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2 unusual facts about Champlain Bridge


Champlain Bridge, Montreal

On September 20, 2007, a major French-language Montreal daily, Le Journal de Montréal, published a story about federal government plans to build a new 10-lane span next to Champlain Bridge, rather than face the increasing maintenance cost of the aging structure.

Poul Ove Jensen

On December 2, 2013, Jensen was announced as the consultant for the firms that will replace the Champlain Bridge linking Montreal and Brossard, Quebec, Canada.


Lake Champlain

The Champlain Bridge across the southern part of the lake, connecting Chimney Point in Vermont with Crown Point, New York, was closed due to structural problems that could have led to a collapse.

Mortimer Y. Ferris

He was Chairman of the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission which supervised the construction of two bridges over Lake Champlain: The Champlain Bridge from Crown Point, New York, to Chimney Point, Vermont, in 1929; and a second bridge, from Rouses Point, New York, to Alburgh, Vermont, in 1937.

Quebec Autoroute 10

The A-10 carries the name Autoroute Bonaventure (Bonaventure Expressway) from its start in Montreal's city centre to the Champlain Bridge.


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