Pont de la Concorde
Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 15 ″ N , 73 ° 32 ′ 38 ″ W.
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| use | Motor vehicles, pedestrians | |
| Convicted | Saint Lawrence River | |
| place | Montreal | |
| construction | Girder bridge | |
| overall length | 690 meters | |
| Longest span | 160 meters | |
| start of building | 1964 | |
| completion | 1965 | |
| opening | October 21, 1965 | |
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The Pont de la Concorde is a bridge in Montreal, Canada . It leads the Avenue Pierre-Dupuy over the St. Lawrence River to the Île Sainte-Hélène . The bridge built for Expo 67 was opened in 1965 and was also part of its site. It can be used by motorists as well as by cyclists and pedestrians. During the world exhibition , the Expo Express operated on the bridge . The field widths of the steel girder bridge are 103.7 meters - 3 × 160.0 meters - 103.7 meters. At the east end of the bridge, another bridge, the Pont des Îles, leads from Île Sainte-Hélène to Île Notre-Dame .
See also
literature
- Marcel Prade: Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe , Brissaud, Poitiers 1990, ISBN 2902170688 , p. 71.