Jacques Cartier Bridge

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Jacques Cartier Bridge Pont Jacques-Cartier
Coordinates	45°31′15″N 73°32′06″W / 45.52083°N 73.53500°W / 45.52083; -73.53500
Carries	5 lanes of R-134
Crosses	St. Lawrence River
Locale	Longueuil and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Other name(s)	Montreal Harbour Bridge (1930-1934)
Owner	The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
Maintained by	The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc.
Website	pontjacquescartierbridge.ca/en/
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever bridge
Material	Steel
Total length	2,765 m (9,072 ft) 3,425.6 m (11,239 ft) (including approaches)[1]
Width	23.1 m (76 ft)[1]
Height	104 m (341 ft)[1]
Longest span	334 m (1,096 ft)[1]
No. of spans	40[1]
Clearance below	47.2 m (155 ft) at mid-span[1]
No. of lanes	5
History
Designer	Philip Louis Pratley
Constructed by	Dominion Bridge Company
Construction start	May 26, 1925
Construction cost	C$23 million
Opened	May 14, 1930 (1930-05-14)
Inaugurated	May 24, 1930
Statistics
Daily traffic	83,500[2]
Location

The Jacques Cartier Bridge (French: pont Jacques-Cartier) is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, to the south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. The bridge crosses Saint Helen's Island in the centre of the river, where offramps allow access to the Parc Jean-Drapeau and La Ronde amusement park.

Originally named the Montreal Harbour Bridge (pont du Havre), it was renamed in 1934^[3] to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage up the St. Lawrence River.

The five-lane highway bridge is 3,425.6 m (11,239 ft) in length, including the approach viaducts. There are approximately 35.8 million vehicle crossings annually,^[2] making it the third busiest bridge in Canada, the first being Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge, just a few kilometres (miles) upstream. The second busiest bridge in Canada overall is the Port Mann Bridge in Metro Vancouver (connecting Surrey to Coquitlam).

Together with the Champlain Bridge, it is administered by the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI), a Canadian Crown Corporation which reports to Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada.