Pont Landry

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Pont Landry
Coordinates47°25′38″N 79°01′56″W / 47.427222°N 79.032222°W / 47.427222; -79.032222
CarriesRoad Bridge
CrossesRivière Fraser
LocaleLatulipe-et-Gaboury
Characteristics
DesignTown lattice
MaterialWood
Total length32m
Width6m
Clearance above3.5m
History
Opened1938
Location
Map

The pont Landry 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 repaired in 1991 and repainted in 2010.[3]

In 2007 it was declared an historic monument by the local municipality, and it is listed in the répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "À la découverte de l'arrière-pays et de ses ponts couverts". Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in Canadian French). Retrieved 18 November 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 Landry". 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 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Pont Landry". Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 18 November 2020.

See also[edit]

List of covered bridges in Quebec