Basic Facts
The bridge is located near this Canadian city.
What is Quebec city?
Construction of the Quebec Bridge began in this decade.
What are the 1900s?
The Quebec Bridge collapsed this many times during construction.
What is two times?
Who are engineers?
Engineers are professionals who design structures like bridges.
The bridge is painted this color.
What is gray (or steel gray)?
The Quebec Bridge crosses this river.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The bridge was designed mainly for this form of transportation.
What are trains (railway traffic)?
The first collapse occurred in this year.
What is 1907?
What is about 549 meters?
The bridge's main span is approximately this many meters long.
What types of transportation use the bridge?
Cars, trains, and pedestrians can all use the Quebec Bridge.
This type of bridge describes the Quebec Bridge.
What is a cantilever bridge?
What was the primary material used to build the bridge.
What is steel?
The second collapse occurred in this year.
What is 1916?
The Quebec Bridge disaster helped improve safety standards in this profession.
What is engineering?
How old is the Quebec Bridge?
The bridge is over 100 years old.
The Quebec Bridge opened to traffic in this year.
What is 1917?
Engineers chose a blank design because of the river's width and shipping traffic.
What is a cantilever bridge design?
The first collapse was mainly caused by errors in calculating the bridge's weight.
What were design/calculation errors?
What engineering record did the Quebec Bridge hold?
The Quebec Bridge held the world record for the longest cantilever bridge span for over a century.
What special designation does the bridge have?
The bridge is considered a National Historic Site of Canada.