This article is about the newly constructed bridge spanning the Saint Lawrence River. For the old bridge it replaced, see Champlain Bridge (Montreal, 1962–2019).
The new span is located just north of the original Champlain Bridge, which is currently being demolished. The new bridge carries eight lanes of automobile traffic of the A-10, A-15, and A-20, with one lane in each direction dedicated for buses. It also includes a multi-use lane for cyclists and pedestrians. The central portion of the bridge deck will carry the South Shore branch of the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) automated light rail system.[5] At 60 metres (200 ft) wide, the new Champlain Bridge is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world that uses two planes of cables.[6]
It is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever built in North America and with an estimated 59 million vehicles a year, one of the busiest crossings on the continent.[7] It is built to last 125 years with the usage of stainless steel and high-performance concrete,[8] and replaces the previous 57-year-old bridge,[9] which has become functionally obsolete and its structure having been degraded by the repeated application of de-icing salt.
The Champlain bridge is a 3.4-kilometre (2.1 mi) crossing. It includes an asymmetric cable-stayed bridge with a 240-metre (790 ft) main span, a 168-metre-high (551 ft) concrete tower, and stay cables in a harp arrangement. The asymmetrical back span is 124 metres (407 ft). The 2,044-metre (6,706 ft) west approach structure has 26 spans that are typically 80.4 metres (264 ft).The east approach is 780 metres (2,560 ft) long and includes a 109-metre (358 ft) span over Route 132.[6]
The bridge was built as part of a larger $4billion project that included:
The design of the Champlain Bridge addressed seismic activity, soil liquefaction, light-rail transit loading, ship collision, and ice loading. The bridge is configured with three separate decks, one for each direction of vehicular traffic and a third in the center for the Réseau express métropolitain rail corridor. The northbound deck is wider to include a multi-use corridor for cyclists and pedestrians, requiring the cable-stay bridge to be asymmetric in the transverse direction as well as longitudinal. The main tower is shaped like a tuning fork and is supported by twenty-one 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) drilled piles. The decks are supported in the approach spans by W-shaped piers.[6]
Construction history
In September 2007, faced with rising costs for the maintenance of the Champlain Bridge (commissioned in 1962), then Canadian Minister of TransportLawrence Cannon confirmed that his department was seriously considering the construction of a replacement structure. In August 2008, Transport Canada announced that it was exploring different scenarios for a new bridge. In October 2011, then Minister of Transport Denis Lebel officially announced that construction on the new bridge would begin within 10 years.
In November 2014, then Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt announced that she was abandoning the idea of naming the new bridge in honor of Maurice Richard after consulting the family of the former ice hockey champion. Prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election, the 28th Canadian Ministry planned on imposing a $2-$4 toll on the new bridge, however, this plan was abandoned following the election of the 29th Canadian Ministry.
In April 2015, the federal government selected the JV consortium: Signature on the St. Lawrence Group to build the new bridge. The consortium mainly includes: SNC-Lavalin, the SpanishACS Infrastructure, and Dragados Canada. T.Y. Lin International is serving as the Lead Designer.[11]
Construction on the new bridge officially began on June 16, 2015. On December 19, 2018, Minister of Infrastructure and CommunitiesFrançois-Philippe Champagne announced that the official name of the new bridge will be the Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge.[12] The bridge opened to northbound/westbound traffic on June 24, 2019 (St-Jean-Baptiste Day), with the official opening ceremony being held on June 28, 2019, and southbound/eastbound traffic opening on 1 July 2019 (Canada Day). The multi-purpose runway was opened in November 2019, while the REM train tracks are expected to be opened in 2022.[13]
In order to meet the 42-month construction deadline, many steel and concrete bridge elements were prefabricated, with a portion of the work taking place on temporary piers. Three jetties were built: one on the east from Brossard, one on the west from Nuns' Island, and one from the center, adjacent to a dike along the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
The pier through the canal, allowed, by means of cofferdams, the storage of piles of construction material.
The central jetty served as a construction platform for the piers and towers of the section of the bridge utilizing guy-wires. Temporary pillars used during the construction of the Millau Viaduct in France were erected to support the cable-stayed span during construction. The main cable-stayed span above the seaway was assembled in segments by means of a crane.
The 500 metre (yard) long west pier was divided into three pre-assembly areas: a first for the concrete foundation footings that serve as the base for the viaduct section crossing the river, a second for the steel headers that complete the piles, and a third for the steel superstructures that wear the aprons. During the prefabrication of the 38 marine insoles, a pile primer and working platform were added to form a pile base measuring up to 14 metres (46 ft) high. A super-transporter moved these stack bases from the prefabrication area to a loading area from where they were lifted by an industrial catamaran. The catamaran then deposited these bases in spaces drilled to a depth of 4 to 5 metres (13 to 16 ft) into the riverbed. Two floating cranes finally overlaid the bases of the prefabricated elements to form piles and headers. The steel box girders supporting the three decks of the bridge were then deposited on the trimmers as they were completed.
The replacement Samuel de Champlain bridge (background) illuminated at night, with the old bridge (foreground), under dismantling, photographed in May 2022.
