Jacques Cartier Bridge

The Jacques Cartier Bridge is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec to the south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Locally it is also known as the Pont de la rive-Sud (South Shore Bridge) and the Pont du Havre (Harbour Bridge). It is located next to the Pont de l'Estacade.

Specifications

Construction was undertaken in 1925 and completed in 1930 It was opened to traffice on May 14th. It was designed originally designed as a road, tramway and pedestrian bridge. The tramway tracks were removed in 1959. It is now a five-lane highway bridge of 3,400 m (11,236 ft) in length including the approach viaducts. There are approximately 43 million vehicle crossings annually.

Length of bridge structure: 2,687.42 m
Length of main bridge: 590.35 m
- Length of centre span: 334.35 m
- Span lengths of support structures 128.00 m each

This bridge follows the general design concept of the Quebec Bridge.