October 7 2022
Dark and gloomy as we headed out.
What should have been a 3 hour drive ended up being 4 hours due to traffic leaving Levis and entering Montreal. We also had the most rain we've had the entire trip.
As we left the hotel, which is on the side of the highway I checked the traffic and there was a 103 minute delay on highway A73 south which runs from the US border to northern Quebec. 40 minute delay on A20, our route.
The culprit.
I can't help it, the colours are magnificent. Mother Nature outdid herself this year.
Unusual saints.
It is a challenge for English drivers figuring out the signs.
And then it rained.
No idea what this is, anyone?
One of the bridges to get onto the island of Montreal, where it is illegal to make a right turn on a red light.
Shell of the US Expo 67 pavilion.
Crossing Pont Champlain.
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, between Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun in Montreal and the suburban city of Brossard on the South Shore.
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, still under construction, will carry the South Shore branch of the forthcoming Réseau express métropolitain (REM) automated light rail system. 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.
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. It is built to last 125 years with the usage of stainless steel and high-performance concrete, and replaces the previous 57-year-old bridge, which has become functionally obsolete and its structure having been degraded by the repeated application of de-icing salt.
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, between Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun in Montreal and the suburban city of Brossard on the South Shore.
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, still under construction, will carry the South Shore branch of the forthcoming Réseau express métropolitain (REM) automated light rail system. 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.
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. It is built to last 125 years with the usage of stainless steel and high-performance concrete, and replaces the previous 57-year-old bridge, which has become functionally obsolete and its structure having been degraded by the repeated application of de-icing salt.
I have read Montreal bloggers talking about the pink house and we went by it!!
The company exported the malt along the Lachine Canal, and when the canal closed to commercial navigation in 1970, the transportation cost rose to the point that the company abandoned the site in 1980.
Since then, it's fallen into disrepair. Windows are boarded up, brick walls are crumbling, and the façade is covered in graffiti.
We check in to the Hilton Garden Inn and head out to family for dinner.
Quite a drive!
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