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To make room for St. Lawrence Seaway Channel, which requires 120 ft of clearance for ocean shipping to pass beneath bridge, 250-ft span of Jacques Cartier bridge was rolled out of place and new span of different construction rolled in to replace it; span was raised 80 ft and of this amount 50 ft was accomplished by means of vertical jacking.
To make room for St. Lawrence Seaway Channel, which requires 120 ft of clearance for ocean shipping to pass beneath bridge, 250-ft span of Jacques Cartier bridge was rolled out of place and new span of different construction rolled in to replace it; span was raised 80 ft and of this amount 50 ft was accomplished by means of vertical jacking.
Bridge span replaced in five hours
Roads Eng Construction
LeBourdais, E. (author)
1957
Article (Journal)
English
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