Tracel de Cap-Rouge

The Cap-Rouge Viaduct is a historic railway bridge in Québec City, Canada, which opened in 1908 as part of the National Transcontinental Railway. Commissioned in 1906, the steel structure built by the Dominion Bridge Company spans the valley of the Rivière du Cap Rouge and connects the eastern line with the nearby Québec Bridge. At a height of 53 meters (about 174 feet), it is one of the tallest active railway structures in the province of Québec. Originally designed for passenger traffic, it now carries freight trains only, which cross at a speed of about 19 kilometers per hour (12 mph). Because of its impressive height and the danger to unauthorized visitors, access points are now secured with fences and a video surveillance system.