After two relatively less busy weekends due to St. John’s Day and Canada Day, traffic obstructions will be back by the ton this weekend in Greater Montreal, both on the island and on the northern crown or the South Shore. Overview.
It will first be necessary to plan night closures of the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel in both directions throughout the weekend. From Friday 11 p.m. to Saturday 8 a.m., first, Highway 25 will be completely closed towards the South Shore between exit 4 towards the Jacques-Cartier bridge and the entrance from Île Charron.
Then, the highway will be closed again between Saturday 11 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. towards the South Shore, but this time between exit 5 towards Sherbrooke Street and the same entrance from Île Charron.
In the direction of Montreal, highway 25 will be completely blocked from Friday 11 p.m. to Saturday 8 a.m., then from Saturday 11 p.m. to Sunday 9 a.m., all between exit 90 of highway 20 and the entrance coming from the street Notre Dame East.
On the island, Souligny Avenue will be completely closed at night for the entire weekend heading east, between Dickson and Honoré-Beaugrand streets.
To the north, the Metropolitan Autoroute is not to be outdone, while heading west, exit 75 towards Saint-Michel Boulevard will be inaccessible for nearly 48 hours, between 7 a.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Monday. Boulevard Crémazie will also be blocked, with two lanes out of three cut westbound, between boulevard Saint-Michel and rue D’Iberville, Saturday and Sunday all day.
The sensitive ramp at the Saint-Pierre interchange leading from the Honoré-Mercier bridge to Highway 20 westbound, towards the airport, will be closed again during the weekend.
It is in this sector where we had observed a monster congestion a few weeks ago. The closure will once again apply between Friday 11:59 p.m. and Monday 5 a.m. Between Saturday morning and Sunday evening, two lanes out of three will also be closed on Route 138 East, between rue Clément and the interchange.
Zoom on crowns
On the northern crown, the service road of Highway 13 northbound will be inaccessible between the Sainte-Rose Boulevard exit and the next, from Friday 11 p.m. to Monday 6 a.m. Two out of three lanes of the freeway itself will need to be closed at different times throughout the weekend.
To the south, in the La Prairie sector, two of the three southbound lanes of Autoroute 15 will be cut between exit 50 on boulevard Matte and the entrance on boulevard Taschereau. In particular, there will be congestion on Saturday, between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., then from Sunday 6 a.m. to Monday 5 a.m.
Note: everything also indicates that the Jacques-Cartier Bridge will be closed in both directions, next Thursday between 8 p.m. and midnight, for the Internationale des Feux Loto-Québec, unless there is a second cancellation. La Ronde confirmed last week the cancellation of its first pyromusical show due to poor air quality.
Quebec recommends that motorists plan their trips and regularly check the traffic situation on its Quebec 511 platform, available online.