List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Rivière des Prairies from the Saint Lawrence River upstream to the Ottawa River (Lac des Deux Montagnes).

Crossing	Year	Carries	Location	Coordinates and comments
Le Gardeur Bridge		Route 138	connects Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles) with Repentigny (North Shore) via Île Bourdon	45°42′13″N 73°29′1″W / 45.70361°N 73.48361°W
Laurier Railway Bridge[1]		Canadian National Railway Via Rail	connects Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles) with Repentigny/Charlemagne (North Shore) via Île Bourdon	45°42′10″N 73°29′8″W / 45.70278°N 73.48556°W
Charles de Gaulle Bridge		Autoroute 40	connects Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles) with Terrebonne (Lachenaie district) (North Shore)	45°42′7″N 73°30′32″W / 45.70194°N 73.50889°W
Olivier Charbonneau Bridge[2][3][4](French)		Autoroute 25	connects Montreal (Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles) with Laval (Saint-François) (Île Jésus)	45°38′16″N 73°37′14″W / 45.63778°N 73.62056°W *2011 ^[A]
Pie IX Bridge		Route 125	connects Montreal (Montreal North) with Laval (Duvernay/Saint-Vincent-de-Paul) (Île Jésus)	45°35′57″N 73°38′49″W / 45.59917°N 73.64694°W
Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies (3 dams)[5][6]		Hydro-Québec	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Duvernay) via Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre, dam from Montreal to Île de la Visitation is upstream from (west of) the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge.	45°35′17″N 73°39′21″W / 45.58806°N 73.65583°W
Papineau-Leblanc Bridge		Autoroute 19	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Duvernay)	45°34′34″N 73°40′1″W / 45.57611°N 73.66694°W
Viau Bridge		Route 335	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Pont-Viau)	45°33′26″N 73°40′32″W / 45.55722°N 73.67556°W
Montreal Metro Tunnel		Montreal Metro Line 2 Orange	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Pont-Viau)
Unnamed bridge			connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Île Perry,[7] Partial crossing
Bordeaux Railway Bridge		Canadian Pacific Railway Quebec Gatineau Railway AMT Blainville-Saint-Jerome	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Laval-des-Rapides) (via Île Perry). Includes a bicycle bridge[8]Route Verte 1 & 2[9]	45°32′53″N 73°41′58″W / 45.54806°N 73.69944°W
Médéric Martin Bridge		Autoroute 15	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville) with Laval (Laval-des-Rapides)	45°32′25″N 73°42′45″W / 45.54028°N 73.71250°W
Lachapelle Bridge		Route 117	connects Montreal (Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Saint-Laurent) with Laval (Chomedey)	45°31′58″N 73°43′41″W / 45.53278°N 73.72806°W
Unnamed bridge		Promenade des Îles	connects Laval (Chomedey) with Île du Tremblay (Chomedey) only	Partial crossing
Unnamed bridge		Promenade des Îles	connects Île du Tremblay (Chomedey) with Île Paton (Chomedey) only	Partial crossing
Unnamed bridge		Promenade des Îles	connects Laval (Chomedey) with Île Paton (Chomedey) only	Partial crossing
Louis Bisson Bridge		Autoroute 13	connects Montreal (Pierrefonds-Roxboro/Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Saint-Laurent) with Laval (Chomedey and Sainte-Dorothée)	45°30′42″N 73°45′54″W / 45.51167°N 73.76500°W
Road bridge (name, if any, to come)			connects Îles Laval with Sainte-Dorothée within Laval only	Partial crossing
Railway bridges, R des P	1916	Canadian National Railway AMT Deux-Montagnes	connects Montreal (Pierrefonds-Roxboro) with Îles Laval (Île Bigras station) Now owned by the AMT	45°30′59″N 73°50′52″W / 45.51639°N 73.84778°W
			connects Îles Laval with Sainte-Dorothée on Île Jésus (Laval Island).	45°31′18″N 73°51′19″W / 45.52167°N 73.85528°W
Jacques Bizard Bridge		Boulevard Jacques Bizard	connects Sainte-Geneviève with Île Bizard	45°29′15″N 73°52′5″W / 45.48750°N 73.86806°W Partial crossing
Laval-sur-le-Lac Île-Bizard Ferry[10][11][12]			a reaction ferry connecting Montreal (Île Bizard) with Laval (Laval-sur-le-Lac)	Seasonal Partial crossing

See also

• List of bridges in Quebec
• List of bridges to the Island of Montreal
• List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
• List of crossings of the Saint Lawrence River
• List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles
• List of hydroelectric stations
• List of crossings of the Ottawa River

Notes

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

References

1. Charlemagne et son histoire. Comité des fêtes du soixante-quinzième anniversairee de Charlemagne. 1986. pp. 134–135. ISBN 2-9800711-1-0.
2. A25, the name of the private consortium that built the bridge and operates the toll system. Opens in (French), click on English
3. Renamed
4. Renamed.1
5. Hydro-Québec
6. Hydro-Québec
7. Île Perry
8. Bicycle path
9. Route Verte
10. "Montreal Area Cycling Trails: Île Bizard Trail". montrealplus.ca. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
11. "Laval-sur-le-Lac/Île-Bizard crossing". Tourisme Québec. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
12. Vélo Québec

External links

• Interactive map of Laval from the official website Shows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities (purple) and the borders only of the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick off both boxes beside "Limite administrative".