Galipeault Bridge
Bridge in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Galipeault Bridge
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Coordinates | 45°24′10″N 73°57′21″W / 45.40278°N 73.95583°W / 45.40278; -73.95583 |
Carries | Quebec Autoroute 20 |
Crosses | Ottawa River (East channel) |
Locale | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec |
Official name | Pont Galipeault |
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Opened | 1925 |
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Daily traffic | 54,000 [1] daily |
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45°24′10″N 73°57′21″W / 45.40278°N 73.95583°W / 45.40278; -73.95583
The Galipeault Bridge is a bridge on the western tip of the Island of Montreal , spanning the Ottawa River between Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and L'Île-Perrot , Quebec , Canada. It carries four lanes of Autoroute 20 , and was named after Antonin Galipeault , who was minister of public works under Louis-Alexandre Taschereau . [2] Incidentally, Taschereau Bridge , along the same highway, was part of the same project. The first span was built in 1924, [2] a girder bridge that was replaced in 1991 by another structure of the same type, using the same foundations. It was doubled in 1964 with a cable-stayed bridge , [2] which carried the eastbound lanes of Autoroute 20 until its demolition early in 2008. [3]
The 1964 doubling of the structure was done to appease business interests in L'Île-Perrot and Dorion who were worried that the abandoning of the unfinished Île Bray Bridge in favor of the nearby Île aux Tourtes Bridge , which avoids Perrot Island completely, might hurt their activities. The original plan for a freeway out of Montreal to the west called for upgrading the highway between Galipeault and Taschereau bridges to freeway standards, the doubling of Taschereau, and the construction of a new bridge in the vicinity of Galipeault, which would have connected with Autoroute 40 on the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue side. The bridge in question, Île Bray Bridge, which was never finished, was already under construction when the transportation ministry changed its plans in favor of a long span across Lake of Two Mountains . [2]
The 1991 span carried the westbound lanes until the demolition of the eastbound structure forced its use as a two-way span. The eastbound span's construction was finished in early October and opened November 28, 2009.
Like Taschereau, Galipeault was built next to a Grand Trunk Railroad bridge that was part of the first fixed link from Montreal to the outside world.
The bridge is used by 54,000 vehicles every day, or 19.7 million a year, making it among the busiest bridges in Montreal.
References
- ↑ "Galipeault span to get $98-million facelift" . Canada.com. 2007-09-05. Archived from the original on 2010-09-15 . Retrieved 2013-04-22 .
- 1 2 3 4 Bélisle, Michel (2007). De l'Isle aux Tourtes à Vaudreuil-Dorion . Collectif pour l'histoire de Vaudreuil-Dorion. p. 263. ISBN 978-2-9810200-0-0 .
- ↑ Jason Magder. "Galipeault span to get $98-million facelift" . The Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2010-09-15 . Retrieved 2008-07-02 .
See also
Bridges of the
Ottawa River
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