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The bridge


The bridge
Photo Information
Copyright: natalia daraiche (maroucia) (182)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-06
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Minolta Dimage 7Hi, 28 - 200mm, Lexar 256MB 40x
Exposure: f/6.7, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2004-09-27 16:07
Viewed: 742
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Jacques Cartier Bridge spans the St. Lawrence River and Seaway facing St. Helen's Island.

Opened to the traffic in 1930, this structure is 3.4 km (2.11 mi.) long including its approaches. It is 22 m (72.5 ft.) wide and has 2 sidewalks and 5 lanes of traffic. The bridge is of steel construction with a reinforced concrete deck, has five lanes of traffic (using a lane signalization system, traffic in the middle lane can be reversed in order to better accommodate peak traffic hours). At the centre of the main span, a clearance of approximately 49.4 m (162 ft.) above the surface of the St. Lawrence River enables the safe passage of vessels using the Port of Montreal; the section situated over the St. Lawrence Seaway is approximately 38.1 m (125 ft.) above the surface of the canal.

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i add a b&w version in the workchop
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To petertee: comme GabesterTL a remarque:maroucia 1 09-28 04:01
To Peeotr: barrier and roadGabesterTL 1 09-27 17:45
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The barrier and the road is a really unnecessary here, but the bridgt looks very interesting - at least for me as a mechanical engineer ;-)
regards - Piotr

Hi Natalia, I like your bridge in the angle you have chosen to shoot it. But it is the bridge its shapes and 'textures' that is the point of the shot and the road and barrier being shown as much as they are detracts from my enjoyment of that part of the image. Wouldn't tighter cropping have meant a bigger and better view of the bridge itself?

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