Pont du Petit-Quatre | |
Coordinates: | 48.9081°N -79.3264°W |
Carries: | Road Bridge |
Crosses: | rivière Des Méloizes |
Locale: | Clermont |
Design: | Town lattice |
Material: | Wood |
Length: | 32m |
Clearance: | 3,8m |
Open: | 1950 |
The pont du Petit-Quatre 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] Unlike most bridges of the design, the pont du Petit-Quatre has higher windows and 3 inch trusses rather than the usual 2in.
Built in 1950, it was renovated in 2012, when the capacity was changed to 5 from 12 tonnes.[4]
The bridge does not benefit from any provincial or municipal protection.
List of covered bridges in Quebec