^Bruemmer, Rene. "New Champlain Bridge set to open by the end of June". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
^Magner, Jason (June 24, 2019). "Drivers line up to be first across new Champlain Bridge". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^Scott, Marian (July 1, 2019). "Farewell to old Champlain Bridge as new one opens to southbound traffic". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^Magner, Jason (June 28, 2019). "Champlain Bridge inaugurated, but much work still left to do". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^Lau, Rachel. "Montreal's new Samuel de Champlain Bridge opens northbound". Global News Montreal. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^ abcNader, Marwan; Sanjines, Alex; Choi, Carol; Duxbury, James; Baker, George; Patel, Hardik; Shi, Sam; Ingham, Tim; Tazir, Hayat (April 2020). "Spanning the Saint Lawrence". Civil Engineering. Reston, Virginia: American Society of Civil Engineers. 90 (4): 46–53.
^Olson, Isaac. "It comes with sacrifices': After 4-year slog, Samuel De Champlain Bridge a source of pride for workers". CBC News. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^"New Samuel De Champlain Bridge built for performance, not style, says architect". CBC News. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^Teisceira-Lessard, Philippe. "Pont Champlain: un délai "très court", dit l'architecte". La Presse. Montreal. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^"New Champlain Bridge Project Website". newchamplain.ca. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^Magder, Jason (December 19, 2019). "The new Champlain Bridge is finished — mostly". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
^"Work schedule 2021". REM. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
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This article is about the newly constructed bridge spanning the Saint Lawrence River For the old bridge it replaced see Champlain Bridge Montreal 1962 2019 For other uses see Champlain Bridge disambiguation The Samuel De Champlain Bridge colloquially known as the Champlain Bridge is a cable stayed bridge design by architect Poul Ove Jensen and built to replace the original Champlain Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec between Nuns Island in the borough of Verdun in Montreal and the suburban city of Brossard on the South Shore A second connected bridge links Nuns Island to the main Island of Montreal Samuel De Champlain BridgePont Samuel De Champlain French Samuel De Champlain Bridge as viewed from Brossard in July 2019Coordinates45 28 10 N 73 30 58 W 45 46944 N 73 51611 W 45 46944 73 51611 Coordinates 45 28 10 N 73 30 58 W 45 46944 N 73 51611 W 45 46944 73 51611Carries8 lanes 4 northwestbound 4 southeastbound of A 10 A 15 A 20CrossesSt Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence SeawayLocaleBrossard and Montreal Quebec CanadaOwnerThe Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc Maintained byThe Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc Websitewww wbr newchamplain wbr caCharacteristicsDesignCable stayed bridgeMaterialSteel ConcreteTotal length3 400 m 11 155 ft Width60 m 196 85 ft Height170 m 557 74 ft Clearance below38 5 metres 126 ft Design life125 yearsHistoryArchitectPoul Ove JensenDesignerT Y Lin InternationalConstructed bySNC Lavalin ACS Group Dragados CanadaConstruction start2015Construction end2019Construction cost 4 2 billion 1 OpenedJune 24 2019 2019 06 24 northbound westbound span 2 July 1 2019 2019 07 01 southbound eastbound span 3 InauguratedJune 28 2019 2019 06 28 4 ReplacesChamplain Bridge Montreal 1962 2019 StatisticsDaily traffic159 000LocationThe new span is located just north of the original Champlain Bridge which is currently being demolished The new bridge carries eight lanes of automobile traffic of the A 10 A 15 and A 20 with one lane in each direction dedicated for buses It also includes a multi use lane for cyclists and pedestrians The central portion of the bridge deck will carry the South Shore branch of the Reseau express metropolitain REM automated light rail system 5 At 60 metres 200 ft wide the new Champlain Bridge is the widest cable stayed bridge in the world that uses two planes of cables 6 It is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever built in North America and with an estimated 59 million vehicles a year one of the busiest crossings on the continent 7 It is built to last 125 years with the usage of stainless steel and high performance concrete 8 and replaces the previous 57 year old bridge 9 which has become functionally obsolete and its structure having been degraded by the repeated application of de icing salt Contents 1 Specifications 2 Construction history 3 Construction method 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSpecifications EditThe Champlain bridge is a 3 4 kilometre 2 1 mi crossing It includes an asymmetric cable stayed bridge with a 240 metre 790 ft main span a 168 metre high 551 ft concrete tower and stay cables in a harp arrangement The asymmetrical back span is 124 metres 407 ft The 2 044 metre 6 706 ft west approach structure has 26 spans that are typically 80 4 metres 264 ft The east approach is 780 metres 2 560 ft long and includes a 109 metre 358 ft span over Route 132 6 The bridge was built as part of a larger 4 billion project that included The Samuel de Champlain Bridge 10 A new Autoroute 10 A 10 approach A new 470 metre 1 540 ft ile des Sœurs bridge and a highway on ile des Soeurs Improvements to nearby parts of the A 15The design of the Champlain Bridge addressed seismic activity soil liquefaction light rail transit loading ship collision and ice loading The bridge is configured with three separate decks one for each direction of vehicular traffic and a third in the center for the Reseau express metropolitain rail corridor The northbound