Pie IX Bridge, Road bridge between Montreal-Nord and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Canada
The Pie IX Bridge is a steel structure spanning roughly 588 meters across the Rivière des Prairies, connecting Montreal-Nord with the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval. It carries six lanes of traffic on Quebec Route 125 and handles approximately 83,000 vehicles each day.
The bridge opened in 1937 and was originally called Le Caron Bridge, named after the missionary Joseph Le Caron who worked among Huron communities. Its role changed when a newer toll bridge was built, and it was reassigned to serve as part of Quebec Route 125.
The bridge takes its name from Pie-IX Boulevard, which honors Pope Pius IX through the French version of his papal name. This name has become part of how locals identify this crossing between their neighborhoods.
The bridge carries six lanes of Quebec Route 125, three in each direction, divided by a central wall, with about 83,000 vehicles crossing daily. A cycle path is laid out on the bridge, so cyclists can ride across rather than detour. Traffic is heaviest at rush hour; allow extra time then.
Joseph Le Caron, the missionary behind the bridge's first name, celebrated the first Mass in Montreal in 1615 near the Rivière des Prairies, with Samuel de Champlain present. The bridge kept the name Le Caron through the 1940s before becoming Pie-IX in 1967.
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