Pont Leclerc

Pont Leclerc
Coordinates48°50′11″N 79°16′33″W / 48.836389°N 79.275833°W / 48.836389; -79.275833
CarriesRoad Bridge
CrossesRuisseau Bouchard
LocaleLa Sarre
Characteristics
DesignTown lattice
MaterialWood
Total length26m
Clearance above3.65m
History
Opened1927
Location
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The pont Leclerc is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.[1]

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]

It was renovated in 1947, 1949, and again in 1984.[3]

It is listed in the répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec.[5]

References

  1. ^ "À la découverte de l'arrière-pays et de ses ponts couverts". Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ Arbour, Gérald. "Covered Bridges of Quebec". Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française (in Canadian French). Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b "pont Leclerc". Les ponts couverts au Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  4. ^ Lefrançois, Jean. "Les ponts couverts au Québec" (PDF) (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Pont Leclerc". Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 December 2020.

See also

List of covered bridges in Quebec

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