{"id":617912,"date":"2026-04-21T03:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:02:14","slug":"montreal-closes-ile-mercier-bridge-to-vehicles-due-to-spring-flooding-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617912\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal closes \u00cele Mercier bridge to vehicles due to spring flooding &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The City of Montreal said it closed the \u00cele Mercier bridge to vehicle traffic as of 7 p.m. Monday due to spring flooding risks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officials say the bridge, located in the L\u2019\u00cele-Bizard\u2013Sainte-Genevi\u00e8ve borough, will remain open to pedestrians but will be closed to vehicles until further notice due to high water levels on the Rivi\u00e8re des Prairies.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are being asked to avoid the area and follow sign instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also said that Chemin de l\u2019Anse-\u00e0-l\u2019Orme, between Chemin de Senneville and Timberlea Trail, has been closed since 5 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The city says its spring flooding response plan remains activated with teams mobilized to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say resources are in place and mitigation and protection measures have been deployed to manage the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Emergency response teams remain active on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>People living in flood-prone areas are being urged to <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">consult Montreal.ca<\/a> or their local borough or municipality websites for specific information, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ca\/sabonner-aux-avis-et-alertes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">subscribe to the city\u2019s alert system<\/a> to receive updates by email or text message.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say sandbag distribution is managed locally by boroughs and related municipalities, and residents should contact their local administration to obtain supplies. More information is also available by calling 311.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s emergency coordination centre has <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/794026601d0f454980a391c5d4d7821d?draft=true&amp;org=CSC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">published an online map showing road conditions<\/a> to help residents get around, and is advising the public to avoid areas affected by closures for safety reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Montreal reaches highest flood alert level'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flooding_web_2_thumbnail_1280x720_.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:03<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMontreal reaches highest flood alert level\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Montreal said it closed the \u00cele Mercier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,295,232100,2338],"class_list":{"0":"post-617912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-ile-mercier-bridge-closed","12":"tag-montreal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}