The Verdun Messager reports that the City of Montréal will completely renovate the Jolicoeur bridge this summer including the sidewalk which will be enlarged. It is mentioned that the bridge was built in 1932.
Guy
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
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This bridge is the one that has the most character, I hope they don't ruin it,it is a Verdun visual landmark. (imho) HF&RV - Les
A show of hands please from those of you who took the dare and walked over the arches (and lived to tell about it).
Oh Boy! I'll bet that was someone we knew. What a great shot.
Did anybody hear of someone jumping from height ?
Guy
I actualy knew of a friend of mine who didi it. He survived with the reddest ass and back you ever saw. He was thirteen years old. Go figure!
I can't really say for certain Guy, but I think I may have heard stories of kids jumping from the top....that by the way would have been a very dangerous stunt, as the sides of the acqeuduct slope towards the middle . so only a perfect dead center jump would have worked I think.....I did see many kids jump from the railing of that bridge & a the other bridge (old cow bridge) near the Douglas Hospital,it was always more quiet there & the gendarmes had less of a chance of catching the kids who swam there.
Cheers ! HF&RV - Les
During a meeting of the Verdun Memories group, someone brought up the subject of the number of bridges that are cross the Aqueduct and no one new the answer. This got me thinking so I decided to take my bike and camera and ride on the bike path along the aqueduct in 2007 and discovered that there are a total of 10 which includes the LaSalle boulevard. The photos of the bridges and others that are in my album no. 3 are posted below. Notice the old 1897 photo wich is the oldest photo of the aqueduct in our society's archives (shgv). Enjoy.
Guy
really nice pictures Guy. It's so nice to see some of these things which have changed so much over the years. It brings back memories of my youth.
Hi I'm new to this blog so is this the 4th ave bridge I used to try to walk on top of this arch bridge when I was a kis back in the late 40..GEE what was I thinking Suzanne Niding
The bridge is actually between 4th and 5th avenue and crosses to Jolicoeur street and thats why it is called the Jolicoeur bridge.
Guy
Oddly enough Guy more people called it the '4th avenue bridge'
Rarely , if ever did I hear anyone call it the Jolicouer Bridge....ever.
Cheers ! HF&RV - Les
So did any of you people know any families on 4th ave between Verdun and Banantyne in the 1940-54 years?? Suzanne
Hi Suzanne ,I am sure that someone here would know families from that area,
Somewhere in our old blogs ,I would think different names have been mentioned,
I will try to find some old blogs topics, if I can where that info might surface.
Cheers ! HF&RV - Les
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