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Covered bridge in Quebec, Canada

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

The pont Leclerc is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.

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. Today fewer than half of them are extant.

The single-lane bridge is of Lattice truss bridge design. This design was modified by the Quebec Ministry of Colonisation and was used for more than 500 covered bridges in Quebec.

It was renovated in 1947, 1949, and again in 1984.

It is listed in the répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec.

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. ^ "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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