Image:Quebec Bridge - Pont de Québec.jpg

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English: Quebec Bridge at night. It is still, since it's opening 1919, the longest cantilever bridge in the world. It's also a National Historic Site of Canada since 1996. The picture has a 15 seconds exposition time to have a smooth effect on the Saint Lawrence River.
Français : Le Pont de Québec la nuit. Ce pont est toujours, depuis son inauguration en 1919, le pont en Porte-à-faux (appellé aussi "cantilever") le plus long au monde. Ce pont est aussi un monument national canadien depuis 1996. Exposition de 15 secondes afin de donner un effet au fleuve Saint Laurent.
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Date

2005-06-17

Author

Martin St-Amant (S23678)

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46°44′57.7″N, 71°17′13.6″W

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English: The Quebec Bridge by night, crossing the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec City, Canada. Since its opening in 1919, it is the longest cantilever bridge span in the world, at 549 m.

Cymraeg: Pont Quebec yn y nos, yn croesi'r Afon St Lawrence yn Ninas Quebec, Canada. Ers eu agorwyd yn 1919, mae hi bont gyda sban cantilifer hirach yn y byd (549 medr, 600 llath).
Deutsch: Die Québec-Brücke ist mit einer Spannweite von 576 m ist die größte freitragende Ausleger-Fachwerkbrücke der Welt. Sie verbindet die Städte Québec und Lévis über den Sankt-Lorenz-Strom in Kanada.
English: The Quebec Bridge by night, crossing the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec City, Canada. Since its opening in 1919, it is the longest cantilever bridge span in the world, at 549 m.
Esperanto: La Kebekia Ponto dumnokte, super la Rivero Sankt-Laŭrenco, en Kebeko, Kanado
Español: El puente Quebec en la noche, sobre el río Saint Lawrence, en Quebec, Canadá.
Suomi: Québecin silta Saint Lawrence -joen yli Québecissa Kanadassa.
Français : Le Pont de Québec de nuit, traversant le fleuve Saint-Laurent. Ce pont est, depuis son ouverture en 1919, le plus grand pont de type cantilever du monde avec une portée de 549 m.
Galego: A ponte Quebec na noite, sobre o río Saint Lawrence, en Quebec, Canadá.
Magyar: A Szent Lőrinc-folyón átívelő Quebec Bridge éjszaka (Quebec, Kanada)
Italiano: Il Quebec Bridge di notte, sopra al fiume San Lorenzo, nella città di Québec, Canada.
日本語: ケベック橋の夜景(カナダケベック市
‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Quebec Bridge som kryssar Saint Lawrence-elva om natta, i Quebec by i Canada.
Polski: Quebeck Bridge - most na rzece Świętego Wawrzyńca w Québec w Kanadzie, jest to najdłuższy most wspornikowy na świecie (549 m).
Русский: Квебекский мост через реку Святого Лаврентия в Квебеке, Канада ночью. С момента открытия в 1919 году является консольным мостом с наибольшим пролетом (549 м).
Slovenčina: Nočný záber na Quebec Bridge premosťujúci Rieku svätého Vavrinca v Quebec City, Kanada. Od jeho otvorenia v roku 1919 je najdlhším mostom s podperami na svete s dĺžkou 549 m.
Svenska: Pont Quebec över Saint Lawrencefloden i staden Quebec i Kanada.
‪中文(简体)‬: 加拿大魁北克市圣劳伦斯河上的魁北克桥夜景,1919年建成的魁北克桥目前仍然是世界最长的悬梁钢架桥(549 m)。

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