Nathalie Lessard

• Significant portion of iconic Champlain bridge taken down

  Using six hydraulic string jacks and over 300 steel wires it took a crew of 50 people more than 14 hours to lower the 22 hundred tons steel frame.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2022
  
• Champlain Bridge deconstruction set to be finished by January 2024

  The original Champlain Bridge, the historic water crossing connecting Nuns' Island to the South Shore, is scheduled to be dismantled by January 2024.

  Traffic

  Oct 13, 2020
  
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• Jacques Cartier Bridge to pilot bike path project during 2019-2020 winter season

  A budget of $250,000 will go toward snow removal and removing ice from the lanes, and the total cost of the project has a budget of $700,000.

  Nov 8, 2019
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• Quebecers get once in a lifetime opportunity to set foot on the Champlain Bridge

  The 57-year-old bridge was decommissioned when the Samuel de Champlain Bridge opened to traffic on July 1, 2019.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2019
• Cyclists angry over wintertime closure of Jacques Cartier Bridge path

  Bridge authorities expect to close the path for winter sometime in December this year or as soon as the weather dictates.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2018
• Bonaventure Expressway reopens after construction blunder

  Work crews raced to correct a construction blunder that shut down the Bonaventure expressway Monday.

  Traffic

  Jun 18, 2018