Pont Rouge

#16 - Pont Rouge in Ste-Agathe-de-Lotbinière - December 12, 2009

After driving north out of Thetford-Mines to find the garage we were heading to, we decided not to go back south to the second bridge on my list. The skies were looking kinda grey and we weren't sure we wanted to drive around on those country roads in the hills too long so we decided to keep the bridge in St-Sylvestre for another day. This is a few minutes away from where our friend camps in the summer so we would visit her and stop by the bridge on the way.
So we moved on to the fourth bridge on my list. The guy at the garage told us a bit about it. Apparently it is well known because many people have drowned here! We were pleasantly surprised as we turned a corner and saw this amazing bridge! It is beautiful! Built in 1928, it is 130 feet long and crosses Palmer River. The inside of the bridge is lined in metal bars, keeping people safely inside. It's a long way down to the rushing river below! There is a fence on all sides of the bridge and even if I walked up the road a bit to try to get a good picture from the side, there are too many trees! I wouldn't have let the kids go anywhere near the edge, especially in the snow.

Looking out from the bridge we can see a suspended bridge, that was beautifully covered in ice on this day and we wondered of we could go on that to get a picture of this covered bridge but the park that leads to the suspended bridge was closed for the winter. Serge and I made the decision to come back during the spring or summer to get better pictures!