Gallery
File:QC-CP 20020904-172457 VoiesEnOpposition IlePerry.jpg, left, CPR's Bordeaux Railway Bridge gauntlet track
Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced (i.e., overlapped) in such a way that only one pair of rails can be used at any time. Since th ...
in Montreal
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, Quebec
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. The bridge is visible in the background. The bicycle trail (shared-use path
A shared-use path, mixed-use path or multi-use pathway is a path which is 'designed to accommodate the movement of pedestrians and cyclists'. Examples of shared-use paths include sidewalks designated as shared-use, bridleways and rail trails. A ...
) is visible to the left and the unnamed bridge to Perry Island is visible to the right.
File:Feature. Bordeaux Bridge BAnQ P48S1P16548.jpg, left, Bridge in 1948, as seen from upstream. The footbridge
A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
appears to be already in place.
File:Laval-des-Rapides, Laval, QC, Canada - panoramio (23).jpg, left, View of the bicycle bridge
A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
looking south towards Montreal
The Bordeaux Railway Bridge
Bordeaux Railway Bridge
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A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whic ...
on the Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
line across the Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...
between Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Ahuntsic-Cartierville ( (local accent)) is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created following the 2002 municipal reorganization of Montreal. It comprises two main neighbourhoods, Ahuntsic, ...
, on Montreal Island
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, and Laval-des-Rapides
Laval-des-Rapides is a district in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was a separate city until the municipal mergers on August 6, 1965.
Geography
The neighbourhood is delimited on the north, north-west and west by Chomedey, on the east and north-east ...
, Laval
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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 ...
, Quebec
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, Canada. This bridge is used by freight trains of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), the Chemins de Fer Québec-Gatineau
Chemins de fer Québec-Gatineau Inc. (CFQG), in English the Quebec Gatineau Railway is a shortline railway operating the long ex- Canadian Pacific Railway line between Quebec City, Trois-Rivières, Laval, Lachute
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(CFQG) and by the Saint-Jerome line suburban trains of the Réseau de transport métropolitain
Exo, officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; en, Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both t ...
(RTM).
A four-rail →gauntlet track
Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced (i.e., overlapped) in such a way that only one pair of rails can be used at any time. Since th ...
is still in use on this bridge because the horizontal structure gauge
A structure gauge, also called the minimum clearance outline, is a diagram or physical structure that sets limits to the extent that bridges, tunnels and other infrastructure can encroach on rail vehicles. It specifies the height and width of pl ...
is not sufficiently wide for a regular double track
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
Overview
In the earliest days of railways in the United Kingdom, most lin ...
.
Greenbridge
A recently renovated/rebuilt bicycle/pedestrian bridge is cantilever
A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is supported at only one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a canti ...
ed on the ''upstream'' side of this bridge.[Vélo Québec](_blank)
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See also
* 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 ...
* List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
* 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 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
* ...
* Route Verte The ''Route Verte'' (in English, the "Green Route," or the "Greenway") is a network of bicycling and multiuse trails and designated roads, lanes, and surfaces, spanning as of October 31, 2013, in the Canadian province of Quebec, inaugurated on Augu ...
1 & 2Vélo Québec
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People
* , Danish footballer
* Carlos Velo (1909–1988), Spanish film director
* Christian Nestor Velo, Malagasy politician
* Marco Velo (born 1974), Italian cyclist
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References
External links
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Quebec Gatineau Railway (QGR)
ÃŽle Perry
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Bridges in Laval, Quebec
Bridges in Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway bridges in Canada
Railway bridges in Quebec
Rivière des Prairies
Truss bridges in Canada
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