Pont Bordeleau

#14 - Pont Bordeleau in St-Séverin-de-Proulxville - September 19, 2009

After having our little picnic at the rest area in St-Mathieu, we set out for this bridge in St-Séverin-de-Proulxville. After seeing a long line of traffic ahead and remembering that it was the "Festival Western" in St-Tite that week-end, we cut across a small country road to get here. We were surprised by the "bridge closed" sign when we got there! Pascal`s website said it was open. We parked by the sign, walked over to the bridge and settled on the rocks to have dessert and tea. This bridge looked like it had undergone some work, just like the one in St-Mathieu. It looked shiny and new and there was the same pile of new looking rocks and the lack of vegetation on the banks and we wondered why it was still closed...perhaps they weren't done.

Built in 1932, it is 111 feet long and crosses la Rivière des Envies.

As we watched, many other cars came to the sign and turned around. I thought they were also looking for a way to avoid the traffic...