The Papineau-Leblanc Bridge was one of the first
cable-stayed spans in
North America
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. It is part of
Quebec Autoroute 19
Autoroute 19, also known as Autoroute Papineau (Papineau Highway), is an autoroute in Quebec. It crosses the Rivière des Prairies via the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge, connecting the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal and the Duvernay ne ...
and is one of the connections between
Laval
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People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
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and
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, spanning
Rivière des Prairies
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. It was fabricated from
weathering steel
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and has an
orthotropic deck
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. The freeway ends abruptly at the southern end of the bridge at the intersection of
Henri Bourassa Boulevard
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, where Autoroute 19 follows
Avenue Papineau down to
Quebec Autoroute 40
Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Autoroute/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal, is an Autoroute on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Canadian province of Quebec. It ...
.
The ''Leblanc'' portion of the name comes from the name of a street in
Laval
Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of:
People
* House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne
* Laval (surname)
Places Belgium
* Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...
that was expropriated to build the autoroute. That street was named after Alpha Leblanc, a local landowner. Portions of that street remain on both sides of the autoroute.
In 2000, a proposition to rename the bridge after the late
Pietro Rizzuto
Pietro Rizzuto (March 18, 1934 – August 3, 1997) (; was a Canadian politician.
Born in Cattolica Eraclea, Italy, he came to Canada at the age of 20. In 1963, he founded Inter State Paving Inc., a construction company.
In 1976, he was app ...
was initially approved, then rejected by the ''Commission de Toponymie du Québec'', which ruled that the name ''Papineau-Leblanc'' was already entrenched in local culture and non-controversial. Most locals simply refer to this bridge as ''Papineau''.
Debates - Issue 24 - February 8, 2000
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See also
* List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
*List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Rivière des Prairies from the Saint Lawrence River upstream to the Ottawa River ( Lac des Deux Montagnes).
See also
* List of bridges in Quebec
* List of bridges to the Island of Montreal
* ...
*List of bridges in Montreal
Like most major cities, Montreal needs easy highway access from its suburbs and surrounding areas. However, because Montreal was built on Island of Montreal, an island surrounded by three rivers, it can be entered by land only on a bridge or throu ...
*List of bridges in Canada
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Historical and architectural interest bridges
There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada compared to all those that were built in t ...
References
;Notes
*Podolny, W. Jr., and Scalzi, J. B., Construction & Design of Cable-Stayed Bridges, John Wiley & Son, New York, NY, 1976.
* Cable-Stayed Bridges: Theory and Design ( / 0-258-97034-0) Troitsky, M S
*ASCE, Bridge (discusses the Luling Bridge), Civil Engineering, ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
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, 31, July 1984.
* ENR, Stayed -Girders Reaches Record (discusses the Luling Bridge), Engineering News Record, McGraw Hill, New York, NY, April 8, 1982,
*Mangus, Alfred, “A Fresh Look at Orthotropic Technology,” "Public Roads, The US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, www.tfhrc.gov March / April 2005, Washington, D.C., pp. 38–45.
*Troitsky, M. S., Orthotropic Bridges - Theory and Design, 2nd ed., The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Cleveland, OH, 1987.
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