Pont Landry Explained

Pont Landry
Coordinates:	47.4272°N -79.0322°W
Carries:	Road Bridge
Crosses:	Rivière Fraser
Locale:	Latulipe-et-Gaboury
Design:	Town lattice
Material:	Wood
Length:	32m
Width:	6m
Clearance:	3.5m
Open:	1938

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. This design was modified by the Quebec Ministry of Colonisation and was used for more than 500 covered bridges in Quebec.^[3]

It was repaired in 1991 and repainted in 2010.^[4]

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]

See also

List of covered bridges in Quebec

Notes and References

1. Web site: À la découverte de l'arrière-pays et de ses ponts couverts. 2020-11-18. Tourisme Abitibi-Témiscamingue. fr-CA.
2. Web site: Arbour. Gérald. Covered Bridges of Quebec. 2020-11-18. Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française. fr-CA.
3. Web site: Lefrançois . Jean . Les ponts couverts au Québec . 4 November 2020. fr-CA.
4. Web site: pont Landry. 2020-11-04. Les ponts couverts au Québec. fr-CA.
5. Web site: Pont Landry . Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec . 18 November 2020. fr-CA.