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Alphonse-Normandin, Abitibi-Est County

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SQPC Number: QC/61-01-05
County: Abitibi-Est County
Township: Béarn
Town/Village: Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire
Bridge Name: Alphonse-Normandin
Crosses: Rivière Davy
Truss type: Town variation
Spans: 1
Length: 129', 40m
Roadway Width:
Built: 1950
Builder: Ministry of Colonization
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N48 44.063
Longitude: W078 09.803
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 4.0 miles (6.4 km) north of Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier on QC109, then 2.3 miles (3.7 km) left on chemin Lavoie Ouest. Southwest of Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire.

Pont Alphonse Normandin, Béarn, MRC d'Abitibi, QC Built 1950
Bill Caswell Photo, August 31, 2003

Pont Alphonse Normandin, Béarn, MRC d'Abitibi, QC Built 1950
Richard E. Roy Collection

Pont Alphonse Normandin, Béarn, MRC d'Abitibi, QC Built 1950
Elmer Jackson Photo, Richard E. Roy Collection

Pont Alphonse Normandin, Béarn, MRC d'Abitibi, QC with square portals Built 1950
Richard E. Roy Collection

Comments:
The bridge is named after Alphonse Normandin (1878-1943), a pioneer in the region who arrived in 1923. The original arched portal was changed to the present angled opening sometime in the 1970s. This bridge was gray until painted red in the early 1980s. The name was formalized in 1988. In 2010, there was talk of relocating it to a park and turning it into a museum. That has not yet occurred.

Sources:
"Pont Alphonse-Normandin." Les ponts couverts au Québec. Web. 11 Apr. 2015. < http://www.pontscouverts.com/Pontscouverts1/Alphonse-Normandin.html >.
http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/reseau_routier/structures/ponts_couverts/visite_ponts/abitibi-temiscamingue
Arbour, Gérald & Forest, Gaétan. List of Québec Bridges, 2006
Connecticut River Valley Covered Bridge Society. Bulletin, Abitibi County, Quebec: A Covered Bridge History, Volume XXVIII, No. 2, Fall 1981, pages 2-6
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 177

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