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Pont des Chutes

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Pont des Chutes
Coordinates48°42′17″N 77°26′41″W / 48.704722°N 77.444722°W / 48.704722; -77.444722
CarriesRoad Bridge
CrossesRivière Laflamme
LocaleLa Morandière-Rochebaucourt
Characteristics
DesignTown lattice
MaterialWood
Total length64m
Clearance above4.42m
History
Opened1954
Closed2010
Location
Map

The pont des Chutes is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 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]

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

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

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