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List of bridges to the Island of Montreal

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This is a list of bridges in Montreal.

Crossings

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Key: Communities linked by individual bridges
  (M): Montreal-side municipality and borough
  (I): Island(s) crossed, if any
  (O): Opposite-side municipality and borough

Spanning the Saint Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Seaway

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The construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s required large changes for all bridges that existed at the time. Those are not reflected in the table below.

Span Picture First span built Current span built Communities linked Carries Name origin Coordinates
Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge A bridge with two truss sections in the middle. 1886 1910 (M) Borough of LaSalle Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)

Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM) Delson-Candiac (commuter train)

Saint Lawrence River 45°25′8″N 73°39′34″W / 45.41889°N 73.65944°W / 45.41889; -73.65944 (Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge)
(O) Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve
Honoré Mercier Bridge A view of a twinned steel truss bridge, from between the spans.
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 1934, 1963[A] (M) Borough of LaSalle
Route 138 		Honoré Mercier (1840–1894), Premier of Quebec 45°25′0″N 73°39′18″W / 45.41667°N 73.65500°W / 45.41667; -73.65500 (Honoré Mercier Bridge)
(O) Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve
Champlain Bridge Ice Structure A normal box girder bridge, but with closely spaced pillars.
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 1964[1][B] (M) Borough of Verdun Route Verte 1 and 2 Samuel de Champlain (c. 1580–1635), founder of Quebec City 45°27′57″N 73°31′11″W / 45.46583°N 73.51972°W / 45.46583; -73.51972 (Champlain Bridge Ice Structure)
(O) St. Lawrence Seaway levee
Champlain Bridge A view of the new bridge's main span. 1962[C] 2019 (M) Borough of Verdun

Autoroutes 10, 15, and 20

45°28′7″N 73°31′15″W / 45.46861°N 73.52083°W / 45.46861; -73.52083 (Champlain Bridge)
(I) Île des Sœurs (exit)
(O) Brossard
Victoria Bridge The numerous truss sections of a long bridge across a large body of water. 1860 1898[D] (M) Borough of Le Sud-Ouest
Route 112

Canadian National Railway (CN)

RTM Mont-Saint-Hilaire commuter train

Via Rail and Amtrak passenger trains

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819–1901) 45°29′29″N 73°31′46″W / 45.49139°N 73.52944°W / 45.49139; -73.52944 (Victoria Bridge)
(O) Saint-Lambert
Pont de la Concorde and Pont des Îles A steel box-girder bridge, with part of the city skyline in the background.
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 1965[2][E] (M) Borough of Ville-Marie Pierre-Dupuy Avenue and Route Verte 1 and 2 Reference to Montreal's motto, Concordia salus[2] 45°30′22″N 73°32′17″W / 45.50611°N 73.53806°W / 45.50611; -73.53806 (Pont de la Concorde)

45°30′28″N 73°31′49″W / 45.50778°N 73.53028°W / 45.50778; -73.53028 (Saint-Lambert) (Pont des Îles)

(O) Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame (Parc Jean-Drapeau), borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal
Montreal Metro Tunnel The exterior of a subway station entrance.
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 1966[3] (M) Borough of Ville-Marie (Berri-UQAM station) Line 4 Yellow
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 45°30′N 73°32′W / 45.500°N 73.533°W / 45.500; -73.533 (Metro tunnel (line 4))
(I) Île Sainte-Hélène (Jean-Drapeau station) and Île Notre-Dame
(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil (Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke station)
Jacques Cartier Bridge Jacques Cariter Bridge is a cantilevered bridge.
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 1930[F] (M) Borough of Ville-Marie
Route 134

Pedestrians and bicycles

Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), French explorer 45°31′17″N 73°32′28″W / 45.52139°N 73.54111°W / 45.52139; -73.54111 (Jacques Cartier Bridge)
(I) Île Sainte-Hélène (exit) and Île Notre-Dame
(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel An entrance of the Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine tunnel, with a sign telling drivers that they are about to cross the Saint Lawrence.
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 1967[G] (M) Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Autoroute 25/Trans-Canada Highway 		Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807–1864), Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada 45°35′0″N 73°29′51″W / 45.58333°N 73.49750°W / 45.58333; -73.49750 (Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel)
(I) Île Charron (Îles de Boucherville) (exit)
(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil

