{"id":150772,"date":"2026-07-31T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/150772\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T10:47:07","slug":"weekend-traffic-july-31-aug-3-avoid-mercier-and-victoria-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/150772\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend traffic July 31-Aug. 3: Avoid Mercier and Victoria bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercier Bridge<\/p>\n<p>The span of the Mercier Bridge that normally carries traffic to the South Shore remains closed until 5 a.m. Monday, with the other span carrying vehicles in both directions \u2014 with only one lane in each direction. The entrance from Airlie St. is also closed.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Bridge <\/p>\n<p>The eastern lane of the Victoria Bridge remains closed until Sept. 10. As a result, all traffic is on the western lane of the bridge, with traffic toward Montreal allowed between midnight and noon, and traffic toward the South Shore between noon and midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Route 340<\/p>\n<p>In Vaudreuil-Dorion, Cit\u00e9-des-Jeunes Blvd. will be closed in both directions from 10 p.m. Sunday until the end of October, between de la Gare Blvd. and Jean-B\u00e9liveau St. A new roundabout at de la Gare Blvd. is now partially in service.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 520<\/p>\n<p>The entrance from Rom\u00e9o-Vachon Blvd. south will be closed from 4 a.m. Monday through Nov. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks<\/p>\n<p>The Jacques-Cartier Bridge will be closed on Thursday between 8 and 11:59 p.m. for the penultimate show of the annual fireworks competition. The Ville-Marie tunnel will be closed to eastbound traffic between Exit 4 and Panet St. from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. The Victoria Bridge is one-way toward the South Shore until 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>REM<\/p>\n<p>The R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain will start service at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday for <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/rem-to-start-later-on-weekends-starting-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">planned work<\/a>. Shuttle buses will be in effect for some stations.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing disruptions<\/p>\n<p>Highway 40 (Repentigny): Traffic disruptions can be expected along Highway 40 in Repentigny because of repaving work. The Transport Ministry say the work will be done at night to minimize disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 20 (Beloeil): The entrance to the eastbound highway from Serge-Pepin St. will be closed from Aug. 3 to 17.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 13: In Laval, the southbound lanes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/deviation-de-la-circulation-sur-l-autoroute-13-en-direction-sud-a-laval-des-le-13-juin-des-ralentissements-sont-a-prevoir-878339365.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">are closed for renovation work<\/a> until the fall between Ste-Rose Blvd. and Highway 440. Southbound traffic is rerouted to the service road, and during the morning rush hour (4-11 a.m.), a contraflow lane will be open on the northbound side for southbound traffic. Additional lanes will be closed overnights during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Route 340 (Vaudreuil-Dorion): Cit\u00e9-des-Jeunes Blvd. is closed until the end of August between de la Gare Blvd. and Henry-Ford St. to construct a roundabout. The exit from Highway 30 west to Route 340 is also closed until August. The overpass of Route 340 over Highway 30 is partly closed until November.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 15 (Brossard): Repaving work is taking place on the southbound side of Highway 15 between the Samuel-De Champlain Bridge and the St-Jacques River. The work will continue until the fall and will involve weekend and overnight closings.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 15: Repaving work has begun on the Laurentian Autoroute between Highway 40 and the M\u00e9d\u00e9ric-Martin Bridge to Laval, which will involve overnight and weekend lane closings until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/pedestrianized-streets-2026.svg\" alt=\"A map showing seven pedestrianized streets in Montreal\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Summer fireworks schedule<\/p>\n<p>The Jacques-Cartier Bridge, Notre-Dame St. east of it, and the Ville-Marie Tunnel eastbound as of de la Montagne St., will be closed as of 8 p.m. on the following evenings for the city\u2019s annual fireworks competition:<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, July 30<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Aug. 6<\/p>\n<p>The Victoria Bridge will also be one-way toward the South Shore on these evenings until 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercier Bridge The span of the Mercier Bridge that normally carries traffic to the South Shore remains closed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[50,252],"class_list":["post-150772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-montreal","tag-traffic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}