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Montreal Gazette
6 days ago
- Climate
- Montreal Gazette
Weekend traffic: More fireworks, and La Fontaine tunnel closed overnight
Trouble spots to look out for Thursday night and this weekend: Fireworks The International des Feux Loto-Québec will once again mean the following closures Thursday and Sunday: The Jacques-Cartier Bridge from 8 to 11:59 p.m. The Ville-Marie Tunnel east of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Parts of Notre-Dame St., Ste-Catherine St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. east of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. During these times, the Victoria Bridge will have both lanes open toward the South Shore. Highway 25 The highway will be closed southbound between Exit 5 for Sherbrooke St. and Souligny Ave., from 11 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday. The Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel will remain open Friday night, but will be closed in both directions from 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday, between Sherbrooke St. and Île Charron southbound and from Route 132 to Hochelaga St. northbound. Souligny Ave. eastbound over Highway 25 will be closed when the tunnel is closed. In Laval, the ramps through the interchange with Highway 440 will be closed from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday (southbound) and Sunday (northbound). Northbound on Sunday, the highway will have two lanes closed as of Henri-Bourassa Blvd. in Montreal until 7 p.m. Sunday. Mercier Bridge The downstream span of the bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday; traffic will share the other span, with one lane in each direction. Accesses to and from Airlie St. remain open. Montreal streets Robert-Bourassa Blvd.: Three of four lanes closed southbound between Ottawa and Wellington Sts. from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, or Sunday in case of poor weather Saturday. Viger Ave.: Two of three lanes closed westbound between Panet St. and Wilfe St. from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Continuing disruptions Réseau express métropolitain: The REM is completely closed until Aug. 17. Free shuttle buses connect Gare Centrale with the other stations, running from 5:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily. Highway 10: Access to the Bonaventure Expressway from the Pointe-Nord area of Nuns' Island is closed until the beginning of September. A westbound lane on the Bonaventure Expressway is closed between the Victoria Bridge and Wellington St. until December. On the Clément Bridge connecting Montreal with Nuns' Island, traffic runs contraflow with one lane in each direction until December. Highway 19: Two lanes are open on the bridge in each direction, with partial or complete closings on some nights, until the end of 2026. Highway 20/Route 132: In St-Lambert, repaving work on a section of the eastbound highway between the Champlain Bridge and Notre-Dame Ave. requires it to close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. until the end of July. Highway 40: The Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Montreal Island is down to two lanes in each direction. In Terrebonne, the stretch of highway between the Charles de Gaulle Bridge and Highway 640 has lane reductions, with two lanes in each direction and a fifth lane alternating directions — westbound from midnight to 10 a.m. weekdays, and eastbound from noon to 10 p.m. weekdays and all weekends. Ste-Catherine St.: The street is closed to traffic between Stanley St. and McGill College Ave. for work on major renovations through summer. Côte-de-Liesse Rd.: Two of three lanes are closed eastbound before Rockland Rd. until November. Ramps to Acadie Blvd. south from Highway 15 and Côte-de-Liesse Rd. are closed. Jean-Talon St.: Work on building the Blue Line métro extension will force parts of Jean-Talon St. to be closed. Affected buses (in particular 141 and 372) are detoured onto Bélanger and Everett Sts. to avoid those areas, and a temporary shuttle bus has been established along Jean-Talon and Bélanger Sts. St-Jacques St.: Work on underground infrastructure has closed the street between St-Philippe and de Courcelle Sts. until Aug. 10. Pie-IX Blvd.: Work to extend the SRB Pie-IX south means only one lane is open in each direction between Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave. and Notre-Dame St. Ste-Catherine St. (eastbound only) and Hochelaga St. remain open through Pie-IX, but other cross streets are closed west of Pie-IX. St-Urbain St.: The overpass over the Ville-Marie Expressway is closed for a long renovation until the end of 2026. Pedestrian access is maintained. Pedestrianized streets this summer Mont-Royal Ave. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Denis St. until Oct. 16 and between St-Denis St. and De Lorimier Ave. until Sept. 4. Duluth Ave. E. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Hubert St. until Oct. 16. Wellington St. between 6th Ave. and Regina St. until Sept. 19. Ste-Catherine St. E. between St-Hubert St. and Papineau Ave. and a short stretch of St-Christophe St. between Ste-Catherine St. E. and 1278 St-Christophe St. until Oct. 14. St-Denis St. between Sherbrooke and Ste-Catherine Sts., and Émery St. between Sanguinet and St-Denis Sts., until Sept. 15. Ontario St. E. between Pie-IX Blvd. and Darling St. until Sept. 12. Bernard Ave. W. between Wiseman and Bloomfield Sts. until Sept. 21. De Castelnau St. E. between St-Denis St. and de Gaspé Ave. until Nov. 7. Du Musée St. between Sherbrooke St. and Docteur-Penfield Ave. until Oct. 13. St-Paul St. between Marché-Bonsecours St. and St-Laurent Blvd. until Oct. 31.
