Quebec Bridge

The Quebec Bridge is a road, rail and pedestrian bridge across the lower Saint Lawrence River between Sainte-Foy and Lévis, Quebec, Canada. The project failed twice, at the cost of 88 lives, and took over 30 years to complete.The Quebec Bridge is a riveted steel truss structure and is 987m long, 29m wide, and 104m high. Cantilever arms 177m long support a 195m central structure, for a total span of 549m, still the longest cantilever bridge span in the world. It is the easternmost complete crossing of the Saint Lawrence.The bridge accommodates three highway lanes, one rail line, and a pedestrian walkway ; at one time it also carried a streetcar line. It has been owned by the Canadian National Railway since 1993.The Quebec Bridge was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995.