Quebec Bridge

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The Quebec Bridge is a historic steel cantilever bridge over the Saint Lawrence River near Quebec City, renowned for its massive span and for the engineering disasters that occurred during its construction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantilever bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
road–rail bridge ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ
builder Phoenix Bridge Company ⓘ
St. Lawrence Bridge Company ⓘ
carries pedestrian traffic ⓘ
rail traffic ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
casualties 13 workers killed in 1916 collapse ⓘ
75 workers killed in 1907 collapse ⓘ
clearanceBelow 46 metres ⓘ
connects Lévis ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1900 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crosses Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
engineer Ralph Modjeski ⓘ
Theodore Cooper ⓘ
firstCollapseDate 1907-08-29 ⓘ
hasDesign cantilever ⓘ
hasMainSpanLength 1,800 feet ⓘ
549 metres ⓘ
height 104 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1995 ⓘ
knownFor deadliest bridge construction disaster in Canadian history ⓘ
two major construction collapses ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
locatedNear Quebec City ⓘ
maintainedBy Canadian National Railway ⓘ
materialUsed steel ⓘ
namedAfter Province of Quebec ⓘ
notableFor longest cantilever bridge span in the world ⓘ
numberOfSpans 3 ⓘ
officialName Pont de Québec ⓘ
openedDate 1917-12-03 ⓘ
openedForRailTraffic 1917 ⓘ
openedForRoadTraffic 1929 ⓘ
owner Government of Canada ⓘ
partOf National Transcontinental Railway route ⓘ
secondCollapseDate 1916-09-11 ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
structureType riveted steel truss ⓘ
totalLength 3,239 feet ⓘ
987 metres ⓘ
trafficType mixed-use ⓘ
width 29 metres ⓘ

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Plains of Abraham → hasView → Quebec Bridge ⓘ
Ralph Modjeski → notableWork → Quebec Bridge (completion) ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Bridge
Quebec Autoroute 73 → bridgeCrossing → Quebec Bridge (via connection) ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Bridge
Lévis → transportInfrastructure → Quebec Bridge ⓘ
Route 138 → crossesRiverVia → Quebec Bridge ⓘ
Ralph Modjeski → notableWork → Quebec Bridge (consulting engineer) ⓘ
subject linked to: Modjeski
linked to: Quebec Bridge