List of bridges to the Island of Montreal

This is a list of bridges in Montreal.

Crossings

Key: Communities linked by individual bridges
(M): Montreal-side municipality and borough   (I): Island(s) crossed, if any   (O): Opposite-side municipality and borough

Spanning the Saint Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Seaway

The construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in the 1950s required large changes for all bridges that existed at the time. Those are not reflected in the table below.

Span	Picture	First span built	Current span built	Communities linked	Carries	Name origin	Coordinates
Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge		1886	1910	(M) Borough of LaSalle	Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM) Delson-Candiac (commuter train)	Saint Lawrence River	45°25′8″N 73°39′34″W
				(O) Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve
Honoré Mercier Bridge		—	1934, 1963	(M) Borough of LaSalle	Route 138	Honoré Mercier (1840–1894), Premier of Quebec	45°25′0″N 73°39′18″W
				(O) Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve
Champlain Bridge Ice Structure		—	1964	(M) Borough of Verdun	Route Verte 1 and 2	Samuel de Champlain (c. 1580–1635), founder of Quebec City	45°27′57″N 73°31′11″W
				(O) St. Lawrence Seaway levee
Champlain Bridge		1962	2019	(M) Borough of Verdun	Autoroutes 10, 15, and 20		45°28′7″N 73°31′15″W
				(I) Île des Sœurs (exit)
				(O) Brossard
Victoria Bridge		1860	1898	(M) Borough of Le Sud-Ouest	Route 112 Canadian National Railway (CN) RTM Mont-Saint-Hilaire commuter train Via Rail and Amtrak passenger trains	Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819–1901)	45°29′29″N 73°31′46″W
				(O) Saint-Lambert
Pont de la Concorde and Pont des Îles		—	1965	(M) Borough of Ville-Marie	Pierre-Dupuy Avenue and Route Verte 1 and 2	Reference to Montreal's motto, Concordia salus	45°30′22″N 73°32′17″W (Pont de la Concorde) 45°30′28″N 73°31′49″W (Pont des Îles)
				(O) Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame (Parc Jean-Drapeau), borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal
Montreal Metro Tunnel		—	1966	(M) Borough of Ville-Marie (Berri-UQAM station)	Line 4 Yellow	—	45°30′N 73°32′W
				(I) Île Sainte-Hélène (Jean-Drapeau station) and Île Notre-Dame
				(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil (Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke station)
Jacques Cartier Bridge		—	1930	(M) Borough of Ville-Marie	Route 134 Pedestrians and bicycles	Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), French explorer	45°31′17″N 73°32′28″W
				(I) Île Sainte-Hélène (exit) and Île Notre-Dame
				(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel		—	1967	(M) Borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Autoroute 25/Trans-Canada Highway	Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine (1807–1864), Prime Minister of the United Province of Canada	45°35′0″N 73°29′51″W
				(I) Île Charron (Îles de Boucherville) (exit)
				(O) Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil

Spanning the Rivière des Prairies

Span	Picture	First span built	Current span built	Communities linked	Carries	Name origin	Coordinates
Le Gardeur Bridge		—	1939 (widened 1975)	(M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Route 138 and Route Verte 5	Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny (1605–1648), French lord	45°42′13″N 73°29′1″W
				(I) Île Bourdon
				(O) Repentigny
Laurier Railway Bridge		—	1904	(M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	CN Via Rail	Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), Prime Minister of Canada	45°42′10″N 73°29′8″W
				(I) Île Bourdon
				(O) Charlemagne
Charles de Gaulle Bridge		—	1965	(M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Autoroute 40	Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), President of France	45°42′7″N 73°30′32″W
				(O) Charlemagne
Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge		—	2011	(M) Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles	Autoroute 25	Olivier Charbonneau (c.1613-1687), first European settler of Île Jésus.	45°38′16″N 73°37′14″W
				(O) Laval (Saint-François)
Pie IX Bridge		1937	1967	(M) Borough of Montreal North	Route 125	Pope Pius IX (1792–1878)	45°35′57″N 73°38′49″W
				(O) Laval (Saint-Vincent-de-Paul)
Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies		—	1930	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Hydro-Québec	Rivière des Prairies	45°35′17″N 73°39′21″W
				(I) Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre
				(O) Laval (Duvernay)
Papineau-Leblanc Bridge		—	1969	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Autoroute 19	Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786–1871), leader of the Patriote movement Alpha Leblanc (1908–1962), local landowner	45°34′34″N 73°40′1″W
				(I) Île de la Visitation
				(O) Laval (Duvernay)
Viau Bridge (Ahuntsic Bridge)		1847	1962 (widened 1993)	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Route 335	Ahuntsic, Huron boy who drowned in 1625 The origin of the name Viau is uncertain.	45°33′26″N 73°40′32″W
				(O) Laval (Pont-Viau)
Montreal Metro Tunnel		—	2007	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Henri-Bourassa station)	Line 2 Orange	—	45°33′N 73°40′W
				(O) Laval (Cartier station)
Bordeaux Railway Bridge		—	1876	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville	CPR RTM Saint-Jerome commuter train Quebec Gatineau Railway Route Verte 1 and 2	Bordeaux, former town	45°32′53″N 73°41′58″W
				(I) Île Perry
				(O) Laval (Laval-des-Rapides)
Médéric Martin Bridge		—	1958 (widened 1991)	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Autoroute 15/Trans-Canada Highway	Médéric Martin (1869–1946), Mayor of Montreal	45°32′25″N 73°42′45″W
				(O) Laval (Laval-des-Rapides)
Lachapelle Bridge (Cartierville Bridge)		1848	1930, 1975 The latter bridge collapsed in the 1880s and was never rebuilt. The latter bridge collapsed in the 1880s and was never rebuilt.	(M) Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville	Route 117	Pascal Persillier-Lachapelle, builder of the first bridge	45°31′59″N 73°43′43″W
				(O) Laval (Chomedey)
Louis Bisson Bridge		—	1975	(M) Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro	Autoroute 13	Louis Bisson (1909–1997), Canadian aviator	45°30′42″N 73°45′54″W
				(O) Laval (Chomedey / Sainte-Dorothée)
Île Bigras railway crossing		—	1916	(M) Borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro	CN Owned by the RTM and mainly used by the Deux-Montagnes commuter train	(no official name)	45°30′59″N 73°50′52″W
				(I) (Île Bigras) Île-Bigras commuter train station
				(O) Laval (Sainte-Dorothée)
Jacques Bizard Bridge		1893	1966	(M) Sainte-Geneviève, Montreal, borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève	Boulevard Jacques Bizard	Jacques Bizard (1642–1692), local seigneur	45°29′15″N 73°52′5″W
				(O) Île Bizard (Montreal, borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève)

