Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel (Pont-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine) is a Canadian highway bridge–tunnel running over and beneath the St. Lawrence River. It connects the Island of Montreal with the south shore of the river at Longueuil, Quebec.Construction began in 1963 and it opened on March 11, 1967. Named for the respected Lower Canada political reformer Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, the Lafontaine Tunnel is an immersed tube structure, measuring 1,391 m (4,563.6 ft) long. It carries the Autoroute 25 expressway and passes beneath Île Charron (Îles de Boucherville & entrance/exit #1 of Autoroute 25), as well as the main shipping channel in the St. Lawrence River immediately downstream from the St. Lawrence Seaway.Each section weighs 32,000 tons, is 110 metres (360 ft) long, 37 metres (121 ft) wide and rises to a height of 8 metres (26 ft). In total, the bridge–tunnel is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) long. It is estimated that 44 million vehicles drive through it per year, or 120,000 per day. The tunnel was built with sections prefabricated in dry dock and then sunk in the river, 24 metres (79 ft) below the surface of the water. It is one of the largest prestressed concrete structures in the world."@en }
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- Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine_Bridge–Tunnel abstract "The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel (Pont-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine) is a Canadian highway bridge–tunnel running over and beneath the St. Lawrence River. It connects the Island of Montreal with the south shore of the river at Longueuil, Quebec.Construction began in 1963 and it opened on March 11, 1967. Named for the respected Lower Canada political reformer Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, the Lafontaine Tunnel is an immersed tube structure, measuring 1,391 m (4,563.6 ft) long. It carries the Autoroute 25 expressway and passes beneath Île Charron (Îles de Boucherville & entrance/exit #1 of Autoroute 25), as well as the main shipping channel in the St. Lawrence River immediately downstream from the St. Lawrence Seaway.Each section weighs 32,000 tons, is 110 metres (360 ft) long, 37 metres (121 ft) wide and rises to a height of 8 metres (26 ft). In total, the bridge–tunnel is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) long. It is estimated that 44 million vehicles drive through it per year, or 120,000 per day. The tunnel was built with sections prefabricated in dry dock and then sunk in the river, 24 metres (79 ft) below the surface of the water. It is one of the largest prestressed concrete structures in the world.".
- Q681891 abstract "The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel (Pont-Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine) is a Canadian highway bridge–tunnel running over and beneath the St. Lawrence River. It connects the Island of Montreal with the south shore of the river at Longueuil, Quebec.Construction began in 1963 and it opened on March 11, 1967. Named for the respected Lower Canada political reformer Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, the Lafontaine Tunnel is an immersed tube structure, measuring 1,391 m (4,563.6 ft) long. It carries the Autoroute 25 expressway and passes beneath Île Charron (Îles de Boucherville & entrance/exit #1 of Autoroute 25), as well as the main shipping channel in the St. Lawrence River immediately downstream from the St. Lawrence Seaway.Each section weighs 32,000 tons, is 110 metres (360 ft) long, 37 metres (121 ft) wide and rises to a height of 8 metres (26 ft). In total, the bridge–tunnel is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) long. It is estimated that 44 million vehicles drive through it per year, or 120,000 per day. The tunnel was built with sections prefabricated in dry dock and then sunk in the river, 24 metres (79 ft) below the surface of the water. It is one of the largest prestressed concrete structures in the world.".