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Here’s how road closures will affect getting around Montreal this weekend

Weekend road closures will impact traffic circulation on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Lee Brown/The Canadian Press

With the weekend just around the corner, here is a look at road closures in the Greater Montreal area.

Construction on the Turcot Interchange continues and will impact motorists heading downtown via the southbound Décarie Expressway.

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The entrance to eastbound Highway 720 will be closed from the southbound Décarie Expressway from midnight on Friday until five a.m. Monday.

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The Jacques-Cartier bridge will see periodic closures.

From midnight to 4 a.m. the bridge will be closed in both directions, however, as of 10 p.m. Friday until midnight, only one of two lanes will be open.

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The Jacques-Cartier bridge will also be reduced to one lane between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Saturday, 11 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday, and again from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

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The Île-aux-Tourtes bridge will have one of three lanes closed Sunday through Thursday between 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. the following day.

For a list of closures consult Quebec 511.

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