Pont Landry
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Pont Landry | |
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| Coordinates | 47°25′38″N 79°01′56″W / 47.427222°N 79.032222°W |
| Carries | Road Bridge |
| Crosses | Rivière Fraser |
| Locale | Latulipe-et-Gaboury |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Town lattice |
| Material | Wood |
| Total length | 32m |
| Width | 6m |
| Clearance above | 3.5m |
| History | |
| Opened | 1938 |
| Location | |
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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]
