The pont Leclerc is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.[1]
Pont Leclerc | |
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Coordinates | 48°50′11″N 79°16′33″W / 48.836389°N 79.275833°W |
Carries | Road Bridge |
Crosses | Ruisseau Bouchard |
Locale | La Sarre |
Characteristics | |
Design | Town lattice |
Material | Wood |
Total length | 26m |
Clearance above | 3.65m |
History | |
Opened | 1927 |
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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
edit- ^ "À la découverte de l'arrière-pays et de ses ponts couverts". Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in Canadian French). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Arbour, Gérald. "Covered Bridges of Quebec". Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française (in Canadian French). Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b "pont Leclerc". Les ponts couverts au Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Lefrançois, Jean. "Les ponts couverts au Québec" (PDF) (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Pont Leclerc". Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 4 December 2020.