deck is wider to include a multi use corridor for cyclists and pedestrians requiring the cable stay bridge to be asymmetric in the transverse direction as well as longitudinal The main tower is shaped like a tuning fork and is supported by twenty one 1 2 metre 3 9 ft drilled piles The decks are supported in the approach spans by W shaped piers 6 Construction history EditIn September 2007 faced with rising costs for the maintenance of the Champlain Bridge commissioned in 1962 then Canadian Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon confirmed that his department was seriously considering the construction of a replacement structure In August 2008 Transport Canada announced that it was exploring different scenarios for a new bridge In October 2011 then Minister of Transport Denis Lebel officially announced that construction on the new bridge would begin within 10 years In November 2014 then Minister of Transport Lisa Raitt announced that she was abandoning the idea of naming the new bridge in honor of Maurice Richard after consulting the family of the former ice hockey champion Prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election the 28th Canadian Ministry planned on imposing a 2 4 toll on the new bridge however this plan was abandoned following the election of the 29th Canadian Ministry In April 2015 the federal government selected the JV consortium Signature on the St Lawrence Group to build the new bridge The consortium mainly includes SNC Lavalin the Spanish ACS Infrastructure and Dragados Canada T Y Lin International is serving as the Lead Designer 11 Construction on the new bridge officially began on June 16 2015 On December 19 2018 Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois Philippe Champagne announced that the official name of the new bridge will be the Samuel de Champlain Bridge 12 The bridge opened to northbound westbound traffic on June 24 2019 St Jean Baptiste Day with the official opening ceremony being held on June 28 2019 and southbound eastbound traffic opening on 1 July 2019 Canada Day The multi purpose runway was opened in November 2019 while the REM train tracks are expected to be opened in 2022 13 Construction method EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message View from the westbound roadway In order to meet the 42 month construction deadline many steel and concrete bridge elements were prefabricated with a portion of the work taking place on temporary piers Three jetties were built one on the east from Brossard one on the west from Nuns Island and one from the center adjacent to a dike along the Saint Lawrence Seaway The pier through the canal allowed by means of cofferdams the storage of piles of construction material The central jetty served as a construction platform for the piers and towers of the section of the bridge utilizing guy wires Temporary pillars used during the construction of the Millau Viaduct in France were erected to support the cable stayed span during construction The main cable stayed span above the seaway was assembled in segments by means of a crane The 500 metre yard long west pier was divided into three pre assembly areas a first for the concrete foundation footings that serve as the base for the viaduct section crossing the river a second for the steel headers that complete the piles and a third for the steel superstructures that wear the aprons During the prefabrication of the 38 marine insoles a pile primer and working platform were added to form a pile base measuring up to 14 metres 46 ft high A super transporter moved these stack bases from the prefabrication area to a loading area from where they were lifted by an industrial catamaran The catamaran then deposited these bases in spaces drilled to a depth of 4 to 5 metres 13 to 16 ft into the riverbed Two floating cranes finally overlaid the bases of the prefabricated elements to form piles and headers The steel box girders supporting the three decks of the bridge were then deposited on the trimmers as they were completed The replacement Samuel de Champlain bridge background illuminated at night with the old bridge foreground under dismantling photographed in May 2022 See also EditList of crossings of the Saint Lawrence River List of bridges in Canada List of bridges in MontrealReferences Edit Bruemmer Rene New Champlain Bridge set to open by the end of June Montreal Gazette Retrieved July 6 2019 Magner Jason June 24 2019 Drivers line up to be first across new Champlain Bridge Montreal Gazette Retrieved July 7 2019 Scott Marian July 1 2019 Farewell to old Champlain Bridge as new one opens to southbound traffic Montreal Gazette Retrieved July 7 2019 Magner Jason June 28 2019 Champlain Bridge inaugurated but much work still left to do Montreal Gazette Retrieved July 7 2019 Lau Rachel Montreal s new Samuel de Champlain Bridge opens northbound Global News Montreal Retrieved July 7 2019 a b c Nader Marwan Sanjines Alex Choi Carol Duxbury James Baker George Patel Hardik Shi Sam Ingham Tim Tazir Hayat April 2020 Spanning the Saint Lawrence Civil Engineering Reston Virginia American Society of Civil Engineers 90 4 46 53 Olson Isaac It comes with sacrifices After 4 year slog Samuel De Champlain Bridge a source of pride for workers CBC News Retrieved July 7 2019 New Samuel De Champlain Bridge built for performance not style says architect CBC News Retrieved July 7 2019 Teisceira Lessard Philippe Pont Champlain un delai tres court dit l architecte La Presse Montreal Retrieved July 7 2019 New Champlain Bridge Project Website newchamplain ca Retrieved November 8 2017 New Champlain Bridge Corridor Project Road Traffic Technology com Retrieved November 8 2017 Magder Jason December 19 2019 The new Champlain Bridge is finished mostly Montreal Gazette Retrieved July 7 2019 Work schedule 2021 REM Retrieved November 22 2021 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