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Accident sur la route 138 (Montréal)

Reported by Quebec MTMD — Avertissement routier

A traffic notice reports one of two lanes closed westbound on R-138 at the Honoré-Mercier Bridge in Montréal because of an accident. The closure duration is undetermined.

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  • Affected location: Montréal
A side-by-side pair of identical vertical-lift bridges in Greater Montreal , Quebec, Canada, carrying a double-track rail line over the St. Lawrence Seaway. More specifically, the location is in Kahnawake , just across from the city of Montreal proper. The twin lift bridges over the Seaway are on the same rail line as the Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge , which crosses the St. Lawrence River, and are only about 1,200 feet (370 m) south of that longer bridge. In the background (to the east) is the s
Illustrative image: A side-by-side pair of identical vertical-lift bridges in Greater Montreal , Quebec, Canada, carrying a double-track rail line over the St. Lawrence Seaway. More specifically, the location is in Kahnawake , just across from the city of Montreal proper. The twin lift bridges over the Seaway are on the same rail line as the Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge , which crosses the St. Lawrence River, and are only about 1,200 feet (370 m) south of that longer bridge. In the background (to the east) is the s — reivax from Washington, DC, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Why it matters

The notice reports a lane restriction on R-138 in Montréal with no end time provided.

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Confidence
6/10
Geographic reach
2/10
Global importance
2/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Urgency
5/10

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