
- "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.
- ^ "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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