There would certainly be no traffic problems today,(not to mention an endless supply of Job Openings) if they left the brdge like this:
Now onto (or off of) the Victoria , Champlain, & Mercier Traffic Problems .......remove the center spans for a week or two, & it might help to put up Free Beer Stands along the approaches to each bridge......Voila a city with far less luny's.................lol
........Cheers !! HF&RV..... ps:Click Pic
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Seriously though, click on the above photo and have a look at this really neat old photograph. Imagine the people of the time looking outtheir windows & seeing something like this being built,finally allwoing many to visit the 'otherside' of the river,without having to find a ferry or boat service .Most people probably (unlike the 'chicken') never got to the 'other side' & Remember you could not walk across the Victoria Bridge:
Cheers HF&RV
Dates and important milestones
•Need for a new bridge becomes evident (1874)
•Request for a new bridge (1921)
•Contest for the location of the bridge (August 14, 1922)
•Port of Montreal project (July 19, 1924)
•Location for bridge is chosen (January 27, 1925)
•Groundbreaking (May 26, 1925)
•Cornerstone put in place (August 9, 1926)
•Bridge opens to traffic (May 14, 1930)
•Official naming and inauguration (May 24,1930)
•Official name change (September 1, 1934)
•Opening of a fourth lane (June 1956)
•Opening of a fifth lane (June 1959)
•Installation of an automated toll system (September 8, 1959)
•Bronze bust and commemorative plaques are moved (May, 1962)
•Tolls abolished (June 1, 1962)
•75e Anniversary of the Jacques Cartier Bridge (2006)
Cheers !! HF&RV
http://www.pontjacquescartierbridge.ca/eng/
I bet most of you didn't know this :
Official Name
During its construction, the structure was known as the "South Shore Bridge" or the "pont de la Rive-Sud" until the official opening on May 24, 1930. At its inauguration, the bridge was named the "Harbour Bridge" or "pont du Havre" since it was built under the auspices of the Commissioners. Some 4,000 members of the elite from across Canada attended the ceremony. A large crowd filled the pavilion and St. Helen's Island as well.
............................................Ps: I do Remember my oldman referring to it as the Harbour Bridge,but I never questioned why? Cheers HF&RV
I remember crossing the Victoria bridge on two 8 inch boards afraid to slip our bike wheel in the middle.
YIKES !!!
Although I do viviidly recall that approaching the bridge we went through a very narrow roadway,then on the bridge we were taught to drive across ,being fully aware of a narrow rung of rollers that was in the middle of the lane ,allowing for two lane travel ,....if you crossed the middle of the lane it would rattle the rollers ......for fun & to try our expertise in driving we would purposely line up one wheel to rattle those rollers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it was indeed a narrow bridge:
Later in the day they would make the bridge a two-way,.........and that my friends was generally a close call.....................My oldman taught me to drive all over Montreal ,bridges & all.................Psssssssst many years before I got a permit to drive legally................hahahahha
However many things were experienced (slightly illegally) ......that's whay we knew how to do it when the time came......................hahahahhahahah Cheers! HF&RF
Random Photos of the Harbour Bridge aka: JC
Photos from it, towards it around it ,on it...........well you get the 'picture'
-----------------------------------Cheers !! HF&RV-------------------------------- Full Screen & Speed Control .........
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