Great Canadian Bridges

[ToxiK]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The current joke in Quebec is that the replacement for the Champlain which was announced by the Harper Tories this week will be named the Pont Elizabeth-II...

I think it is a very real possibility. Since the bridge will take at least 10 years to build, it could be named posthumously in the honor of the Queen.

(I am no way a monarchist, but I don't wish the Queen dead. Don't make me say things I didn't said).

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by ToxiK

I think it is a very real possibility. Since the bridge will take at least 10 years to build, it could be named posthumously in the honor of the Queen.

(I am no way a monarchist, but I don't wish the Queen dead. Don't make me say things I didn't said).

It is highly unlikely (even impossible) that we will see any new namings of anything in honour of the royals in Quebec. Even with the current bunch of Conservatives we have in power - it's still pretty much a no-go.

[mike474]

Originally Posted by Acajack

The current joke in Quebec is that the replacement for the Champlain which was announced by the Harper Tories this week will be named the Pont Elizabeth-II...

Dieu protège la reine
De sa main souveraine
Vive la reine
Qu'un règne glorieux
Loin et victorieux
Rende son peuple heureux
Vive la reine

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by mike474

Dieu protège la reine
De sa main souveraine
Vive la reine
Qu'un règne glorieux
Loin et victorieux
Rende son peuple heureux
Vive la reine

When I was kid I went to Franco-Ontarian schools for a while and we actually had this in our songbooks. Not sure if they had this in schools in Quebec though...

[Vaillant]

Originally Posted by Acajack

When I was kid I went to Franco-Ontarian schools for a while and we actually had this in our songbooks. Not sure if they had this in schools in Quebec though...

never had such thing in Quebec

[mike474]

Originally Posted by Acajack

When I was kid I went to Franco-Ontarian schools for a while and we actually had this in our songbooks. Not sure if they had this in schools in Quebec though...

A friend of mine who did French immersion in Winnipeg used to sing it everyday apparently

I like to sing it to my Quebécois friends

[Rico Rommheim]

Originally Posted by mike474

Dieu protège la reine
De sa main souveraine
Vive la reine
Qu'un règne glorieux
Loin et victorieux
Rende son peuple heureux
Vive la reine

Bahahah that's awful!

[caltrane74]

Hey I was right, you see, and I didn't need an MBA to tell me that!

lol!

[LeftCoaster]

Boy did I ever waste my money.

I still don't understand/believe how the bridge could be that expensive.

[Tone]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Boy did I ever waste my money.

I still don't understand/believe how the bridge could be that expensive.

You probably know it but the bridge is 3.5 kilometers long! (and have to cross the seaway)

[Metro-One]

This sounds very exciting! I knew Quebec couldn't allow BC to be the only province building new mega bridges in Canada

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

This sounds very exciting! I knew Quebec couldn't allow BC to be the only province building new mega bridges in Canada

We are actually more concerned with not having the bridges fall down than with one-upping BC, to be quite honest!

[sonysnob]

This is Pont Laviolette in Trois Rivieres, QC:

[mhy]

Originally Posted by Metro-One

This sounds very exciting! I knew Quebec couldn't allow BC to be the only province building new mega bridges in Canada

I honestly think Kevin Falcon had some kind of legacy complex, hence every new bridge in BC (port mann, golden ears, canada line, coast-meridan overpass, etc) is an easily-identifiable cable-stay bridge. He probably wants to be known as the bridge-builder or something...

[bulliver]

Beautiful shot, beautiful bridge.

[Chadillaccc]

The Deh Cho Bridge, under construction in the Northwest Territories between Hay River and Yellowknife.



An amazing feat of engineering for such a remote area

[The_Architect]

I think Toronto should build a big suspension bridge from the portlands to the downtown..

Why? Because I want a bridge in my skyline shots! :p

(Obviously I'm kidding that would be ridiculous)

[ToxiK]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

I think Toronto should build a big suspension bridge from the portlands to the downtown..

Why? Because I want a bridge in my skyline shots! :p

(Obviously I'm kidding that would be ridiculous)

A bridge would look good in the Toronto skyline (I am just talking about the look, not the practicality).

Maybe someone with talent with Photoshop could "built" a bridge in a Toronto picture.

[LeftCoaster]

Well I don't necessarily disagree with you abour Falcon's desired legacy, the bridges are all cable stayed due to seismic requirements.

[renthefinn]

Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Well I don't necessarily disagree with you abour Falcon's desired legacy, the bridges are all cable stayed due to seismic requirements.

I don't think the bridges are cable stayed for seismic requirements, as other types of bridges can be successfully designed and build to seismic requirements, rather cable stay's are the most cost effective for the current span, height, constructability, and seismic requirements of the recent and current Vancouver bridges.

Note, within the cable stay bridges in Vancouver, there are some major differences (superdosed, steel deck/concrete deck, post tensioned concrete, etc).