In 2012 in Quebec, there were 82 covered bridges[1] down from more than 1,200 in the early 1900s.[2]
All bridges are single span, and single lane, unless noted. All are of the construction type Quebec modified Town lattice unless noted. Some are registered with the Department Cultural Heritage (CPCQ) of the Ministry of Culture and Communications.
Name | Region | Municipality | Coordinates | Length (m) | Built | Notes | |
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Pont Alphonse-Normandin | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire | 40 | 1950 | Named after the first pioneer to arrive, in 1923. | ||
Pont Champagne | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Val-d'Or | 32 | 1941 | Named for a family that worked on the construction. | ||
Pont de l'Arche de Noé | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | La Morandière-Rochebaucourt | 39 | 1937 | Closed to traffic. | ||
Pont de l’Île | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Clerval | 52 | 1946 | Two spans with a central pier. Not registered with the CPCQ. | ||
Pont de l'Orignal | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | La Morandière-Rochebaucourt | 33 | 1942 | Not registered with the CPCQ. | ||
Pont Dénommée | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues | 30 | 1933 | Named for pioneer Albert Dénommée. Closed to traffic in winter. | ||
Pont des Chutes | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | La Morandière-Rochebaucourt | 64 | 1954 | Closed to traffic. Two spans, with a central pier. Not registered with the CPCQ. | ||
Pont du Petit-Quatre | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Clermont | 32 | 1950 | Restored in 2012. | ||
Pont Émery-Sicard | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Saint-Maurice-de-Dalquier | 66 | 1946 | Two spans. Named for a local sawmill owner. | ||
Pont Landry | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Latulipe-et-Gaboury | 33 | 1938 | Named for a local family. | ||
Pont Leclerc | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | La Sarre | 25 | 1927 | Named for a local pioneer family. | ||
Pont Levasseur | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Authier-Nord | 39 | 1928 | Closed in summer. Named for a local landowner. | ||
Pont Molesworth | Abitibi-Temiscamingue | Macamic | 35 | 1930 | Two spans. Name for the former name of the Loïs river, which it spans. | ||
Pont Perreault | Beauce | Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 154.5 | 1929 | |||
Bridge Falls Neigette | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard | 1933 | ||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Amqui | 1932 | |||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Métis-sur-Mer | 1925 | |||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Amqui | 1931 | |||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Routierville | 1931 | Historical Monument rated (2009) | ||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Rimouski | 1930 | |||||
Pont du College | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-Onesime d'Ixworth | 1919 | Historical Monument city (2002) [3] | |||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-René-de-Matane | 1942 | |||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Causapscal | 1909 | Historical Monument city (2009) | ||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-René-de-Matane | 1945 | |||||
Pont Pierre-Carrier | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-Ulric | 1918 | ||||
Bas-Saint-Laurent | Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande | 1940 | Historical Monument city (2006) [4] | ||||
Capitale-Nationale | Baie-Saint-Paul | 1926 | Historical Monument city (2002) | ||||
Bridge Descormiers | Centre-du-Quebec | Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick | 1904 | Perforated truss. | |||
Centre-du-Quebec | Bécancour | 1928 | |||||
Pont-Etienne Poirier | Centre-du-Quebec | Saint-Célestin | 1905 | ||||