Spanning the Rivière des Prairies

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Span Picture First span built Current span built Communities linked Carries Name origin Coordinates
Le Gardeur Bridge A box girder bridge, with a steel truss railway bridge in the background.
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 1939 (widened 1975)[4] (M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
Route 138 and Route Verte 5 		Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny (1605–1648), French lord[5] 45°42′13″N 73°29′1″W / 45.70361°N 73.48361°W / 45.70361; -73.48361 (Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge)
(I) Île Bourdon
(O) Repentigny
Laurier Railway Bridge[4] Four truss sections of a railway bridge, supported by stone pillars.
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 1904[4] (M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles CN

Via Rail

Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada 45°42′10″N 73°29′8″W / 45.70278°N 73.48556°W / 45.70278; -73.48556 (Laurier Railway Bridge)
(I) Île Bourdon
(O) Charlemagne
Charles de Gaulle Bridge A wide box girder bridge.
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 1965[6] (M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
Autoroute 40 		Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), President of France 45°42′7″N 73°30′32″W / 45.70194°N 73.50889°W / 45.70194; -73.50889 (Charles de Gaulle Bridge)
(O) Charlemagne
Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge.
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 2011 [H] (M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Autoroute 25 Olivier Charbonneau (c.1613-1687), first European settler of Île Jésus.[7] 45°38′16″N 73°37′14″W / 45.63778°N 73.62056°W / 45.63778; -73.62056 (Highway 25 bridge)
(O) Laval (Saint-François)
Pie IX Bridge A box girder bridge high above the river. 1937[8] 1967[8] (M) Borough of Montreal North
Route 125 		Pope Pius IX (1792–1878) 45°35′57″N 73°38′49″W / 45.59917°N 73.64694°W / 45.59917; -73.64694 (Pie IX Bridge)
(O) Laval (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul)
Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies A small hydroelectric power station.
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 1930[9][10][I] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville Hydro-Québec
Rivière des Prairies 45°35′17″N 73°39′21″W / 45.58806°N 73.65583°W / 45.58806; -73.65583 (Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies)
(I) Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre
(O) Laval (Duvernay)
Papineau-Leblanc Bridge Papineau-Leblanc Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge.
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 1969[11] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Autoroute 19 		Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786–1871), leader of the Patriote movement
Alpha Leblanc (1908–1962), local landowner[11] 		45°34′34″N 73°40′1″W / 45.57611°N 73.66694°W / 45.57611; -73.66694 (Papineau-Leblanc Bridge)
(I) Île de la Visitation
(O) Laval (Duvernay)
Viau Bridge (Ahuntsic Bridge) A concrete arch bridge. 1847 1962 (widened 1993)[8] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Route 335 		Ahuntsic, Huron boy who drowned in 1625[12] The origin of the name Viau is uncertain.[13] 45°33′26″N 73°40′32″W / 45.55722°N 73.67556°W / 45.55722; -73.67556 (Ahuntsic Bridge)
(O) Laval (Pont-Viau)
Montreal Metro Tunnel The interior of the Henri-Bourassa Station.
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 2007[14] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Henri-Bourassa station) Line 2 Orange
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 45°33′N 73°40′W / 45.550°N 73.667°W / 45.550; -73.667 (Metro tunnel (line 2))
(O) Laval (Cartier station)
Bordeaux Railway Bridge A typical railway truss bridge.
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 1876[8] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville CPR RTM Saint-Jerome commuter train Quebec Gatineau Railway Route Verte 1 and 2 Bordeaux, former town 45°32′53″N 73°41′58″W / 45.54806°N 73.69944°W / 45.54806; -73.69944 (Bordeaux Railway Bridge)
(I) Île Perry[15]
(O) Laval (Laval-des-Rapides)
Médéric Martin Bridge A wide box girder structure on massive concrete pillars.
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 1958 (widened 1991)[16] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Autoroute 15/Trans-Canada Highway 		Médéric Martin (1869–1946), Mayor of Montreal 45°32′25″N 73°42′45″W / 45.54028°N 73.71250°W / 45.54028; -73.71250 (Médéric Martin Bridge)
(O) Laval (Laval-des-Rapides)
Lachapelle Bridge (Cartierville Bridge) Two non-identical steel frame bridges side by side. 1848[8] 1930, 1975[8] The latter bridge collapsed in the 1880s and was never rebuilt.[8] The latter bridge collapsed in the 1880s and was never rebuilt.[8] (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Route 117 		Pascal Persillier-Lachapelle, builder of the first bridge[17] 45°31′59″N 73°43′43″W / 45.53306°N 73.72861°W / 45.53306; -73.72861 (Lachapelle Bridge)
(O) Laval (Chomedey)
Louis Bisson Bridge A box girder freeway bridge on thin pillars.
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 1975[18] (M) Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Autoroute 13 		Louis Bisson (1909–1997), Canadian aviator 45°30′42″N 73°45′54″W / 45.51167°N 73.76500°W / 45.51167; -73.76500 (Louis Bisson Bridge)
(O) Laval (Chomedey / Sainte-Dorothée)
Île Bigras railway crossing A typical steel truss railway bridge.
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 1916[19][J] (M) Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro CN

