Pont Viau

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bridge_name= Viau Bridge

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caption= Viau Bridge, seen from a bike trail in Montreal.
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carries= 4 lanes of Route 335
crosses= Rivière des Prairies
locale= Laval, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
maint= Transports Québec
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design= Concrete arch bridge
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open= 1962
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coordinates= coord|45|33|26|N|73|40|32|W
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long= Pont Viau (Viau Bridge), also called Ahuntsic Bridge (1930, rebuilt 1962 and widened 1993) .

This bridge spans the Rivière des Prairies between the Montreal borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Laval (Île Jésus) neighbourhood of Pont-Viau. It is part of Route 335. About 36 000 motorists each weekday cross the bridge and the Société de transport de Laval, has a designated bus lane for one of its bus routes heading south towards Henri-Bourassa Terminus Nord and the Henri Bourassa Station and north towards Cartier Station which are part of the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro that was extended in 2007 northward to Laval. On August 8, 2007, a large hole and crack in the bus-only lane near the Boulevard des Laurentides (Laval) side of the bridge brought the complete closure, but an inspection concluded that the bridge has no structural problems or damage and was reopened during the same day [ [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=ae363442-41bd-4cb6-8b5e-483fc6f2526a&k=87693 Bridge to Laval reopens] ] .

A wooden bridge was built there in 1847.

ee also

*List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
*List of bridges in Montreal
*List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies

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Crossings navbox
structure = Crossings
place = Rivière des Prairies
bridge = Ahuntsic Bridge
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upstream = Montreal Metro Tunnel Montreal Metro Line 2 Orange
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downstream = Papineau-Leblanc Bridge
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