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Honoré Mercier Bridge Rehabilitation project – Launch of Phase B

The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) and the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) are pleased to announce that Pomerleau – Demathieu & Bard S.E.N.C. has been selected as the winning proponent through a public tender in regards to the Honoré Mercier Bridge rehabilitation project – Phase B.
The bridge, opened in 1936 and [...]

A new blog for the Champlain Bridge : www.champlainbridge.ca

We wish to advise motorists of a significant number of night and weekend closures scheduled for the Champlain Bridge and its approaches starting mid June until the end of October.
In 2009, the federal government announced that the Champlain Bridge would undergo a ten year major maintenance program of some $212 million starting in 2009. This [...]

Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges now on Twitter

We are proud to announce the creation of two new Twitter accounts for the Jacques Cartier (http://twitter.com/PontJCBridge) and Champlain Bridges (http://twitter.com/PontChampBridge).
We remind you that Mercier Bridge (http://twitter.com/mercierbridge) has been on Twitter since June 16, 2009.
JCCBI’s presence on social network Twitter will allow us to quickly inform the public of closures and roadwork taking place on [...]

The Honoré-Mercier Bridge marks 75th Anniversary

The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) and the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) are marking today (June 22) the 75th Anniversary of the Honoré-Mercier Bridge with the start of one of the most important phases in the bridge’s rehabilitation.
“It is very fitting that we begin this important phase of the project [...]