Pont de l'île d'Orléans
Coordinates: 46 ° 52 ′ 49 ″ N , 71 ° 8 ′ 16 ″ W.
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | Highway 368 | |
| Crossing of | Saint Lawrence River | |
| place | Montmorency, Île d'Orléans | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 4,430 meters | |
| Longest span | 323 meters | |
| height | 65.88 meters | |
| completion | 1935 | |
| opening | July 6, 1935 | |
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The Pont de l'île d'Orléans (Engl .: Ile d'Orléans Bridge ) is a 4,430-meter-long bridge section over the Saint Lawrence River , which the mainland in Quebec near the Montmorency Falls with the d'Orléans Ile links . It is part of Highway 368, which continues through the island. The bridge to Île d'Orléans is the longest bridge over the Saint Lawrence River, although it does not span the full width of the river due to access dams. The bridge consists of ramp bridges on both sides, some of which are constructed as truss girder bridges. The main bridge in between in the middle of the river is a suspension bridge . In terms of its total length, the structure is the longest suspension bridge in Canada . However, since the suspension bridge is comparatively short with a maximum span of 323 meters between the two bridge pylons, it is not one of the longest suspension bridges .
The suspension bridge itself has a total length of 677 meters, the field widths are 127 meters in the side fields and 323 meters in the main opening. The truss-like girder has two lanes and a sidewalk. The bridge, completed in 1935, was designed by the architect O. Desjardins. Construction of the bridge began in 1934. It replaced a ferry connection and was an election promise made by the then Prime Minister of Québec Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , which was also intended as a fight against unemployment at the time of the Great Depression. The bridge was originally called Pont Taschereau .
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