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A Little More Solid

Sepia vintage photograph. A woman dressed in white is sitting on the banks of a river. The Viau Bridge can be seen in the distance.

Viau Bridge, circa 1905

Reference: Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’Île Jésus, C1/C1, 26.06

The first bridges were made of wood. The Viau Bridge, like all the others, later had to be rebuilt out of metal to support the growing road traffic.