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Originally Posted by Franco401
I have a question for anyone living in Montreal or who has information on the subject: with the construction of the Pont Maurice Richard, what will be happening with the Estacade? I know it's a great cycling link, but is the new bridge not to include protected bike lanes?
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I'm assuming you mean the new
Pont Champlain. The new bridge will definitely not be named after Richard.
The estacade's dedicated bike path is here to stay. It was built only 1-2 years ago at a cost of 6 million dollars.
On this picture, you can see the old unprotected bike path on the left and the new dedicated structure on the right:
The new bridge will feature a protected bike path which will allow cyclists to cross the St-Lawrence Seaway and go directly to Brossard, whereas the estacade only links Montreal to the St-Lawrence Seaway bike path. So they will complement each other.
