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de Des Rivières or Pike, Missisquoi County

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SQPC Number: QC/61-45-03
County: Missisquoi County
Township: Stanbridge
Town/Village: Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge
Bridge Name: de Des Rivières or Pike
Crosses: Rivière aux Brochets
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 136', 41m
Roadway Width:
Built: 1884
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N45 09.47
Longitude: W073 03.06
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.2 miles (300 m) northwest jct QC133/202 and Pike River on combined routes, then 2.5 miles (4.0 km) right on chemin des Rivières and just right on chemin St-Charles.

Pont de Des Riviéres, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Cantons de l'Est, QC Built 1884
Bill Caswell Photo, September 2001

Pont de Des Riviéres, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Cantons de l'Est, QC Built 1884
Richard E. Roy Collection (1969)

Pont de Des Riviéres, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Cantons de l'Est, QC Built 1884
Richard E. Roy Collection

Pont de Des Riviéres, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Cantons de l'Est, QC Built 1884
Bill Caswell Photo, September 28, 2013

Comments:
This bridge, built in 1884, is one of two Howe truss bridges in Québec. The other is within a recreated historic village in Drummondville.

Sources:
http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/grand_public/vehicules_promenade/reseau_routier/structures/ponts_couverts/visite_ponts/monteregie
Arbour, Gérald & Forest, Gaétan. List of Québec Bridges, 2006
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 181

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