Pont de l'Île | |
Coordinates: | 48.6917°N -79.4075°W |
Carries: | Road Bridge |
Crosses: | Lake Abitibi |
Locale: | Clerval, Quebec, Canada |
Design: | Town lattice |
Material: | Wood |
Length: | 52m |
Clearance: | 4.10m |
Open: | 1946 |
The pont de l'Île is a covered bridge near the municipality of Clerval, Quebec, Canada. It connects an island, L'Île-Nepawa, in Lake Abitibi to the mainland.[1]
The single-lane bridge is of Lattice truss bridge design.[2] This design was modified by the Quebec Ministry of Colonisation and was used for more than 500 covered bridges in Quebec. Thirty-four covered bridges were built in Abitibi, during the colonisation of the region.[3] Today fewer than half of them are extant.
Built in 1946, a metal pillar was added in 1997. In 2012 the bridge was restored, including a new roof, new woodwork, and it was painted red, having been beige.
The weight capacity is 12 tonnes. It does not benefit from any provincial or municipal protection.