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Grisly accident prompts improvements to new Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue overpass

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Fixing the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue overpass
WATCH ABOVE: Orange cones lining a brand new overpass aren't usually a welcome sight, but residents in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue are breathing a sigh of relief. Global's Billy Shields explains – Apr 1, 2016

SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE – Orange cones aren’t usually a welcome sight, but when Deborah Young saw them lining the new Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue overpass on Thursday, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Young was involved in a violent head-on collision in December that totaled her car and sent her to hospital with a concussion.

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The overpass crosses Highway 40 and leads to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s central area, feeding des Anciens-Combattants Boulevard.

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The town completed the overpass last fall – something many residents said was a long time coming.

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Young argued the signs don’t properly indicated where drivers are supposed to go to get off Highway 40.

She said a friend nearly had a wreck of his own and her husband had a near-miss in the exact same place.

In addition to the cones, the town installed a temporary cement barrier to make the overpass safer.

A permanent median will be built by the summer.

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