Owned by the RTM and mainly used by the Deux-Montagnes commuter train

(no official name) 45°30′59″N 73°50′52″W / 45.51639°N 73.84778°W / 45.51639; -73.84778 (Railway bridges)
(I) (Île Bigras)
Île-Bigras commuter train station
(O) Laval (Sainte-Dorothée)
Jacques Bizard Bridge An idyllic bridge seen between the trees. 1893 1966 (M) Sainte-Geneviève, Montreal, borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève Boulevard Jacques Bizard Jacques Bizard (1642–1692), local seigneur 45°29′15″N 73°52′5″W / 45.48750°N 73.86806°W / 45.48750; -73.86806 (Jacques Bizard Bridge)
(O) Île Bizard (Montreal, borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève)

Spanning the Lake of Two Mountains and the Ottawa River East Channel

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All three spans across the Ottawa River East Channel are twinned by another span, built simultaneously, across the West Channel.

Span Picture First span built Current span built Communities linked Carries Name origin Coordinates
Île aux Tourtes Bridge A long box girder bridge seen from several kilometers (miles) away.
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 1966[20][K] (M) Senneville
Autoroute 40/Trans-Canada Highway 		Île aux Tourtes (literally, Wild Pigeon island)[21] 45°25′13″N 73°59′7″W / 45.42028°N 73.98528°W / 45.42028; -73.98528 (Île aux Tourtes Bridge)
(Across Lake of Two Mountains)
(I) Île Girwood, Île aux Tourtes
(O) Vaudreuil-Dorion
Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge A steel truss bridge with a locomotive on it.
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 1893[22] (M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue CPR

(RTM Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train)

(no official names) 45°24′12″N 73°57′24″W / 45.40333°N 73.95667°W / 45.40333; -73.95667 (Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge)
(Across Canal Sainte-Anne)
(I) Île Bellevue
(O) Île Perrot
Canadian National Rail Bridge An old railway bridge on stone pillars.
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 1854 (M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue CN

Via Rail Canada passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto

45°24′12″N 73°57′24″W / 45.40333°N 73.95667°W / 45.40333; -73.95667 (Canadian National Rail Bridge)
(Across Canal Sainte-Anne)
(I) Île Bellevue
(O) Île Perrot
Galipeault Bridge Two non-identical box girder bridges over rapids. 1925[20] 1991, 2009[23][L] (M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
Autoroute 20 and Route Verte 5 		Antonin Galipeault (1879–1971), Quebec politician 45°24′10″N 73°57′21″W / 45.40278°N 73.95583°W / 45.40278; -73.95583 (Galipeault Bridge)
(Across Canal Sainte-Anne)
(I) Île Bellevue
(O) Île Perrot


