Weekend traffic: Full transit service for Grand Prix weekend
STM buses, the métro and the REM will all run on full schedules, from 5:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. Final departures of the REM toward Brossard Friday and Sunday night will be at 1:10 a.m. (Saturday and Monday morning, respectively), and 1:40 a.m. for the night of Saturday into Sunday.
The Grand Prix is served by the Jean-Drapeau métro station on the Yellow Line. Signs at various métro stations will guide users to how to get there.
A special weekend transit fare is available through the Chrono app and Opus vending machines, allowing unlimited trips throughout the ARTM's territory (Zones A-D) between 5 a.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday for $19.75.
There is also a special river shuttle between the Old Port and Île Ste-Hélène, from 8:15 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday, for $6 or free with a weekly or monthly All Modes Opus pass.
No new highway disruptions are planned this weekend.
Victoria Bridge
To facilitate traffic for the Grand Prix, the Victoria Bridge will not adopt a rush-hour configuration on Friday, and will remain one lane in each direction between 7:15 p.m. Thursday and 5 a.m. Monday.
Bus route changes
The STM is changing two of its night bus routes as of Monday:
No. 358 Sainte-Catherine will be renamed 358 René-Lévesque and will travel along René-Lévesque Blvd. from Atwater Ave. to Papineau Ave.
No. 368 Avenue-du-Mont-Royal will stop serving the Outremont métro station, simplifying its route to just Laurier Ave. and Côte-Ste-Catherine Rd.
Continuing disruptions
REM: Except for this weekend, the Réseau express métropolitain remains closed on weekends and ends service at 8:20 p.m. weekdays until summer. Replacement shuttle buses will run between the stations when the REM is not operating, except from 1:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.
Highway 10: A westbound lane on the Bonaventure Expressway is closed between the Victoria Bridge and Wellington St. until December. On the Clément Bridge connecting Montreal with Nuns' Island, traffic runs contraflow with one lane in each direction until December.
Highway 20/Route 132: In St-Lambert, repaving work on a section of the eastbound highway between the Champlain Bridge and Notre-Dame Ave. requires it to close from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. until the end of July.
Highway 40: The Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Montreal Island is down to two lanes in each direction.
Ste-Catherine St.: The street is closed to traffic between Stanley St. and McGill College Ave. for work on major renovations through summer.
Jean-Talon St.: Work on building the Blue Line métro extension will force parts of Jean-Talon St. to be closed. Affected buses (in particular 141 and 372) are detoured onto Bélanger and Everett Sts. to avoid those areas.
St-Jacques St.: Work on underground infrastructure has closed the street between St-Philippe St. and De Courcelle St. until the end of May.
Pie-IX Blvd.: Work to extend the SRB Pie-IX south means only one lane is open in each direction between Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave. and Notre-Dame St. Ste-Catherine St. remains open through Pie-IX (and Hochelaga St. as well as on Monday), but other cross streets are closed west of Pie-IX.
St-Urbain St.: The overpass over the Ville-Marie Expressway is closed for a long renovation until the end of 2026. Pedestrian access is maintained.
Pedestrianized streets this summer
Mont-Royal Ave. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Denis St. until Oct. 16 and between St-Denis St. and De Lorimier Ave. until Sept. 4.
Duluth Ave. E. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Hubert St. from Monday to Oct. 16.
Wellington St. between 6th Ave. and Regina St. until Sept. 19.
Ste-Catherine St. E. between St-Hubert St. and Papineau Ave. and a short stretch of St-Christophe St. between Ste-Catherine St. E. and 1278 St-Christophe St., until Oct. 14.
St-Denis St. between Sherbrooke and Ste-Catherine Sts., and Émery St. between Sanguinet and St-Denis Sts., from Saturday to Sept. 15.
Ontario St. E. between Pie-IX Blvd. and Darling St. from Monday to Sept. 12.
Bernard Ave. W. between Wiseman and Bloomfield Sts. until Sept. 21.
De Castelnau St. E. between St-Denis St. and de Gaspé Ave. until Nov. 7.
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