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Structure-ID: s0000480
Created on: 11/13/99
Modified on: 12/31/04


Quebec Bridge

Pont de Québec
Completed in: 1917
Status: in use
Location: Near Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Crosses: Saint Lawrence
Quebec Bridge.
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Structural Type:
Cantilever truss bridge
Function / usage:
Road bridge
Next to: Pierre Laporte Bridge (1970)
Replaces: Quebec Bridge (1907)

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 549 m
  length of drop-in span 195 m

Chronology
1916
As the drop-in span is lifted into position a stirrup fails and the structure falls into the river killing 11 workers.

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External LinkA Span for All Seasons: Pierre LaPorte and Quebec Bridges English
External LinkBridge Postcard Collector's: Pont de Québec English
External LinkCanadian Civil Engineering History and Heritage: Quebec Bridge English
External LinkHistorique et patrimoine du génie civil canadien: Quebec Bridge French
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Quebec Bridge English
External LinkWikipédia: Pont de Québec French

Relevant Literature
* D'une rive à l'autre / Brücken dieser Welt (7) (television documentary).
* Barker, Harry   Quebec Suspended Span Successfully Hung from Cantilevers, in "Engineering", 27 September 1917 .
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 90.
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 116.
* Graf, Bernhard   Bridges that Changed the World, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327011, 2002; pp. 84-85.
* Graf, Bernhard   Brücken, die die Welt verbinden, Prestel, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791327003, 2002; pp. 84-85.
* L'Hébreux, Michel   Le Pont de Québec, Septentrion, Sillery (Canada) , ISBN 2894481764, 2001.
* Middleton, William   The Bridge at Québec, Indiana University Press, Bloomington (USA) , ISBN 0253337615, 2001.
* Prade, Marcel   Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 57-59.

 
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