Davy Bridge Lost to Arson
WGN 61-01-U01
September 26, 2020 - Scott Wagner has reported the sad news that the Davy Bridge in Chemin Hamel, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, Quebec has been lost to arson on September 23, 2020.
Scott posted the following in The Covered Bridge Experience Facbook group:
Copied from the original post:
"We have learned that a very unusual bridge in Quebec was lost to a fire thought to be arson on September 23rd. The deck-truss bridge had a Town truss similar to others in the province except that the truss was under the roadway surface. The bridge had been abandoned for many years and only "discovered" by the covered bridge community 10 years ago. The fire was concentrated in the center of the structure and extinguished when it collapsed into the river. For more information (in French), see http://pontscouverts.com/blogue/pont-davy/. Drone video of the burned structure can be seen at https://youtu.be/_m1BiPSvR4o."
Here is the listing on Covered Spans of Yesteryear: http://www.lostbridges.org/details.aspx?id=QC/61-01-U01&loc=n.
Gérald Arbour has forwarded the following description of the bridge: This bridge seems to have been built in the 50’s. This is a double span deck Town bridge. +/-200 feet. Inside the bridge shows a complete truss section in the middle, like a 2 lane bridge. The only one bridge of this kind knows left in Quebec."
The Davy Chemin Hamel Bridge (WGN 61-01-U01x) was located in Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire in Abitibi_Est County. The bridge was built c1951 to cross the Rivière Davy. It was a two-span 200 feet long and uses an Uncovered Town Deck.
Photo by Gérald Arbour
Photo by Gérald Arbour
Here is an article from the Fall 2016 edition of Covered Bridge Topics by Phillip S.C. Caston. The article contains a comprehensive techincal description of the bridge. Also included are a picture and an elevation drawing. Covered Bridge Topics is published quarterly by Nation Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. These publications are available to NSPCB members. Our thanks to Bill Caswell fer permission to reprint it.
Our thanks to Scott Wagner for posting this information in the The Covered Bridge Experience Facebook group. Thanks also to Gérald Arbour for the bridge description and pictures - Ed.
