Building the pillars, 1964
![A bridge pillar under construction with a rowboat in the foreground](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/pont-tunnel-louis-hippolyte-lafontaine_bridge/wp-content/uploads/sites/130/2020/01/PrtScr-capture_19-1.jpg)
Quebec Transport Ministry Archives
The first step in the construction of the bridge between Charron Island and the south shore was erecting the pillars. A trench was dug all around to allow workers to drain the area and cast the concrete all the way to the bottom of the river.