The Victoria Bridge was closed indefinitely towards Montreal on Friday morning due to an emergency inspection.
Quebec’s Transport Ministry wrote on its Québec 511 account on X that the span between Montreal and the South Shore is closed heading into the city because of the passage of a heavy vehicle.
Précision — #R112 ouest, #PontVictoria, fermeture pour une durée indéterminée de la travée est du pont // travaux d’inspection en urgence sur la structure du pont, suite au passage d’un véhicule lourd
— Québec 511 (@Qc511_Mtl) August 30, 2024
It happened just after 11:30 a.m. on Friday.
Canadian National (CN), which owns the Victoria Bridge, told CityNews in a statement that on “Friday morning, a commercial truck, exceeding the allowed weight restriction, crossed the Victoria Bridge.”
CN says the the truck was stopped by officials and CN closed the bridge for an emergency inspection.
“CN crews are working as quickly as possible to complete the inspection in order to re-open the Victoria bridge for the evening rush hour,” the statement reads.
Despite the work on the eastern part of the bridge, traffic is unaffected heading into the South Shore.
On Aug. 6, the bridge was closed in both directions to make way for emergency repair work to fix an aqueduct. The City of Montreal had to work on its water system at the corner of the bridge and des Irlandais Street to fix a road surface that caved in.
In March 2022, the bridge was also unexpectedly closed for more than three hours to carry out an inspection.
The Victoria Bridge links Saint-Lambert and Montreal’s South-West area. Approximately 25,000 motorists use the bridge every day.