List of bridges to the Island of Montreal facts for kids
This is a list of bridges in Montreal.
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Spanning the Saint Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Seaway
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 |
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Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge |
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1886 | (M) Borough of LaSalle | Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) Delson-Candiac (commuter train) |
Saint Lawrence River | 45°25′8″N 73°39′34″W / 45.41889°N 73.65944°W | |
(O) Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve | |||||||
Honoré Mercier Bridge |
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1934, 1963 | (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 | |
(O) Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve | |||||||
Champlain Bridge Ice Structure |
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1964 | (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 | |
(O) St. Lawrence Seaway levee | |||||||
Champlain Bridge |
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1962 | (M) Borough of Verdun | Autoroutes 10, 15, and 20 |
45°28′7″N 73°31′15″W / 45.46861°N 73.52083°W | ||
(I) Île des Sœurs (exit) | |||||||
(O) Brossard | |||||||
Victoria Bridge | 1860 | 1898 | (M) Borough of Le Sud-Ouest | Route 112 Canadian National Railway (CN) AMT 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 | |
(O) Saint-Lambert | |||||||
Pont de la Concorde and Pont des Îles |
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1965 | (M) Borough of Ville-Marie | Pierre-Dupuy Avenue and Route Verte 1 and 2 | Reference to Montreal's motto, Concordia salus | 45°30′22″N 73°32′17″W / 45.50611°N 73.53806°W (Pont de la Concorde)
45°30′28″N 73°31′49″W / 45.50778°N 73.53028°W (Pont des Îles) |
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(O) Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame (Parc Jean-Drapeau), borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal | |||||||
Montreal Metro Tunnel |
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1966 | (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 | |
(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 |
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1930 | (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 | |
(I) Île Sainte-Hélène (exit) and Île Notre-Dame | |||||||
(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil | |||||||
Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel |
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1967 | (M) Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Autoroute 25 |
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 | |
(I) Île Charron (Îles de Boucherville) (exit) | |||||||
(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil |
Spanning the Rivière des Prairies
Span | Picture | First span built | Current span built | Communities linked | Carries | Name origin | Coordinates |
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Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge |
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1939 (widened 1975) | (M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | Route 138 and Route Verte 5 |
Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny (1605–1648), French lord | 45°42′13″N 73°29′1″W / 45.70361°N 73.48361°W | |
(I) Île Bourdon | |||||||
(O) Repentigny | |||||||
Laurier Railway Bridge |
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1904 | (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 | |
(I) Île Bourdon | |||||||
(O) Charlemagne | |||||||
Charles de Gaulle Bridge |
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1965 | (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 | |
(O) Charlemagne | |||||||
A25 Bridge |
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2011 | (M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | Autoroute 25 | A25, the name of the private consortium that built the bridge and operates the toll system. | 45°38′16″N 73°37′14″W / 45.63778°N 73.62056°W | |
(O) Laval (Saint-François) | |||||||
Pie IX Bridge | 1937 | 1967 | (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 | |
(O) Laval (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul) | |||||||
Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies |
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1930 | (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Hydro-Québec |
Rivière des Prairies | 45°35′17″N 73°39′21″W / 45.58806°N 73.65583°W | |
(I) Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre | |||||||
(O) Laval (Duvernay) | |||||||
Papineau-Leblanc Bridge |
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1969 | (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Autoroute 19 |
Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786–1871), leader of the Patriote movement Alpha Leblanc (1908–1962), local landowner |
45°34′34″N 73°40′1″W / 45.57611°N 73.66694°W | |
(I) Île de la Visitation | |||||||
(O) Laval (Duvernay) | |||||||
Ahuntsic Bridge (Viau Bridge) | 1847 | 1962 (widened 1993) | (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Route 335 |
Ahuntsic, Huron boy who drowned in 1625 The origin of the name Viau is uncertain. | 45°33′26″N 73°40′32″W / 45.55722°N 73.67556°W | |
(O) Laval (Pont-Viau) | |||||||
Montreal Metro Tunnel |
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2007 | (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 | |
(O) Laval (Cartier station) | |||||||
Bordeaux Railway Bridge |
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1876 | (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville | CPR
AMT Blainville-Saint-Jerome commuter train Quebec Gatineau Railway Route Verte 1 and 2 |
Bordeaux, former city | 45°32′53″N 73°41′58″W / 45.54806°N 73.69944°W | |
(I) Île Perry | |||||||
(O) Laval (Laval-des-Rapides) | |||||||
Médéric Martin Bridge |
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1958 (widened 1991) | (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Autoroute 15 |
Médéric Martin (1869–1946), Mayor of Montreal | 45°32′25″N 73°42′45″W / 45.54028°N 73.71250°W | |
(O) Laval (Laval-des-Rapides) | |||||||
Lachapelle Bridge (Cartierville Bridge) | 1848 | 1930, 1975 | (M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Route 117 |
Pascal Persillier-Lachapelle, builder of the first bridge | 45°31′59″N 73°43′43″W / 45.53306°N 73.72861°W | |
(O) Laval (Chomedey) | |||||||
Louis Bisson Bridge |
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1975 | (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 | |
(O) Laval (Chomedey / Sainte-Dorothée) | |||||||
Île Bigras railway crossing |
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1916 | (M) Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro | CN
(mainly used by AMT Deux-Montagnes commuter train) |
(no official name) | 45°30′59″N 73°50′52″W / 45.51639°N 73.84778°W | |
(I) (Île Bigras) Île-Bigras (AMT) commuter train station |
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(O) Laval (Sainte-Dorothée) | |||||||
Jacques Bizard Bridge | 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 | |
(O) Île Bizard (Montreal, borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève) |
Spanning the Lake of Two Mountains and the Ottawa River East Channel
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 |
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Île aux Tourtes Bridge |
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1966 | (M) Senneville | Autoroute 40 |
Île aux Tourtes (literally, Wild Pigeon island) | 45°25′13″N 73°59′7″W / 45.42028°N 73.98528°W (Across Lake of Two Mountains) |
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(I) Île Girwood, Île aux Tourtes | |||||||
(O) Vaudreuil-Dorion | |||||||
Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge |
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1893 | (M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | CPR
(AMT Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train) |
(no official names) | 45°24′12″N 73°57′24″W / 45.40333°N 73.95667°W (Across Canal Sainte-Anne) |
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(I) Île Bellevue | |||||||
(O) Île Perrot | |||||||
Canadian National Rail Bridge |
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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 (Across Canal Sainte-Anne) |
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(I) Île Bellevue | |||||||
(O) Île Perrot | |||||||
Galipeault Bridge | 1925 | 1991, 2009 | (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 (Across Canal Sainte-Anne) |
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(I) Île Bellevue | |||||||
(O) Île Perrot |