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Montreal Gazette
29-05-2025
- Montreal Gazette
Weekend traffic: Watch out for Tour de l'Île closures
Traffic disruptions to look out for this weekend: Tour de l'Île The annual cycling events will close streets in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, St-Léonard and Montreal North on Friday night for the Tour la Nuit, starting at 7:30 p.m., and streets around the eastern part of Montreal Island during the day on Sunday. Rosemont Blvd. west of Viau St. will be closed all Friday evening and all morning Sunday for the start of the tours, which end at Maisonneuve Park. Access to part of the island in Pointe-aux-Trembles south of René-Lévesque St., de Montigny St. and Sherbrooke St. will be possible only via the Legardeur Bridge/Notre-Dame St. during the day on Sunday. Highways 40 and 25 will remain unobstructed. Ville-Marie Tunnel Route 136 will be completely closed westbound again between Robert-Bourassa Blvd. and Fort St., from 11:59 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Detours are via Highway 10 or René-Lévesque Blvd. La Fontaine Tunnel The tunnel will be completely closed in both directions from 10 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Toward Montreal, the closure is from Highway 20 to Sherbrooke St. Toward Boucherville, the closure is from Sherbrooke St. to Île Charron. Souligny Ave. eastbound over the highway will also be closed during this time. Route 132/Highway 20 The highway will be completely closed eastbound between Roland-Therrien Blvd. and Highway 20 from 9 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday. Detour is via Marie-Victorin Blvd. Highway 15 In Mirabel, Exit 31 (Mirabel/St-Monique/St-Janvier) northbound will be closed as part of work to prepare a new reserved lane on the highway, from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Charles St. will also be closed under the highway. Continuing disruptions REM: 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 from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. every day. 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, and the exit for Nuns' Island is closed until the end of May. 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. Ontario, Adam and Ste-Catherine Sts. remain open through Pie-IX, 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. from until Sept. 4. Duluth Ave. E. between St-Laurent Blvd. and St-Hubert St. from June 16 to Oct. 16. Wellington St. between 6th Ave. and Regina St. from June 2 to 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 June 14 to Sept. 15. Ontario St. E. between Pie-IX Blvd. and Darling St. from June 16 to Sept. 12. Bernard Ave. W. between Wiseman and Bloomfield Sts. from May 24 to Sept. 21. De Castelnau St. E. between St-Denis St. and de Gaspé Ave. from May 12 to Nov. 7.
Montreal Gazette
01-05-2025
- Montreal Gazette
Weekend traffic May 2-5, 2025: La Fontaine Tunnel closed again
La Fontaine Tunnel The tunnel will be completely closed toward Montreal from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, as Montreal-bound lanes are reconfigured to use the new renovated tunnel as of Monday. The Boucherville-bound lanes were moved into that tunnel last weekend. The tunnel toward the South Shore will be closed overnights — 11 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, and 11 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday. Souligny Ave. eastbound over the highway will also be closed during these times. The new tunnel has a permanent vehicle height limit of 4.3 metres, down from 4.4 metres. Île Charron will be accessible from the highway in both directions as of Monday, but travelling toward Montreal from the island will require a detour via the South Shore. Mercier Bridge The ramps to and from the bridge in Kahnawake will be closed overnight on the following schedule: Route 138 east toward the bridge: 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday. The bridge toward Route 138 west: 10 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday. Ramps to and from the La Prairie (Route 132) side: 10 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Detours will involve going to the other side of the bridge and making a U-turn. Montreal streets René-Lévesque Blvd.: Closure of three of four lanes between St-Alexandre St. and Place Phillips, from 7 a.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Sunday. Bridge St.: One lane closed northbound from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and southbound from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Highway 30 The Madeleine-Parent Bridge across the Beauharnois Canal will be partly closed between 8 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday. At least one lane will be open in each direction at all times. Continuing disruptions REM: 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 from 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. every day. 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, and the exit for Nuns' Island is closed until the end of May. 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. Ontario, Adam and Ste-Catherine Sts. remain open through Pie-IX, 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.
