The Viau Bridge (officially in french: Pont Viau; formerly called the Ahuntsic Bridge, french: Pont Ahuntsic) was built in 1930, rebuilt in 1962 and widened in 1993.
The
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 somethi ...
spans the
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...
between the
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 ...
borough of
Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the
Laval neighbourhood
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of
Pont Viau
The Viau Bridge (officially in french: Pont Viau; formerly called the Ahuntsic Bridge, french: Pont Ahuntsic) was built in 1930, rebuilt in 1962 and widened in 1993.
The bridge spans the Rivière des Prairies between the Montreal borough of Ahun ...
. It is part of
Route 335. About 36,000 drivers cross the bridge each weekday. The
Société de transport de Laval
Société de transport de Laval (STL) is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June 1971 as the ''Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval (CTL)''. STL came about in 1984.
It serves the growing subu ...
has a designated
bus lane for one of its bus routes heading south towards
Henri-Bourassa Terminus Nord and the
Henri Bourassa Station and north towards
Cartier Station. The
Orange Line (Line 2) of the
Montreal Metro that was extended in 2007 northward to Laval is backed up with the bus route of the same number. On August 8, 2007, a large hole and crack in the bus-only lane near the Laurentian Boulevard (Laval) side of the bridge brought a complete closure, but an inspection concluded that the bridge had no structural problems or damage and was reopened the same day.
Bridge to Laval reopens
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A wooden bridge was built there in 1847.
Bridge. Viau Bridge BAnQ P48S1P06312.jpg,
Feature. Ahuntsic. Viau BAnQ P48S1P16556.jpg,
See also
*List of bridges in Canada
This is a list of bridges and viaducts in Canada, including those for pedestrians and vehicular traffic.
Historical and architectural interest bridges
There are only a few covered bridges left in Canada compared to all those that were built in t ...
* List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
*List of bridges in Montreal
Like most major cities, Montreal needs easy highway access from its suburbs and surrounding areas. However, because Montreal was built on Island of Montreal, an island surrounded by three rivers, it can be entered by land only on a bridge or throu ...
*List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Rivière des Prairies from the Saint Lawrence River upstream to the Ottawa River ( Lac des Deux Montagnes).
See also
* List of bridges in Quebec
* List of bridges to the Island of Montreal
* ...
References
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Bridges in Montreal
Bridges completed in 1962
Bridges in Laval, Quebec
Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in Canada
Rivière des Prairies
Road bridges in Quebec
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