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Papineau-Leblanc Bridge

Papineau-Leblanc Bridge
Papineau-Leblanc Bridge.jpg
The Papineau-Leblanc bridge was one of the first cable-stayed bridges in North America.
Carries 6 lanes of Quebec Autoroute 19.svg Autoroute 19
Crosses Rivière des Prairies
Locale Laval, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Maintained by Transports Québec
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridge
Total length 420.6 m
Width 27.2 m
Longest span 240 m
History
Opened 1969
Statistics
Daily traffic 56,000 (2013)

The Papineau-Leblanc Bridge was one of the first cable-stayed spans in North America. It is part of Quebec Autoroute 19 and is one of the connections between Laval and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, spanning Rivière des Prairies. It was fabricated from weathering steel and has an orthotropic deck. The freeway ends abruptly at the southern end of the bridge at the intersection of Henri Bourassa Boulevard, where Autoroute 19 follows Avenue Papineau down to Quebec Autoroute 40.

The Leblanc portion of the name comes from the name of a street in Laval that was expropriated to build the autoroute. That street was named after Alpha Leblanc, a local landowner. Portions of that street remain on both sides of the autoroute.

In 2000, a proposition to rename the bridge after the late Pietro Rizzuto was initially approved, then rejected by the Commission de Toponymie du Québec, which ruled that the name Papineau-Leblanc was already entrenched in local culture and non-controversial. Most locals simply refer to this bridge as Papineau.

Coordinates: 45°34′34″N 73°40′00″W / 45.576°N 73.6666°W / 45.576; -73.6666


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