{"id":824749,"date":"2026-07-25T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824749\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:00:58","slug":"weekend-traffic-no-construction-holiday-on-mercier-and-victoria-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/824749\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend traffic: No construction holiday on Mercier and Victoria bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercier Bridge<\/p>\n<p>The span of the Mercier Bridge that normally carries traffic to the South Shore remains closed until Aug. 3 at 5 a.m., with the other span now carrying vehicles heading in both directions \u2014 with only one lane in each direction.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic around the bridge will be even more limited on the South Shore over the weekend, with the ramp from Route 132 W. to the bridge closed between 3 a.m. on Saturday and 5 a.m. on Monday. A detour will be available via the ramp toward Highway 30 W. and exit 38 for Route 130 E.<\/p>\n<p>The ramp coming off the bridge to Route 138 W. \u2014 heading to Ch\u00e2teauguay \u2014 will also be closed between 3 a.m. on Saturday and 5 a.m. on Monday. A detour will be available via the ramp for Route 132 E. and the ramp for Highway 30 W.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Bridge <\/p>\n<p>The eastern lane of the Victoria Bridge will be closed from Monday until Sept. 10.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, all traffic will be on the western lane of the bridge, with traffic toward Montreal allowed between midnight and noon, and traffic toward the South Shore between noon and midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 30<\/p>\n<p>Exit 44 on Highway 30 W., in St-Constant, will be closed from Friday at 10 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks<\/p>\n<p>The Jacques-Cartier Bridge will be closed on Sunday between 8 and 11:59 p.m. for the annual fireworks competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Ville-Marie tunnel will be closed to eastbound traffic between Exit 4 and Panet St. from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Victoria Bridge is one-way toward the South Shore until 11:30 p.m.<\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/rem-to-start-later-on-weekends-starting-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">planned work<\/a>. Shuttle buses will be in effect for some stations.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing disruptions<\/p>\n<p>Highway 40 (Repentigny): Traffic disruptions can be expected along Highway 40 in Repentigny because of repaving work. The Transport Ministry say the work will be done at night to minimize disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 20 (Beloeil): The entrance to the eastbound highway from Serge-Pepin St. will be closed from Aug. 3 to 17.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 13:\u00a0In Laval, the southbound lanes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/deviation-de-la-circulation-sur-l-autoroute-13-en-direction-sud-a-laval-des-le-13-juin-des-ralentissements-sont-a-prevoir-878339365.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">are closed for renovation work<\/a>\u00a0until the fall between Ste-Rose Blvd. and Highway 440. Southbound traffic is rerouted to the service road, and during the morning rush hour (4-11 a.m.), a contraflow lane will be open on the northbound side for southbound traffic. Additional lanes will be closed overnights during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Route 340 (Vaudreuil-Dorion): Cit\u00e9-des-Jeunes Blvd. is closed until the end of August between de la Gare Blvd. and Henry-Ford St. to construct a roundabout. The exit from Highway 30 west to Route 340 is also closed until August. The overpass of Route 340 over Highway 30 is partly closed until November.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 15 (Brossard): Repaving work is taking place on the southbound side of Highway 15 between the Samuel-De\u00a0Champlain Bridge and the St-Jacques River. The work will continue until the fall and will involve weekend and overnight closings.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 15: Repaving work has begun on the Laurentian Autoroute between Highway 40 and the M\u00e9d\u00e9ric-Martin Bridge to Laval, which will involve overnight and weekend lane closings until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercier Bridge The span of the Mercier Bridge that normally carries traffic to the South Shore remains closed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-824749","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\/824749","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=824749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}