Lambert Bridge | Centre-du-Quebec | Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax | 1948 | ||||
Centre-du-Quebec | Warwick | 1929 | Historical Monument city (1999) | ||||
Chaudière-Appalaches | Val-Alain | 1933 | |||||
Pont Bolduc | Chaudière-Appalaches | Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce | 1937 | ||||
Chaudière-Appalaches | Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard | 1936 | |||||
Chaudière-Appalaches | Saint-Adalbert | 1943 | |||||
Chaudière-Appalaches | Notre-Dame-des-Pins | 1928 | Historical Monument rated (2004) | ||||
Pont Rouge (Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière) | Chaudière-Appalaches | Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière | 1928 | Historical Monument city (2006) | |||
Chaudière-Appalaches | Saint-Sylvestre | 1927 | |||||
Pont-Émile Lapointe | Côte-Nord | Pointe-aux-Outardes | 1945 | ||||
Pont Louis-Gravel | Côte-Nord | Sacré-Coeur | 1934 | ||||
Estrie | Valcourt (city) | 1888 | |||||
Estrie | Potton | 1896 | Historical Monument city (2008) | ||||
Estrie | Waterville | 1873 | Historical Monument city (1992) | ||||
Estrie | Compton | 1908 | Multiple Perforations | ||||
Estrie | Compton | 1886 | Multiple Perforations | ||||
Estrie | Cookshire-Eaton | 1868 | Medium Lattice | ||||
Estrie | Cookshire-Eaton | 1886 | Multiple Perforations | ||||
Estrie | Lingwick | 1893 | Heritage Site consisting (2003) [5] | ||||
Estrie | Canton Stanstead | 1881 | |||||
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | New Richmond | 1938 | Historical Monument rated (2009) [6] | ||||
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Grande-Vallée | 1923 | |||||
Pont Grandchamp | Lanaudière | Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 1918 | ||||
Bridge Armand Lachaîne | Laurentides | Chute-Saint-Philippe | 1906 | ||||
Red Bridge Farm East | Laurentides | Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles | 1903 | Heritage recognized (1990) | |||
Red Bridge Farm West | Laurentides | Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles | 1903 | Heritage recognized (1990) | |||
Bridge Macaza | Laurentides | La Macaza | 1904 | ||||
Bridge Prud'homme | Laurentides | Brébeuf | 1918 | ||||
Bordeleau Bridge | Mauricie | Saint-Séverin | 1932 | ||||
Mauricie | Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | 1936 | Historical Monument city (2001) | ||||
Mauricie | La Bostonnais | 1946 | Historical Monument rated (2006) | ||||
Mauricie | La Bostonnais | 1946 | |||||
Montérégie | Brigham | 1932 | |||||
Montérégie | Brigham | 1938 | |||||
Powerscourt Covered Bridge | Montérégie | Hinchinbrooke | 1861 | McCallum truss. Historical Monument rated (1987) [7] | |||
Montérégie | Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge | 1884 | Howe truss. | ||||
Montérégie | Cowansville | 1870 | |||||
Pont Guthrie | Montérégie | Saint-Armand | 1888 | Medium Lattice | |||
Bridge Traverse | Nord-du-Québec | Baie-James | ~ 1940-1945 | Medium Lattice | |||
Pioneer Bridge | Nord-du-Québec | Baie-James | 1943 | ||||
Bridge Memories | Nord-du-Québec | 1954 | |||||
Pont Maurice-Duplessis | Nord-du-Québec | Baie-James | 1948 | ||||
Bridge Township Laas | Nord-du-Québec | Lebel-sur-Quévillon | 1958 | ||||
Nord-du-Québec | Baie-James | 1939 | |||||
Bridge Cousineau (Gracefield) | Outaouais | Gracefield | 1932 | ||||
Pont de l' Aigle | Outaouais | Egan-Sud | 1925 | ||||
Meech Creek Bridge | Outaouais | Chelsea | 1924 | ||||
Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge | Outaouais | Fort-Coulonge | 1898 | Double Perforation truss. Historical Monument rated (1988) | |||
Bridge Marois | Outaouais | Gracefield | 1933 | ||||
Outaouais | Grand-Remous | 1931 | |||||
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean | L'Anse-Saint-Jean | 1929 | |||||
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean | Fernand-et-Bolleau | 1934 | |||||
Pont Rouge (Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc) | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean | Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc | 1936 |
