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Traffic trouble spots to look out for this weekend:
Mercier Bridge
Work to repair steel segments of the downstream span of the bridge will require shutting it down all weekend. Traffic will be one lane in each direction on the other span, from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. The exit for Airlie St. will remain accessible.
Highway 40
Two of three lanes on the highway and one of two lanes on the service road eastbound will be closed between Pie-IX and Viau Blvds., from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday.
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Route 112
In St-Lambert, one lane will be closed in each direction over Route 132 near the Victoria Bridge.
Côte-de-Liesse Rd.
Work related to the Royalmount development will require closing Côte-de-Liesse Rd. eastbound between Devonshire Rd. and Highway 15 from 10 p.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Sunday. Devonshire will also be closed northbound as of Royalmount Ave., from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday. Traffic from Highway 520 will still be able to access Highway 40, but not the Décarie Expressway.
Montreal streets
- Monkland Ave. is closed between Girouard and Melrose Aves. until 4 a.m. Monday for the Imagine Monkland closed-street event.
- Viger Ave. is closed between St-Laurent Blvd. and Clark St. from 11:59 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. on Aug. 31.
- Jean-D’Estrées St. has a lane closed between St-Jacques and St-Antoine Sts., from 8 p.m. Friday to 9 p.m. Sunday. Trucks exiting the Ville-Marie Expressway will not be able to take the exit for de la Montagne north/St-Antoine.
REM
The Réseau express métropolitain will close early and start late this weekend as it begins the process of harmonizing its control systems between the active Brossard branch and the branches currently under construction. To perform necessary tests, service will be interrupted Friday at 11 p.m. toward Central Station and 11:20 p.m. toward Brossard, and resume Saturday at 8:45 a.m. The same will happen again on Aug. 30. The changes are expected to shorten the time to completely restart operating systems to 20 minutes from more than an hour.
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