Longest cantilever bridge

- Who
- The Quebec Bridge
- Where
- Canada (Quebec,)
- When
- 03 December 1917
The Quebec Bridge (Pont de Quebec) over the St Lawrence River in Canada has the longest cantilever truss span of any in the world, measuring 549 m (1,800 ft) between the piers and 987 m (3,239 ft) overall. It carries a railway track and two carriageways. Work started in 1899, and it was finally opened to traffic on 3 December 1917, having cost CAN$22.5 million and 87 lives.