Editing Jacques Cartier Bridge (section)

===Construction===
[[File:PA-117723.jpg|thumbnail|The inauguration of the Bridge on May 24, 1930.]]
Construction was undertaken by the [[Dominion Bridge Company]] starting in 1925. On August 9, 1926, the cornerstone was laid, integrated into the pillar at the corner of [[Notre Dame Street]] and [[Saint Antoine Street]], opposite the [[Pied-du-Courant Prison]]. The cornerstone contains a capsule with 59 items reflecting the year in which construction began. The bridge was constructed of [[steel]] at a cost of [[Canadian Dollar|C$]]23 million, and the work lasted two and a half years.

The [[groundbreaking]] was held on May 26, 1925. Construction began immediately and the cornerstone was laid on August 9, 1926, on Pillar No. 26. The superstructure was built between September 1926 and September 1929. 33,267 tons of steel were needed for its construction.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://jacquescartierchamplain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_Fiche_Pont_JC_EN_WEB_2020-08.pdf| title=Jacques Cartier Bridge| website=Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI)| access-date=2020-08-30| archive-date=2020-09-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921115328/https://jacquescartierchamplain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_Fiche_Pont_JC_EN_WEB_2020-08.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> The work was completed about a year and a half ahead of schedule, without disrupting river traffic.

It opened to traffic on May 14, 1930, however the inauguration ceremony took place a few days later, on May 24. The bridge was inaugurated as the "Harbour Bridge" but was renamed "Jacques Cartier Bridge" in 1934, following a petition from citizens to honour the French-Breton explorer who described and mapped the St. Lawrence River valley in 1534.