Montreal Gazette
17-07-2025
- Montreal Gazette
Weekend traffic: Mercier Bridge down to one lane
Trouble spots to look out for Thursday night and this weekend: Fireworks The International des Feux Loto-Québec will once again mean the following closures Thursday: The Jacques-Cartier Bridge from 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. The Ville-Marie Tunnel east of Robert-Bourassa Blvd., from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Parts of Notre-Dame St., Ste-Catherine St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. east of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. During these times, the Victoria Bridge will have both lanes open toward the South Shore. No fireworks show is scheduled for this weekend. Mercier Bridge The downstream span of the bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, with traffic sharing the other span with one lane in each direction. Accesses to and from Airlie St. remain open. Côte-de-Liesse Rd. The street will be closed eastbound between Devonshire Rd. and the Décarie Interchange from 10 p.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Sunday. This will affect traffic coming toward the interchange from Highway 520. Further east, only one lane is available on the road at Lucerne Rd., as Hydro-Québec continues work, from 10 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Continuing disruptions Réseau express métropolitain: The REM is completely closed until Aug. 17. Free shuttle buses connect Gare Centrale with the other stations, running from 5:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily. Highway 10: Access to the Bonaventure Expressway from the Pointe-Nord area of Nuns' Island is closed until the beginning of September. A westbound lane on the Bonaventure Expressway is closed between the Victoria Bridge and Wellington St. until December. On the Clément Bridge connecting Montreal with Nuns' Island, traffic runs contraflow with one lane in each direction until December. Highway 19: Two lanes are open on the bridge in each direction, with partial or complete closings on some nights, until the end of 2026. Highway 20/Route 132: In St-Lambert, repaving work on a section of the eastbound highway between the Champlain Bridge and Notre-Dame Ave. requires it to close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. until the end of July. Highway 40: The Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Montreal Island is down to two lanes in each direction. Ste-Catherine St.: The street is closed to traffic between Stanley St. and McGill College Ave. for work on major renovations through summer. Côte-de-Liesse Rd.: Two of three lanes are closed eastbound before Rockland Rd. until November. Ramps to Acadie Blvd. south from Highway 15 and Côte-de-Liesse Rd. are closed. Jean-Talon St.: Work on building the Blue Line métro extension will force parts of Jean-Talon St. to be closed. Affected buses (in particular 141 and 372) are detoured onto Bélanger and Everett Sts. to avoid those areas, and a temporary shuttle bus has been established alone Jean-Talon and Bélanger Sts. St-Jacques St.: Work on underground infrastructure has closed the street between St-Philippe St. and de Courcelle St. until Aug. 10. Pie-IX Blvd.: Work to extend the SRB Pie-IX south means only one lane is open in each direction between Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave. and Notre-Dame St. Ste-Catherine St. (eastbound only) and Hochelaga St. remain open through Pie-IX, but other cross streets are closed west of Pie-IX. Ste-Catherine St.: In Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the street is closed westbound from Pie-IX Blvd. to Jeanne-D'Arc Ave. until Sunday. St-Urbain St.: The overpass over the Ville-Marie Expressway is closed for a long renovation until the end of 2026. Pedestrian access is maintained. Pedestrianized streets this summer Mont-Royal Ave. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Denis St. until Oct. 16 and between St-Denis St. and De Lorimier Ave. until Sept. 4. Duluth Ave. E. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Hubert St. until Oct. 16. Wellington St. between 6th Ave. and Regina St. until Sept. 19. Ste-Catherine St. E. between St-Hubert St. and Papineau Ave. and a short stretch of St-Christophe St. between Ste-Catherine St. E. and 1278 St-Christophe St., until Oct. 14. St-Denis St. between Sherbrooke and Ste-Catherine Sts., and Émery St. between Sanguinet and St-Denis Sts., until Sept. 15. Ontario St. E. between Pie-IX Blvd. and Darling St. until Sept. 12. Bernard Ave. W. between Wiseman and Bloomfield Sts. until Sept. 21. De Castelnau St. E. between St-Denis St. and de Gaspé Ave. until Nov. 7. Du Musée St. between Sherbrooke St. and Docteur-Penfield Ave. until Oct. 13. St-Paul St. between Marché-Bonsecours St. and St-Laurent Blvd. until Oct. 31.
