Some major road closures in Montreal area this weekend

Traffic on a street in Montreal, Thursday, November 14, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)

Drivers should plan their trips ahead this weekend as there will be major road closures, namely on major bridges. People can use the Waze app or consult Quebec 511 for more information.

Honoré-Mercier Bridge/Highway 138

From 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday:

• Traffic will flow in the opposite direction on the bridge toward Montreal with only one lane in each direction.
• Access to Airlie Street and the reserved late toward 138-West will be closed.
• A detour can be taken via Lafleur Avenue and Clément Street.

Papineau-Leblanc Bridge/Highway 19

• From 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday, the bridge will be completely closed southbound between Laval and Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
• From 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Sunday, the bridge will be completely closed northbound between Laval and Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
• Northbound detour on Henri-Bourassa Boulevard via the Pie-IX (R-125) or Viau (R-335) bridges and Concorde Boulevard. For trucks, continue to A-440.
• Southbound detour on the A-440 service road eastbound, via the Pie-IX Bridge (R-125) or westbound, via the Médéric-Martin Bridge (A-15).
• Default closures: starting at 9:30 p.m, access ramps from the A-440 east and west to the A-19 south and access from Saint-Martin, Concorde and Lévesque boulevards to the A-19 south.

Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge/Highway 40

• From Saturday 7 p.m. to Sunday 10 a.m., the bridge will be closed between Senneville (Montreal) and Vaudreuil-Dorion
• Partial closure of one lane out of two.

Highway 25/Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel Southbound

• From 11 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, complete closure of the tunnel between Exit 4 downtown Montreal and the Île Charron access in Longueuil.
• Detour via Hochelaga, Dickson South and Notre-Dame streets, René-Lévesque Boulevard and Papineau Avenue / Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Trucks can go via Assomption Boulevard, Sherbrooke Street and Pie-IX South Boulevard.
• Default closures: access from Sherbrooke, Tellier and Des Futailles streets.
• Souligny Avenue: closure of the avenue eastbound between Dickson and Honoré-Beaugrand streets. Detour via Dickson North and Hochelaga East or West streets.

Highway 25/Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel Northbound

• From 11 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, complete closure of the tunnel between exit 90 (R-132) on the A-20 west in Longueuil and the Hochelaga Street access in Montreal.
• Detour via R-132 west, exit 82 / Jacques Cartier Bridge, downtown exit towards De Lorimier Avenue south and Notre-Dame Street. Trucks can go via Pie-IX Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street.
• Default closures of R-132 east and west access ramps. Access from Île-Charron Street.
• Detour: via A-25 south and R-132 west.

Laviolette Bridge/Highway 55

• From 8 p.m. Friday to 11 a.m. Sunday, only one lane in each direction will be available between Trois-Rivières and Bécancour.
• Default closure in Trois-Rivières, access from Arthur-Rousseau Boulevard to A-55 south
• Default closure in Bécancour, on A-55 south, exit 176 (A-30, R-132, Sainte-Angèle, Bécancour) and access to A-30 east and west / Avenue Godefroy towards A-55 north.

Bonaventure Highway

• One lane is closed in each direction on the Peel Basin/Victoria until December
• Traffic will be diverted in the opposite direction – one lane in each direction – until December on the Clément Bridge.

Réseau express métropolitain (REM)

• The REM is closed on weekends due to works.
• Shuttles are available at every station.

René-Lévesque Boulevard

• Partial closure of two out of four lanes on René-Lévesque Boulevard westbound, between Wolfe and Atateken streets, from 7 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday.

Highway 30/Serge-Marcil Bridge Westbound

• Partial closure of one lane out of two on the bridge between alaberry-de-Valleyfield and Les Cèdres Saturday and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mont-Tremblant IRONMAN

• The IRONMAN 70.3 competition is taking place this Sunday in Mont-Tremblant. Partial and complete closures are expected between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., including a contraflow on the R-117 between km 117 in Mont-Tremblant and km 143 in Labelle.