Name | Location | Code | Farm | Built in | Disappeared in | |
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Abitibi-Témiscamingue | ||||||
(in ruins) | Chazel, Abitibi-Temiscamingue | P1-61-02 | Medium Lattice | 1947 | ||
Pont de la Calamité | La Sarre | 61-02-04 | 1927 | May 31, 2021 (Burnt)[8] | ||
Cameron Bridge | Saint-Eugène-de-Guigues | 61-70-16 | Modified Lattice | 1923 | 1944 (Replaced by a concrete bridge) | |
Bridge Carrier | Val-d'Or | 61-01-28 | Modified Lattice | 1955 | August 18, 2011 (Burnt) | |
Bridge Chazel | Saint-Janvier (Chazel) | 61-02-11 | Modified Lattice | 1935 | August 30, 1996 (Burnt) | |
Bridge Despinassy | Lac-Despinassy | 61-01-15 | Modified Lattice | 1949 | 1974 (Smashed by a too heavy truck) | |
Traverse Bridge | James Bay | 61-02 P11- | Medium Lattice | 1940-1945 | 2012 (carried away by the flood of spring) | |
Bridge Villemontel | Villemontel (Trécesson) | 61-01-06 | Modified Lattice | 1950 | 1979 (carried away by the flood of spring) | |
Grassy Narrow Bridge | Moffet | 61-70-12 | Modified Lattice | ~ 1950 | 1983 (Burned) | |
Bridge Panache | Amos (St-Félix-de-Dalquier) | 61-01-21 | Modified Lattice | 1955 | 2006 (Burned) | |
Pont du Petit-Sept | Rouyn-Noranda (Cléricy) | 61-02 P22 - | Medium Lattice | 1950 | 1987 (Demolished) | |
Bridge Rank II | Launay | 61-02-26 | Modified Lattice | 1922 | 1989 (Demolished by owner) | |
Bridge Village | Val-d'Or (Val-Senneville) | 61-01-27 | Modified Lattice | 1944 | 1985 (Demolished in exchange for the restoration of the bridge Carrier) | |
Bridge Lavigne | Lac-Despinassy | 61-01-31 | Modified Lattice | 1955 | 1983 (Burned) | |
Bridge Ojima | Saint-Eugène-de-Chazel (TNO Rivière-Ojima) | 61-02-38 | Modified Lattice | 1953 | 1973 (illegally demolished for its timber) | |
Bridge Turgeon | Trécesson (Villemontel) | 61-01-07 | Modified Lattice | 1953 | 1996 (Burned) | |
Bridge Vautrin | Preissac | 61-01-08 | Modified Lattice | 1937 | 1983 (demolished for lack of money to maintain) | |
Bridge 61-01-59 | Saint-Marc-de-Figuery | 61-01-59 | Modified Lattice | 1914 | ~ 1955 (Demolished) | |
Bridge 61-02-31 | Taschereau | 61-02-31 | Modified Lattice | N / A | 1978 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Bridge P21-61-02 | Languedoc (TNO Rivière-Ojima) | 61-02 P21- | Medium Lattice | N / A | 1985 (Demolished) | |
Bridge P22 -61-02 | Languedoc (TNO Rivière-Ojima) | 61-02 P22 - | Medium Lattice | N / A | 1985 (Demolished) | |
Bas-Saint-Laurent | ||||||
Bridge Coulee Carrier | Matane | 61-42-03 | Modified Lattice | 1936 | 2007 (destroyed by flood waters) | |
Bridge River Hâtée | Bic, merged with Rimouski | 61-58-05 | Modified Lattice | 1936 | 1999 (Burned) | |
Bridge Durette | Matane | 61-42-02 | Modified Lattice | 1925 | 1979 (Demolished) | |
Bridge Imbeault | Saint-Leon-le-Grand (Maskinongé) | 61-43-08 | Modified Lattice | 1906 | 1987 (Demolished) | |
Bridge Ouelle East | Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth | 61-32-01 | Modified Lattice | 1909 | 1985 (Demolished) | |
Plant Bridge | Causapscal (Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur) | 61-43-03 | Modified Lattice | 1910 | 1987 (Demolished) | |
Red Bridge | Trinité-des-Monts | 61-58-08 | Modified Lattice | 1933 | 1994 (Embâcle Spring) | |
Pont Ste-Jeanne d'Arc | Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (La Mitis) | 61-43-01 | Modified Lattice | 1937 | 1981 (Burned, 1 year after its complete renovation) | |
Capitale-Nationale | ||||||
Bridge Redman | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | 61-55-02 | Modified Lattice | 1931 | 1972 (Arson) | |
Red Bridge | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | 61-48-02 | Modified Lattice | ~ 1900 | 1961 (Demolished) | |
Bridge 61-54-04 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | 61-54-04 | Modified Lattice | N / A | 1960 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Centre-du-Québec | ||||||
