Pont de la Calamité
The pont de la Calamité is a covered bridge in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada.[1]
Pont de la Calamité | |
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| Coordinates | 48.834722°N 79.246667°W |
| Carries | Road Bridge |
| Crosses | Rivière Laflamme |
| Locale | La Sarre |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Town lattice |
| Material | Wood |
| Total length | 37m |
| Clearance above | 3.50m |
| 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.
Built in 1927, it was renovated in 1945 to increase the capacity, which is now at 12 tonnes. In 1984 it was painted red, having been grey for many years.[3] Its name relates to the fact that the river it crosses, Rivière des Méloizes, was once sometimes known as Calamity River.[1]
The bridge does not benefit from any provincial or municipal protection.
References
- "Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue | À la découverte de l'arrière-pays et de ses ponts couverts". Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- Arbour, Gérald-Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique Française. "Ponts couverts au Québec". www.ameriquefrancaise.org (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- "Calamite". Les ponts couverts au Québec (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2020.