The Île aux Tourtes Bridge is a bridge on the western tip of the

Island of Montreal The Island of Montreal (french: Île de Montréal) is a large island in southwestern Quebec, Canada, that is the site of a number of municipalities including most of the city of Montreal and is the most populous island in Canada. It is the main ...

, spanning

Lake of Two Mountains Lake of Two Mountains (French: ''Lac des Deux Montagnes'') is part of the river delta widening of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada, at its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. Lake of Two Mountains has four outflows: Rivière des Mille Îl ...

between Senneville, and

Vaudreuil-Dorion Vaudreuil-Dorion () is a suburb of Greater Montreal, in the Montérégie region of southwestern Quebec, Canada. The result of the merger of two towns, Vaudreuil and Dorion, it is located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. ...

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, Canada. It carries 6 lanes of Autoroute 40 and is the main transportation link between

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

and the province of

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. At 2 km in length, it is the longest

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually someth ...

in Quebec to cross a body of water other than the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

. It is also commonly known by Montreal's English community as the Lake of Two Mountains bridge. On May 20, 2021, the government of Quebec announced an indefinite emergency closure of the bridge, after indications that some of the steel reinforcing rods in the bridge support were damaged during routine maintenance work in April."'Mistakes can happen': Human error to blame for Île-aux-Tourtes bridge closure"

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Montreal, May 21, 2021. In the interim, the government made travel on the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line free, and removed tolls from the Quebec Autoroute 30 toll bridge, as alternatives until the Île aux Tourtes Bridge could be safely reopened. The bridge itself was reopened 2 weeks later on June 2, 2021, sooner than the government had anticipated.

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Bridges in Montreal Bridges over the Ottawa River Bridges in Montérégie Road bridges in Quebec Bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway Vaudreuil-Dorion Senneville, Quebec {{Quebec-bridge-struct-stub

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