Bridge Leblanc | Précieux-Sang (Bécancour) | 61-51-07 | Modified Lattice | 1936 | 1975 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Pont Picard | Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick | 61-04-08 | Joists | ~ 1900 | 1982 (destroyed in a violent storm) | |
Bridge Fish | Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick | 61-04-09 | Perforated | ~ 1900 | 1998 (destroyed by flood waters) | |
Bridge Lanaisse | Warwick | 61-04-04 | Modified Lattice | 1932 | 1969 | |
Chaudière-Appalaches | ||||||
Bridge Bolduc | Val-Alain | 61-40-06 | Modified Lattice | 1942 | 1971 (Demolished) | |
Stubborn Mill Bridge | Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon | 61-38-01 | Modified Lattice | 1930 | 1975 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Pont Morin | Val-Alain | 61-40-05 | Modified Lattice | 1942 | 1971 (Demolished) | |
Eastern Townships | ||||||
Bridge Capelton | Hatley | 61-67-02 | Perforated Lattice | 1862 | 2002 (Arson) | |
Bridge St Mark | Coaticook | 61-69-02 | Multiple Perforations | 1887 | 1979 (Demolished) | |
Bridge St-Camille | Saint-Camille | 61-75-03 | Modified Lattice | 1933 | 1996 (Arson) | |
Edward Bridge | Compton | 61-18-13 | Multiple Perforations | 1888 | 1964 (destroyed by ice) | |
Bridge Fuller | Ascot Corner | 61-67-01 | Multiple Perforations | N / A | 1970 (Burned) | |
Bridge Gibson | Melbourne | 61-57-02 | Lattice | 1888 | 1988 (Burned) | |
Bridge North Branch | Potton | 61-11-04 | Lattice | N / A | 1980 (collapsed through lack of maintenance) | |
Pont Ste-Catherine | Ayer's Cliff | 61-69-04 | Modified Lattice | 1928 | 1985 (Arson) | |
Bridge Scotstown | Scotstown | 61-18-07 | Modified Lattice | N / A | 1973 (Replaced by a concrete bridge) | |
Pont-Willis Leggett | Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland | 61-18-09 | Modified Lattice | 1944 | 2001 (Burned) | |
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | ||||||
Bridge Village | Port-Daniel | 61-10-09 | Modified Lattice | 1920 | 1944 (Demolished) | |
Red Bridge | Port-Daniel | 61-10-03 | Modified Lattice | 1938 | 1994 (Arson) | |
Pont Ste-Marthe | La Martre | 61-23-06 | Modified Lattice | 1922 | 1953 (Demolished) | |
Laurentides | ||||||
Bridge Village | Chute-Saint-Philippe | 61-33-04 | Modified Lattice | 1937 | 1974 (Burned) | |
Bridge Gareau | Lac-Douaire | 61-46-01 | Modified Lattice | 1944 | 2007 (Demolished by the company Nexfor) | |
Best Bridge | Brébeuf | 61-33-06 | Modified Lattice | 1899 | 1989 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Mauricie | ||||||
Bridge Village | Saint-Adelphe | 61-13-01 | Modified Lattice | 1924 | 1965 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Bridge Creek Flat | Sainte-Ursule | 61-41-01 | Modified Lattice | 1924 | 1985 (Partially burned and demolished) | |
Bridge of Lac-Croche | Sainte-Thècle | Modified Lattice | July 1955 (demolished and replaced by a new cement bridge) | |||
Outaouais | ||||||
Bridge Bowman | Val-des-Bois | 61-52-06 | Modified Lattice | 1929 | 1995 (Burned) | |
Pont Gendron | Wakefield | 61-25-07 | Modified Lattice | 1915 | 1984 (Arson) | |
Bridge Kelly | 61-25-13 | Modified Lattice | 1923 | January 19, 2019 (Arson) | ||
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean | ||||||
Carbonneau Bridge | Saint-Félicien | 61-60-23 | Modified Lattice | 1909 | 1942 (carried away by ice) | |
Bridge Pass | Ferland-et-Boilleau | 61-17-05 | Modified Lattice | 1934 | 1965 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Bridge of Poplars | Saguenay (La Baie) | 61-17-06 | Modified Lattice | 1934 | 1996 (Carried away at the Saguenay flood ) | |
Bridge Ticouapé | Saint-Félicien | 61-60-05 | Modified Lattice | 1905 | 1965 (Replaced by a modern bridge) | |
Pont Notre-Dame-de-Lorette | Notre-Dame-de-Lorette | 61-60-08 | Modified Lattice | 1943 | 1980 (Replaced by a concrete bridge) | |
Bridge Price | Dolbeau-Mistassini | 61-60-42 | Modified Lattice | N / A | 1948 (Replaced by a concrete bridge) |