The Jordi-Bonet Bridge (french: pont Jordi-Bonet) is a road bridge linking
Beloeil and
Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Mont-Saint-Hilaire () is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The populati ...
and spanning the
Richelieu River, in
La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, in
Montérégie, Québec, Canada.
This bridge mainly serves residents of the Beloeil-Mont-Saint-Hilaire region, as well as traffic connecting Saint-Bruno to
Saint-Hyacinthe, along Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard.
The bridge serves as a crossing for
Quebec Route 116
Route 116 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Until the mid-1970s it was known as Route 9. Its eastern terminus is in Lévis at the junction of Route 132, and the western terminus is at the ...
and
229
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. It has four traffic lanes, two in each direction, which are separated by a double central line. A bicycle path and sidewalk are also provided on the north side of the bridge.
In addition to the river, the bridge spans
Route 223 (''rue Richelieu'') on the left bank and
Route 133 (''chemin des Patriotes'') on the right bank of the Richelieu River. Access roads connect these two roads to the bridge.
Daily traffic on this bridge is estimated at 44,000 vehicles, for an annual average of 16 million vehicles.
History
Even though the current version of the bridge was built in 2000, there has been a bridge there since 1941.
The bridge is named in honor of Jordi Bonet (Barcelone, Espagne, 1932-Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 1979), a Quebec painter, ceramist, muralist and sculptor of Catalan Spanish origin who lived in Mont-Saint-Hilaire for the last ten years of his life.
In 1969, Jordi Bonet produced a superb mural of more than , in concrete, in the triptych of the Grand Théâtre de Québec; this work is one of his great achievements in North America.
Grand Théâtre Québec - Expérience Jordi Bonet
/ref> Bonet settled in 1960 at the Rouville-Campbell manor, located along the east bank of the Richelieu River, in Mont-Saint-Hilaire. This mansion is designed in the Tudor style. He resides there until his death.
Construction
The Jordi-Bonet bridge was built in the year 2000.
Gallery
File:Pont Jordi-Bonet - 01.jpg
File:Pont Jordi-Bonet - 02.jpg
File:Pont Jordi-Bonet - 03.jpg
File:Pont Jordi-Bonet - 04.jpg
File:Pont Jordi-Bonet - 05.jpg
File:Pont Jordi-Bonet enjambant la rivière Richelieu-Vu de la rive à Mont-Saint-Hilaire-2022-05-15.jpg
File:Beloeil-Marina du Vieux-Beloeil-Rive ouest de la rivière Richelieu-2022-05-15.jpg
See also
* List of bridges in Canada
*Jordi Bonet
Jordi Bonet i Godó, known professionally as Jordi Bonet (7 May 1932 – 25 December 1979), was a Spanish-born Canadian painter, ceramist, muralist, and sculptor who worked principally in Quebec.
Life and work
Born in Barcelona, Spain of Cata ...
* Richelieu River
*Mont-Saint-Hilaire
Mont-Saint-Hilaire () is an off-island suburb of Montreal in southeastern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Regional County Municipality of La Vallée-du-Richelieu. The populati ...
* Beloeil
References
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Bridges in Montérégie
Bridges completed in 2000
Bridges over the Richelieu River
Buildings and structures in Montérégie
Road bridges in Quebec