Pierre Laporte Bridge

6.3

A suspension bridge that connects Quebec City and Lévis across the Saint Lawrence River

proper noun

: Puente Pierre Laporte

The Pierre Laporte Bridge connects Quebec City and Lévis.

Examples

The Pierre Laporte Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in Canada.
Traffic was delayed on the Pierre Laporte Bridge due to strong winds.
The Pierre Laporte Bridge connects Quebec City to Lévis over the Saint Lawrence River.
Have you ever driven over the Pierre Laporte Bridge?
The Pierre Laporte Bridge connects Quebec City to Lévis over the Saint Lawrence River.
The Pierre Laporte Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in Canada.
Traffic was delayed on the Pierre Laporte Bridge due to strong winds.

Surface Forms

Pierre Laporte Bridge main

Morphology

Pierre + Laporte + bridge

Although 'Pierre' and 'Laporte' are proper names (not lexical), the phrase follows the productive and cross-linguistic pattern 'Name + bridge' meaning a bridge named after that person. A B1 learner who knows 'bridge' and recognizes that the preceding words are a name will readily infer it denotes a specific bridge named for Pierre Laporte.

Etymology

Pierre Laporte Bridge was named after Pierre Laporte, a Quebec politician who died in 1970. The name was chosen 'in memory of' him, so the bridge's name helps people remember him.