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du Faubourg, Chicoutimi County

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SQPC Number: QC/61-17-01
County: Chicoutimi County
Township: Saint-Jean
Town/Village: Anse-Saint-Jean
Bridge Name: du Faubourg
Crosses: Rivière Saint-Jean
Truss type: Town variation
Spans: 1+
Length: 122', 37m
Roadway Width:
Built: 1929
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N48 14.126
Longitude: W070 12.095
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 4.0 miles (6.4 km) northeast of QC170 on road to Anse-Saint-Jean, then just left on chemin Saint-Thomas N.
Comments: Repaired 1986.

$1000 Bill Showing Pont du Faubourg, Saint-Jean, MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, QC Built 1929
Gérald Arbour Photo

Pont du Faubourg, Saint-Jean, MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, QC Built 1929
Gérald Arbour Photo, Richard E. Roy Collection (1986 photo)

Pont du Faubourg, Saint-Jean, MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, QC Built 1929
Raymond Brainerd Photo, Richard E. Roy Collection (1967 photo)

Pont du Faubourg, Saint-Jean, MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, QC Built 1929
Andre Goossens Photo, Richard E. Roy Collection (1986 photo)

Pont du Faubourg, Saint-Jean, MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, QC Built 1929
Richard E. Roy Collection

Pont du Faubourg, Saint-Jean, MRC du Fjord-du-Saguenay, QC Built 1929
Andre Goossens Photo, Richard E. Roy Collection (1986 photo)

Sources:
http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/reseau_routier/structures/ponts_couverts/visite_ponts/saguenay-lac-saint-jean
Arbour, Gérald & Forest, Gaétan. List of Québec Bridges, 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 192

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