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Bordeaux Railway Bridge
Gallery File:QC-CP 20020904-172457 VoiesEnOpposition IlePerry.jpg, left, CPR's Bordeaux Railway Bridge gauntlet track in Montreal, Quebec. The bridge is visible in the background. The bicycle trail (shared-use path) 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 appears to be already in place. File:Laval-des-Rapides, Laval, QC, Canada - panoramio (23).jpg, left, View of the bicycle bridge looking south towards Montreal The Bordeaux Railway Bridge is a railway bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway line across the Rivière des Prairies between Ahuntsic-Cartierville, on Montreal Island, and Laval-des-Rapides, Laval, Quebec, Canada. This bridge is used by freight trains of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), the Chemins de Fer Québec-Gatineau (CFQG) and by the Saint-Jerome line suburban trains of the Réseau de transport mé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the railway owns approximately of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves Minneapolis–St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States. The railway was first built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a commitment extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871; the CPR was Canada's first transcontinental railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 by Pont-Viau and on the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Education Commission scolaire de Laval operates French-language public schools. * Écoles secondaire de la Mosaïque * Écoles secondaire Mont-de-La Salle * École primaire De l’Arc-en-ciel * École primaire Léon-Guilbault * École primaire Marcel-Vaillancourt * École primaire Sainte-Marguerite " . Retrieved on September 24, 2017. |
Quebec Gatineau Railway
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 and Gatineau, formerly Hull. It was acquired in 1997 by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Trois-Rivières Subdivision Saint-Gabriel Spur Saint-Maurice Valley Subdivision Lachute Subdivision Buckingham Spur Montfort Subdivision See also * Lemieux Island * Chief William Commanda Bridge french: Pont Chef-William-Commanda , owner = City of Ottawa , carries = Not in use , crosses = Ottawa River, Lemieux Island , locale = Ottawa-Gatineau, National Capital Region, Canada , maint = , id ... References External linksQuebec Gatineau Railway official webpage - Genesee and Wyoming website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vélo Québec
Velo or Vélo may refer to: * A bicycle, a two-wheeled, single-track vehicle People * , Danish footballer * Carlos Velo (1909–1988), Spanish film director * Christian Nestor Velo, Malagasy politician * Marco Velo (born 1974), Italian cyclist * Michael Velo (1851–1929), Norwegian businessperson and politician * Steljano Velo (born 1996), Albanian footballer Publications * '' Le Vélo'', French sports newspaper * Vélo Magazine, an Éditions Philippe Amaury publication Other uses * Velo, Greece, a town in Greece * Velo, Nicotine salt product * VeloBind, binding * Benz Velo The Benz Velo was one of the first cars, introduced by Carl Benz in 1894 as the followup to the Patent Motorwagen. 67 Benz Velos were built in 1894 and 134 in 1895. The early Velo had a 1L engine, and later a engine. giving a top speed of . ..., automobile * Philips Velo, handheld PC * Velo-, prefix form of ''velum'' ( soft palate), such as in velocardiofacial syndrome See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 August 10, 2007. The trail network includes both urban trails (for example, in and around the city of Montreal) and cycling routes into quite isolated areas in the north, as well as along both sides of the Saint Lawrence River, out to the Gaspésie region, and on the ''Îles de la Madeleine'', linking more than 320 municipalities along the way. The ''Route Verte'' is not entirely composed of trails, as nearly 61% of the network actually consists of on-road surfaces, whether regular roads with little traffic, wide shoulders, special lanes on highways, or otherwise. The segregated trails are mostly rail trails shared-use with hikers and other users. Routes Gallery Image:Route Verte Ville-Marie.JPG, Beginning of "axe 2" of the Route Verte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 spanning the Rivière des Prairies * List of crossings of the Saint Lawrence River * List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles * List of hydroelectric stations * List of crossings of the Ottawa River Notes :Construction of the Highway 25 Bridge started in early 2008 and was finished in May 2011. It is a toll bridge A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or '' toll'') is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road .... References External links Interactive map of Laval from the official websiteShows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 through a tunnel. Although the city was founded in 1642, it was not until 1847 that the first fixed link to the outside was established when a wooden bridge was built across Rivière des Prairies to Île Jésus, on the site of what is now Ahuntsic Bridge. Another bridge was built immediately afterward, a few kilometers (miles) west, which became Lachapelle Bridge, and another in 1849, Pont des Saints-Anges, to the east. The latter bridge collapsed in the 1880s and was never rebuilt. With the advent of the railroad, Montreal got a fixed link to the mainland; in 1854 railroad bridges were built in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, across both channels of the Ottawa River, linking Montreal Island to Ontario and the Vaudreuil-Soulanges peninsula through Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridges In Canada
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Canada, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Historical and architectural interest bridges There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada compared to all those that were built in the past. In the Quebec province, if we already counted 1200 in the last century, today there are only 88 remaining. In New Brunswick, 58 covered bridges have been identified. Major road and railway bridges The Canada's longest bridge is the Confederation Bridge in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with a total of between abutments, it's also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water. More than 5,000 local workers helped with the project, which cost about $1 billion. The Quebec Bridge has been the longest cantilever bridge span in the world since 1917, measuring between its two piles. It helds the record of all-categories longest span in the world until the opening of the Ambassador Bridge, it's the last bridge that broke such a rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 cantilever can be formed as a beam, plate, truss, or slab. When subjected to a structural load at its far, unsupported end, the cantilever carries the load to the support where it applies a shear stress and a bending moment. Cantilever construction allows overhanging structures without additional support. In bridges, towers, and buildings Cantilevers are widely found in construction, notably in cantilever bridges and balconies (see corbel). In cantilever bridges, the cantilevers are usually built as pairs, with each cantilever used to support one end of a central section. The Forth Bridge in Scotland is an example of a cantilever truss bridge. A cantilever in a traditionally timber framed building is called a jetty or forebay. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 height above the ground", a footbridge can also be a lower structure, such as a boardwalk, that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land. Bridges range from stepping stones–possibly the earliest man-made structure to "bridge" water–to elaborate steel structures. Another early bridge would have been simply a fallen tree. In some cases a footbridge can be both functional and artistic. For rural communities in the developing world, a footbridge may be a community's only access to medical clinics, schools, businesses and markets. Simple suspension bridge designs have been developed to be sustainable and easily constructed in such areas using only local materials and labor. An enclosed footbridge between two buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 lines were built as double-track because of the difficulty of co-ordinating operations before the invention of the telegraph. The lines also tended to be busy enough to be beyond the capacity of a single track. In the early days the Board of Trade did not consider any single-track railway line to be complete. In the earliest days of railways in the United States most lines were built as single-track for reasons of cost, and very inefficient timetable working systems were used to prevent head-on collisions on single lines. This improved with the development of the telegraph and the train order system. Operation Handedness In any given country, rail traffic generally runs to one side of a double-track line, not always the same side a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
