Editing Quebec Bridge (section)

==Post-completion history==
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The bridge was built and designed primarily as a railway bridge, but the streetcar lines (used by [[Quebec City Tramway#First tramway (1865 to 1948)|Quebec Railway, Light & Power Company]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-15|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Quebec City Tramway#First tramway (1865 to 1948)|reason= The anchor (First tramway (1865 to 1948)) [[Special:Diff/1148807831|has been deleted]].}}) and one of the two railway tracks were converted into automobile and pedestrian/cycling lanes in subsequent years. In 1970, the [[Pierre Laporte Bridge|Pierre Laporte Suspension Bridge]] opened just upstream to accommodate [[Autoroute (Quebec)|freeway]] traffic on [[Quebec Autoroute 73|Autoroute 73]].

On 24 November 1995, the bridge was declared a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site]].<ref>{{CRHP|13400|Québec Bridge National Historic Site of Canada|26 August 2011}}</ref>

The bridge has been featured on two commemorative postage stamps, one issued by the [[Canada Post|Post Office Department]] in 1929,<ref>[https://postagestampguide.com/stamps/15499/quebec-cantilever-bridge-1929-canada-postage-stamp Quebec Cantilever Bridge], Postage Stamp Guide</ref> and another by Canada Post in 1995.<ref>[https://postagestampguide.com/stamps/16875/quebec-bridge-quebec-quebec-1995-canada-postage-stamp-bridges Quebec Bridge, Quebec, QC], Postage Stage Guide</ref>

The bridge was built as part of the National Transcontinental Railway, which was merged into the [[Canadian Government Railways]] and later became part of the [[Canadian National Railway]] (CN). The Canadian Government Railways company was maintained by the federal government until 1993, when a [[Privy Council]] order dated 22 July authorized the sale of Canadian Government Railways to the [[Crown corporation]] CN for one [[Canadian dollar]]. On that date, the Quebec Bridge also came under complete ownership of CN. CN was privatized in November 1995, making the bridge privately owned.

Despite its private ownership, CN received federal and provincial funding to undertake repairs and maintenance on the structure. Its railway designation is mile 0.2 subdivision Bridge.{{fact|date=March 2025}}