Suspension Bridges Crossing Montmorency Falls
This is a list of all 2 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Montmorency Falls. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.
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Montmorency Falls
Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada - Montmorency Falls
| Bridgemeister ID: | 1418 (added 2004-07-17) |
| Name: | Montmorency Falls |
| Location: | Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada |
| Crossing: | Montmorency Falls |
| Coordinates: | 46.890964 N 71.147429 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Use: | Footbridge |
| Status: | In use (last checked: 2021) |
| Main Cables: | Wire (steel) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Notes:
- This bridge allows tourists to walk above Montmorency Falls. The current towers are built to resemble the Isle Of Orleans bridge which is clearly visible from the falls. Stone towers from the previous suspension bridge are still present next to the current towers.
- At former location of Montmorency Falls - Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada.
- Near 1935 l'Île d'Orléans (Isle of Orleans, Orleans Island, Taschereau) - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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Montmorency Falls
Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada - Montmorency Falls
| Bridgemeister ID: | 1526 (added 2004-10-24) |
| Name: | Montmorency Falls |
| Location: | Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada |
| Crossing: | Montmorency Falls |
| Coordinates: | 46.890706 N 71.147952 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| References: | AAJ, HBE |
| Use: | Vehicular |
| Status: | Failed, April 30, 1856 |
| Main Cables: | Wire (iron) |
| Suspended Spans: | 1 |
Notes:
- Towers from this bridge are still visible next to the towers of the current suspension footbridge. HBE, in 1911, notes that it "collapsed some years ago carrying a wagon and its driver into the cataract."
- Jakkula (AAJ) cites an article tracing back to the Quebec Gazette stating the bridge failed on April 30, 1856 resulting in the loss of "several" lives and recounting the troubled history of the bridge: "There had been statements made before to the effect that the bridge was not to be trusted. People crossed it with terror. On the northern bank, 5 of the 7 strands of one of the wire cables had previously given way, and the cable had been repaired."
- Later at same location Montmorency Falls - Quebec City vicinity, Quebec, Canada.
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