Pont de la Concorde, Steel bridge in Ville-Marie, Canada.
The Pont de la Concorde is a steel road and cycle bridge carrying Avenue Pierre-Dupuy over the Saint Lawrence River, linking Cité du Havre in Ville-Marie to Île Sainte-Hélène. Its pale green deck rests on thick rectangular concrete piers and has four traffic lanes, a concrete-walled cycle path and a sidewalk on the north side. Tall curved lamp posts line the railing.
Built to give downtown Montreal a direct route to the 1967 world exposition, the bridge opened in time for Expo 67 and carried the Expo Express train from 1967 to 1972. Its name recalls the city motto Concordia salus, harmony and friendship being themes of the fair.
The bridge's name recalls Montreal's motto Concordia salus, "prosperity through harmony", a theme echoed by Expo 67, whose American and Soviet pavilions stood on separate islands. The deck carried the Expo Express from 1967 to 1972, and a concrete wall and sidewalk along the north side now mark the cycle path.
Access to the bridge is via Avenue Pierre-Dupuy, reached from Autoroute Bonaventure at exit 2. The deck carries four traffic lanes, two in each direction divided by a single centre line, and the north side has a concrete wall separating a cycle path and a sidewalk. At the east end the bridge meets a ramp giving access to Île Sainte-Hélène and Parc Jean-Drapeau, and it continues as the Pont des Îles toward Île Notre-Dame.
The bridge's name recalls Montreal's motto 'Concordia salus', meaning prosperity through harmony, a theme of Expo 67. The American and Soviet pavilions, the two Cold War rivals, stood on separate islands reached via this crossing.
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