Montreal Gazette
03-07-2025
- Montreal Gazette
Weekend traffic: Part of Highway 10 closed, plus fireworks disruptions
Traffic trouble spots to look out for this weekend: Highway 10 In Brossard, the exit westbound for Route 132 will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday. The exit for Route 132 east will remain closed until 5 a.m. Monday. In Montreal, the Clément Bridge linking Montreal Island with Nuns' Island will be completely closed from 11 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday. Traffic between the Bonaventure Expressway and Nuns' Island or the Champlain Bridge will be detoured via Gaétan-Laberge Blvd. in both directions. The access from the Pointe-Nord area of Nuns' Island toward the Bonaventure will remain closed for two months. Highway 25 The highway and La Fontaine Tunnel will be closed in both directions between 11 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday, southbound from Sherbrooke St. to Île-Charron, and northbound from Route 132 to Hochelaga St. Souligny Ave. over the highway will be closed as of 10:30 p.m. Friday. Highway 40 One of two lanes westbound will be closed on the Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge between Montreal and Vaudreuil-Dorion between 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. In Terrebonne, two lanes will be closed in each direction overnights until Monday, when westbound traffic will be diverted onto eastbound lanes, with two lanes in each direction and a fifth lane changing direction according to rush hours — westbound in the morning and eastbound in the afternoon and evening. Fireworks The International des Feux Loto-Québec will once again mean the following closures Thursday and Sunday: The Jacques-Cartier Bridge from 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. The Ville-Marie Tunnel east of Robert-Bourassa Blvd., from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Parts of Notre-Dame St., Ste-Catherine St. and René-Lévesque Blvd. east of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. During these times the Victoria Bridge will have both lanes open toward the south shore. Highway 30 The Serge-Marcil Bridge will have one of two lanes closed eastbound from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Mercier Bridge The downstream span of the bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, requiring traffic to share the other span, with one lane in each direction. REM The Réseau express métropolitain closes for six weeks starting Saturday, until Aug. 17, as trains conduct tests on the expanded network. Free shuttle buses are available between Gare Centrale and the other stations, and RTL buses link the stations in Brossard. Montreal streets Côte-de-Liesse Rd.: The ramp toward Highway 40 east and the Décarie Interchange is closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. In Mount Royal, one of two lanes is closed at Lucerne Rd. from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Tuesday. Lucerne Rd. is also partially closed during that time. Finally, two of three lanes are closed at Rockland Rd. until November. De la Cathédrale St.: The access southbound toward Route 136 is closed until December. The access from Notre-Dame St. remains open. New bus route To mitigate disruptions from work on the extension of the Blue Line métro, the STM is launching a new shuttle bus on Monday, 814 Jean-Talon Est/Bélanger, which runs east on Jean-Talon St. and west on Bélanger St. between Viau and Langelier Blvds. [Blue line project] Starting July 7, shuttle bus 814 Jean-Talon Est / Bélanger begins service, offering a new option for your trips in the area. Discover its route. — STM Bus (@stm_Bus) July 3, 2025 Continuing disruptions Highway 10: A westbound lane on the Bonaventure Expressway is closed between the Victoria Bridge and Wellington St. until December. On the Clément Bridge connecting Montreal with Nuns' Island, traffic runs contraflow with one lane in each direction until December. Highway 19: Two lanes are open on the bridge in each direction, with partial or complete closings on some nights, until the end of 2026. Highway 20/Route 132: In St-Lambert, repaving work on a section of the eastbound highway between the Champlain Bridge and Notre-Dame Ave. requires it to close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. until the end of July. Highway 40: The Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Montreal Island is down to two lanes in each direction. Ste-Catherine St.: The street is closed to traffic between Stanley St. and McGill College Ave. for work on major renovations through summer. Côte-de-Liesse Rd.: Two of three lanes are closed eastbound before Rockland Rd. until November. Ramps to Acadie Blvd. south from Highway 15 and Côte-de-Liesse Rd. are closed. Jean-Talon St.: Work on building the Blue Line métro extension will force parts of Jean-Talon St. to be closed. Affected buses (in particular 141 and 372) are detoured onto Bélanger and Everett Sts. to avoid those areas. St-Jacques St.: Work on underground infrastructure has closed the street between St-Philippe St. and de Courcelle St. until July 10. Pie-IX Blvd.: Work to extend the SRB Pie-IX south means only one lane is open in each direction between Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave. and Notre-Dame St. Ste-Catherine St. and Hochelaga St. remain open through Pie-IX, but other cross streets are closed west of Pie-IX. Jean-Milot St.: In LaSalle, the street is completely closed between Lafleur Ave. and Newman Blvd. until July 11. St-Urbain St.: The overpass over the Ville-Marie Expressway is closed for a long renovation until the end of 2026. Pedestrian access is maintained. Pedestrianized streets this summer Mont-Royal Ave. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Denis St. until Oct. 16 and between St-Denis St. and De Lorimier Ave. until Sept. 4. Duluth Ave. E. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Hubert St. until Oct. 16. Wellington St. between 6th Ave. and Regina St. until Sept. 19. Ste-Catherine St. E. between St-Hubert St. and Papineau Ave. and a short stretch of St-Christophe St. between Ste-Catherine St. E. and 1278 St-Christophe St., until Oct. 14. St-Denis St. between Sherbrooke and Ste-Catherine Sts., and Émery St. between Sanguinet and St-Denis Sts., until Sept. 15. Ontario St. E. between Pie-IX Blvd. and Darling St. until Sept. 12. Bernard Ave. W. between Wiseman and Bloomfield Sts. until Sept. 21. De Castelnau St. E. between St-Denis St. and de Gaspé Ave. until Nov. 7.
