{"id":716818,"date":"2026-06-05T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/716818\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:02:08","slug":"weekend-traffic-june-5-8-ville-marie-tunnel-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/716818\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend traffic June 5-8: Ville-Marie Tunnel closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Expect major traffic disruption downtown as the Ville-Marie is closed all weekend. Here are details on that and other trouble spots to avoid:<\/p>\n<p>Route 136<\/p>\n<p>The entirety of the Ville-Marie and Viger tunnels will be closed in both directions from 11:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Eastbound traffic must exit at de la Montagne St. Detour is via Notre-Dame and St-Antoine Sts. Westbound traffic is detoured via Viger Ave. and St-Antoine St.<\/p>\n<p>Mercier Bridge<\/p>\n<p>The downstream span over the St. Lawrence River will be closed from 3 a.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Monday, with traffic sharing one lane each on the other span. Entrances and exits at Airlie St. remain open. Work will be cancelled if there is bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>Cavendish Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>Cavendish will be closed northbound at Dalton Rd., blocking access from eastbound Highway 520, for work by Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec. Detour is via McArthur and Griffith Sts. at the Hickmore St. exit.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 640<\/p>\n<p>Exit 50 westbound (Mont\u00e9e des Pionniers) will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The westbound Highway 40 exit for Highway 640 west will be closed overnights, from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday and from 9 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday. Only one lane will be open on the westbound 640 between Highway 40 and Mont\u00e9e des Pionniers during these times.<\/p>\n<p>Route 132<\/p>\n<p>The road will be closed in both directions at the Melocheville Tunnel under the Beauharnois Canal. Detour is via Highway 30.<\/p>\n<p>Laval<\/p>\n<p>Mont\u00e9e Champagne will be closed at Route 148 from 8 p.m. Friday to 7 p.m. Sunday. Detour is via the Highway 13 service road and St-Martin Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>REM<\/p>\n<p>The R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain will start service at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday for <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/rem-to-start-later-on-weekends-starting-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">planned work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tContinuing disruptions\t<\/p>\n<p>Highway 10: Eastbound Exit 3 for Carrie-Derick St. is permanently closed as part of the rebuilding of the Bonaventure.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 19 (Papineau-Leblanc Bridge): Two lanes are open on the bridge between Montreal and Laval in each direction, with partial or complete closings on some nights until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 20 (Vaudreuil-Dorion): Work to renovate the intersection of Harwood Blvd. and Bellemare St. continues until August. The work involves partial and complete closings overnight between Route 342 and Ranger Ave., and narrow 3.2-metre lanes and a 40 km\/h speed limit otherwise. Detours will be set up using Chicoine St.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 40 (\u00cele-aux-Tourtes Bridge):\u00a0The bridge is down to five lanes \u2014 two toward Montreal and two toward Vaudreuil-Dorion, with a fifth lane alternating directions (toward Montreal from midnight to 10 a.m. weekdays and toward Vaudreuil-Dorion from noon to 10 p.m. weekdays and all weekends and holidays).<\/p>\n<p>Highway 520: Work on the overpass over 43rd Ave. is closing the service road between Riddle Ave. and 46th Ave. until about June 10. Work will also close 43rd Ave. and several other streets in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Talon St.: Work on building the Blue Line m\u00e9tro extension means parts of Jean-Talon St. are closed. Affected buses (in particular 141, 188 and 372) are detoured onto B\u00e9langer and Everett Sts. to avoid those areas, and a temporary shuttle bus (<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stm.info\/fr\/projet-ligne-bleue\/mobilite-et-deplacements\">No. 814<\/a>) has been established along Jean-Talon and B\u00e9langer Sts.<\/p>\n<p>Ste-Catherine St. (Ville-Marie): Major work on the street and underground infrastructure means it is closed between St-Mathieu and Mackay Sts., and between de la Montagne and Peel Sts. Crossing streets are also blocked. Guy St. is closed at Ste-Catherine St.<\/p>\n<p>Berri St. (Ville-Marie): Major work at the Berri-UQAM m\u00e9tro station has resulted in Berri St. being closed between Ste-Catherine and Ontario Sts., and de Maisonneuve Blvd. being closed between St-Denis and St-Hubert Sts. until November 2027. Traffic is detoured via St-Hubert, Atateken, St-Urbain or Ontario Sts., or Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque Blvd., while cyclists are being diverted to Atateken and Ontario Sts. STM buses have been cut short to avoid the area. For more information, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stm.info\/en\/info\/service-updates\/stm-works\/berri-uqam\">visit stm.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pie-IX Blvd. (Mercier\u2014Hochelaga-Maisonneuve): Work to extend the SRB Pie-IX south means only one lane is open in each direction between Pierre-de-Coubertin Ave. and Notre-Dame St. Ste-Catherine St. is blocked at Pie-IX, so traffic is rerouted via Notre-Dame St. until the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>St-Urbain St. (Ville-Marie): The overpass over the Ville-Marie Expressway is closed for a long renovation until the end of 2026. Pedestrian access is maintained.<\/p>\n<p>De Chateaubriand Ave. (Rosemont\u2014La Petite-Patrie): Closed until the end of June for sewer work between Jean-Talon and B\u00e9langer Sts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/pedestrianized-streets-2026.svg\" alt=\"A map showing seven pedestrianized streets in Montreal\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expect major traffic disruption downtown as the Ville-Marie is closed all weekend. 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