The Quebec Bridge (French: pont de Québec) is a road, rail, and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy (a former suburb...
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Quebec (French: Québec [kebɛk] ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest...
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Quebec City (/kwɪˈbɛk/ or /kəˈbɛk/; French: Ville de Québec), officially known as Québec (French pronunciation: [kebɛk]), is the capital city of the Canadian...
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Quebec Bridge between Quebec City and Lévis. It spans 1,041 metres (3,415 ft). It was originally named the New Quebec Bridge (Nouveau pont de Québec)...
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Cartier Bridge (French: pont Jacques-Cartier) is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, to...
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cantilever bridges (by longest span): The Quebec Bridge is of the general structure described above. The Vejle Fjord Bridge is a concrete bridge built using...
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In the Quebec province, if we already counted 1200 in the last century, today there are only 88 remaining. In New Brunswick, 58 covered bridges have been...
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ability to withstand major storms. The road, rail and pedestrian Quebec Bridge in Quebec, Canada, failed twice during construction, in 1907 and 1916, at...
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opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, until 1919 when the Quebec Bridge in Canada was completed. It continues to be the...
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addition, Quebec has almost 12,000 bridges, tunnels, retaining walls, culverts, and other structures such as the Quebec Bridge, the Pierre Laporte Bridge, the...
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Lévis (redirect from Levis, Quebec)
Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges,...
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d'Orléans Bridge, known locally as the Pont de l'Île, is a suspension bridge that spans the Saint Lawrence River between the Beauport borough of Quebec City...
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Victoria Bridge (French: Pont Victoria), previously known as Victoria Jubilee Bridge, is a bridge over the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal, Quebec, to...
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A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It...
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types of bridges. Cable-stayed suspension bridge "The five main bridge designs". ECL Civil Engineering. 21 March 2022. "Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, Istanbul...
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(secondary coordinates) In 2012 in Quebec, there were 82 covered bridges down from more than 1,200 in the early 1900s. All bridges are single span, and single...
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longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length...
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The Dorchester Bridge is a bridge in Quebec City that was built by Asa Porter and opened on 24 September 1789. The bridge was named after Guy Carleton...
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Highway (TCH) through Quebec from the Ontario border to Rivière-du-Loup was announced. In Montreal, to avoid having to build a huge bridge that would have disfigured...
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The Honoré Mercier Bridge (French Pont Honoré-Mercier) in Quebec, Canada, connects the Montreal borough of LaSalle on the Island of Montreal with the...
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Bartley Alexander, a bridge builder Thomas, the Alexanders' servant MacKeller, a Scottish engineer who brought Bartley from London to Quebec when he was younger;...
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third-longest cantilever truss span in the world, behind the Quebec Bridge and the Forth Bridge. Designs including arch and suspension elements were eliminated...
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The Laviolette Bridge (French: pont Laviolette) is an arch bridge connecting the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada to Bécancour on the south shore...
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between Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. In addition to carrying vehicle traffic, a shared use pathway on the bridge for pedestrians and cyclists is maintained...
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Île d'Orléans (redirect from Île d'Orleans, Quebec)
Saint Lawrence River about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of downtown Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was one of the first parts of the province to be colonized...
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Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge, the province's longest covered bridge. In Quebec covered bridges were sometimes known as pont rouges (red bridges) because of their...
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York, United States A cantilever truss bridge, Quebec Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada Bridges are the most widely known examples of...
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highway including the bridge. it is similar to those as Forth Bridge in the UK and Quebec Bridge in Canada and Queensboro Bridge in the United States....
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Saint-Raymond de Portneuf, is a city in Quebec, Canada, located about 63 kilometres (39 mi) north-west of Quebec City. It is the largest city in population...
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and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec. In Montreal, Highway 138 runs via Sherbrooke Street, crosses the Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge to Charlemagne and remains...
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