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Prud'homme, Terrebonne County

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SQPC Number: QC/61-72-01
County: Terrebonne County
Township: de Salaberry
Town/Village: Brébeuf
Bridge Name: Prud'homme
Crosses: du Diable
Truss type: Town variation
Spans: 1
Length: 145', 44m
Roadway Width:
Built: 1918
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N46 04.374
Longitude: W074 37.503
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Directions: 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south of jct QC117 on QC327, then 0.2 miles (250 m) right on chemin du Pont-Prud'homme. South of St-Jovite.

Pont Prud'homme, de Salaberry, MRC des Laurentides, QC Built 1918
Richard Donovan / Trish Kane Collection

Pont Prud'homme, de Salaberry, MRC des Laurentides, QC Built 1918
Richard E. Roy Collection (1973)

Pont Prud'homme, de Salaberry, MRC des Laurentides, QC Built 1918
Bill Caswell Photo, November 7, 2009

Comments:
The bridge was built in 1918 at a cost of $6,000. Being completed on November 11, 1918, the end of World War I, it was initially called the Armistice Bridge. It was renamed the Prud'homme Bridge in 1957 in honor of Alphonse Prud'homme, a volunteer who, for 40 years, spread snow on the bridge in the winter to allow sleds to pass. It was repaired and painted red in 1997. The bridge has been closed to all traffic, including pedestrians, since 2019.

Sources:
http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/reseau_routier/structures/ponts_couverts/visite_ponts/laurentides
Arbour, Gérald & Forest, Gaétan. List of Québec Bridges, 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 188

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