Spanning the Lake of Two Mountains and the Ottawa River East Channel

All three spans across the Ottawa River East Channel are twinned by another span, built simultaneously, across the West Channel.

Span	Picture	First span built	Current span built	Communities linked	Carries	Name origin	Coordinates
Île aux Tourtes Bridge		—	1966	(M) Senneville	Autoroute 40/Trans-Canada Highway	Île aux Tourtes (literally, Wild Pigeon island)	45°25′13″N 73°59′7″W (Across Lake of Two Mountains)
				(I) Île Girwood, Île aux Tourtes
				(O) Vaudreuil-Dorion
Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge		—	1893	(M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	CPR (RTM Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train)	(no official names)	45°24′12″N 73°57′24″W (Across Canal Sainte-Anne)
				(I) Île Bellevue
				(O) Île Perrot
Canadian National Rail Bridge		—	1854	(M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	CN Via Rail Canada passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto		45°24′12″N 73°57′24″W (Across Canal Sainte-Anne)
				(I) Île Bellevue
				(O) Île Perrot
Galipeault Bridge		1925	1991, 2009	(M) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	Autoroute 20 and Route Verte 5	Antonin Galipeault (1879–1971), Quebec politician	45°24′10″N 73°57′21″W (Across Canal Sainte-Anne)
				(I) Île Bellevue
				(O) Île Perrot

Related pages

• List of bridges in Canada

Notes

^A The section of Honoré-Mercier bridge spanning over the St. Lawrence Seaway was rebuilt to seaway standards in the 1950s. The bridge was twinned by an identical one, on the downriver side, which opened in 1963.

^B The Champlain Bridge Ice Structure, known in French as "l'Estacade Champlain," was built to control ice floes coming from the Laprairie Basin.

^C At the north end of Champlain Bridge, two spans, one north-south (aut. 15 and 20) and one east-west (aut. 10) connect Île des Sœurs to I. of Montreal. These two spans, called Pont Île-des-Sœurs and Pont Clément, are part of the Champlain Bridge complex.

^D Victoria Bridge was built as a one-track tubular bridge which opened in 1860. It was the first bridge to cross the St. Lawrence River, and the longest bridge in the world. It was rebuilt as a two-track truss bridge in 1898. The South Y approach was rebuilt around the Saint Lambert locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1961.

^E Pont de la Concorde (Concorde Bridge) and Pont des Îles ("Bridge of the Islands") were built for Expo 67. Pont de la Concorde connects Montreal Island to Saint Helen's Island, while Pont des Îles connects Saint Helen's Island to Notre-Dame Island.

^F Jacques-Cartier Bridge was originally named Harbour Bridge/Pont du Havre, and renamed after Jacques Cartier in 1934 (400th anniversary of Cartier's first voyage). The section over the St. Lawrence Seaway was lifted to a new height in 1962.

^G The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine complex consists of a tunnel from Montreal to Île Charron and a bridge from Île Charron to the South Shore.

^H Construction of the Highway 25 Bridge started in early 2008 and was finished in May 2011. It is a toll bridge.

^I The Rivière des Prairies hydro complex is a set of three dams: one from Montreal I. to Île de la Visitation (west of the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge), which includes a footpath; another between Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre; and the longest span between Île du Cheval-de-Terre and Île Jésus. Île de la Visitation is joined to Montreal by another two small bridges: a road bridge, which also serves as a dam (historically, a water mill) and a footbridge.

^J The railway crossing at Île Bigras consists of two spans, one north and one south of Île Bigras.

^K A structure known as "Île Bray Bridge" was abandoned while still under construction in favor of Île aux Tourtes Bridge.

^L Galipeault Bridge was first built in 1925 and doubled in 1964. Both spans have been replaced since. Taschereau Bridge, which was part of the same project, spans the West Channel along the same highway.