Pont Pierre-Laporte
Coordinates: 46 ° 44 ′ 43 " N , 71 ° 17 ′ 26" W.
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | Autoroute 73 | |
| Crossing of | Saint Lawrence River | |
| place | Québec , Lévis | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 1041 m | |
| Longest span | 667.51 m | |
| Construction height | 116.05 m | |
| start of building | 1966 | |
| opening | November 1, 1970 | |
| planner | Demers, Vaudry, Gronquist, Parsons Transportation Group | |
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The Pont Pierre-Laporte is a suspension bridge in the Canadian province of Québec . The longest bridge of its kind in the country spans the Saint Lawrence River between the cities of Québec on the north and Lévis on the south. The six-lane autoroute 73 runs on it . The bridge is located around 200 meters west of the Pont de Québec .
The total length is 1,041 meters, the mean span 667.5 meters, the height of the pylons 116 meters. The field widths are 186.5 m - 667.5 m - 186.5 m. Their daily capacity is around 90,000 vehicles. The bridge was built between 1966 and 1970 by the Québec Provincial Roads Department in cooperation with the private company Parsons Transportation Group . Based on the neighboring Pont de Québec, it should originally have been named Nouveau Pont de Québec . Shortly before it opened on November 1, 1970, however, it was renamed in honor of Pierre Laporte , who was kidnapped and murdered by the Front de liberation du Québec during the October crisis .
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- ↑ The Pont de l'île d'Orléans is more than 4.4 km long, but its maximum span of 323 meters is shorter by more than half.