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Montreal's New, $4.4-billion Champlain Bridge Opens To First Traffic

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 24 Jun, 2019 05:22 PM

    Montreal's expensive new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to traffic for the first time this morning, about six months behind schedule.


    Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne was riding in one of the first cars that rolled northbound across the newly built span at 5 a.m.


    The 3.4-kilometre bridge over the St. Lawrence River counts three lanes in each direction, plus a central deck for public transit, as well as a multifunctional path for cyclists and pedestrians.


    It was originally scheduled to open last December, but various delays pushed back the opening and added another $235 million to the original $4.2 billion price tag.


    The bridge is open northbound only for the first week — the second phase of the inauguration is set to take place on July 1, when the lanes heading off the island will open.


    The crumbling 57-year-old bridge it replaces, which has long been one Canada's busiest spans, will be dismantled over the next three or four years.

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