{"id":792481,"date":"2026-07-10T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/792481\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:21:09","slug":"motorists-beware-congestion-expected-due-to-weekend-closure-on-highway-40-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/792481\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorists beware: Congestion expected due to weekend closure on Highway 40 in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quebec\u2019s Transport Ministry is warning Montreal motorists of \u201cconsiderable congestion\u201d this coming weekend due to the closure of a busy stretch of Highway 40 eastbound, also known as the Metropolitan.<\/p>\n

The expressway will be shut down between Exit 65 (the Montreal airport) and Highway 15 (Laurentians). The closure will be in effect from Friday at 11:30 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The closure is to accommodate asphalt work on the highway.\u00a0For the duration of the work, traffic will be diverted onto the C\u00f4te-de-Liesse service route.<\/p>\n

Many ramps and exits that serve Highway 15, Highway 520 and Highway 40 will also be closed.<\/p>\n

\"MapThere will be a complete closure of Highway 40 eastbound between Exit 65 (the Montreal airport) and the entrance from Highway 15 (Laurentians) southbound. (Minist\u00e8re des Transports et de la Mobilit\u00e9 durable (MTQ))<\/p>\n

The ministry says the work may be postponed, extended or cancelled in the case of adverse weather conditions or operational constraints.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area, and to consult 511<\/a> or the Transport Ministry\u2019s website<\/a> for more details on the closures.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-792481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792481","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=792481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}