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Notes

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A The section of Honoré-Mercier bridge spanning over the St. Lawrence Seaway was rebuilt to seaway standards in the 1950s. The bridge was twinned by an identical one, on the downriver side, which opened in 1963.
B The Champlain Bridge Ice Structure, known in French as "l'Estacade Champlain," was built to control ice floes coming from the Laprairie Basin.[1]
C At the north end of Champlain Bridge, two spans, one north-south (aut. 15 and 20) and one east-west (aut. 10) connect Île des Sœurs to I. of Montreal. These two spans, called Pont Île-des-Sœurs and Pont Clément, are part of the Champlain Bridge complex.
D Victoria Bridge was built as a one-track tubular bridge which opened in 1860. It was the first bridge to cross the St. Lawrence River, and the longest bridge in the world. It was rebuilt as a two-track truss bridge in 1898. The South Y approach was rebuilt around the Saint Lambert locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1961.
E Pont de la Concorde (Concorde Bridge) and Pont des Îles ("Bridge of the Islands") were built for Expo 67.[2] Pont de la Concorde connects Montreal Island to Saint Helen's Island, while Pont des Îles connects Saint Helen's Island to Notre-Dame Island.
F Jacques-Cartier Bridge was originally named Harbour Bridge/Pont du Havre, and renamed after Jacques Cartier in 1934 (400th anniversary of Cartier's first voyage). The section over the St. Lawrence Seaway was lifted to a new height in 1962.
G The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine complex consists of a tunnel from Montreal to Île Charron and a bridge from Île Charron to the South Shore.
H Construction of the Highway 25 Bridge started in early 2008 and was finished in May 2011. It is a toll bridge.
I The Rivière des Prairies hydro complex is a set of three dams: one from Montreal I. to Île de la Visitation (west of the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge), which includes a footpath; another between Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre; and the longest span between Île du Cheval-de-Terre and Île Jésus. Île de la Visitation is joined to Montreal by another two small bridges: a road bridge, which also serves as a dam (historically, a water mill) and a footbridge.
J The railway crossing at Île Bigras consists of two spans, one north and one south of Île Bigras.
K A structure known as "Île Bray Bridge" was abandoned while still under construction in favor of Île aux Tourtes Bridge.[20]
L Galipeault Bridge was first built in 1925 and doubled in 1964. Both spans have been replaced since. Taschereau Bridge, which was part of the same project, spans the West Channel along the same highway.[20]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure". Les Ponts Jacques-Cartier et Champlain Incorporée. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Important dates in STM's history". Société de Transport de Montréal. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Charlemagne et son histoire (in French). Comité des fêtes du soixante-quinzième anniversaire de Charlemagne. 1986. pp. 134–135. ISBN 2-9800711-1-0.
  5. ↑ Marchi, François (2007). "Pierre Le Gardeur (1605–1648)" (in French). Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  6. ↑ Lachenaie: 300 ans d'histoire à découvrir (in French). Corporation du Tricentenaire de Lachenaie. 1983. p. 400.
  7. ↑ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Dion, Richard; André Bernier; Serge Philibert; Georges Leahy; Sylvie Lalonde (1981). Analyse historique et architecturale sur le patrimoine lavallois, volume 1 (in French). Pluram Inc. pp. 47–51.
  9. ↑ Fortin, Jean-Claude; Jacques Saint-Pierre; Normand Perron (2008). Histoire de Laval (in French). Institut national de la recherche scientifique. p. 109. ISBN 978-2-7637-8859-3.
  10. ↑ "La centrale de la Rivière-des-Prairies". Hydro-Québec. Retrieved 2009-07-20. [Hydro-Québec]
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  12. ↑ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  13. ↑ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  14. ↑ "A glorious day for transit in Laval". Montreal Gazette. 2007-04-27. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
  15. ↑ Île Perry
  16. ↑ Fortin, Jean-Claude; Jacques Saint-Pierre; Normand Perron (2008). Histoire de Laval (in French). Institut national de la recherche scientifique. p. 210. ISBN 978-2-7637-8859-3.
  17. ↑ "Fiche toponymique" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  18. ↑ Fortin, Jean-Claude; Jacques Saint-Pierre; Normand Perron (2008). Histoire de Laval (in French). Institut national de la recherche scientifique. pp. 249–250. ISBN 978-2-7637-8859-3.
  19. ↑ Andreae, Christopher (1997). Lines of Country: An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in Canada. The Boston Mills Press. p. 107. ISBN 1-55046-133-8.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Bélisle, Michel (2007). De l'Isle aux Tourtes à Vaudreuil-Dorion (in French). Collectif pour l'histoire de Vaudreuil-Dorion. p. 263. ISBN 978-2-9810200-0-0.
  21. ↑ Fiche descriptive
  22. ↑ Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 1703–2003. Paroisse Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. 2003. p. 125. ISBN 2-9808057-0-X.
  23. ↑ Jason Magder. "Galipeault span to get $98-million facelift". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
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