Pont Champagne

The pont Champagne is a covered bridge that crosses the Rivière Vassan near the municipality of Val-d'Or in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.[1]

Pont Champagne
Coordinates	48.21472°N 77.8425°W
Carries	Road Bridge
Crosses	Rivière Vassan
Locale	Val-d'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Characteristics
Design	Town lattice
Material	Wood
Total length	32m
Width	7m
Clearance above	4.45m
History
Opened	1941
Location

It is named after an early pioneer, Hervé Champagne.[2] It was painted red in the 1980s, having been grey since the '60s. In 1989 and metal support pillar was added.[1]

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. Thirty-four covered bridges were built in Abitibi, during the colonisation of the region.[3] Today fewer than half of them are extant.

The weight capacity is 12 tonnes. It is cited in the Quebec Cultural Heritage Directory since 2001 but does not benefit from any municipal protection.[4]

Gallery

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  Above the Vassan
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  Eastern entry
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  Town truss

References

1. "Pont Champagne". Les ponts couverts au Québec (in French). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
2. "Pont Champagne". - Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec. Government of Quebec. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. Arbour, Gérald-Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique Française. "Ponts couverts au Québec". www.ameriquefrancaise.org (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2020.
4. "Pont Alphonse-Normandin". www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

See also

List of covered bridges in Quebec