A Little More Solid
![Sepia vintage photograph. A woman dressed in white is sitting on the banks of a river. The Viau Bridge can be seen in the distance.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/laval-economie-diversifiee_economic-diversification/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/09/C1_C126.06.jpg)
Viau Bridge, circa 1905
Reference: Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’Île Jésus, C1/C1, 26.06
The first bridges were made of wood. The Viau Bridge, like all the others, later had to be rebuilt out of metal to support the growing road traffic.