Charles de Gaulle Bridge

Coordinates: 45°42′7″N 73°30′32″W / 45.70194°N 73.50889°W / 45.70194; -73.50889
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45°42′7″N 73°30′32″W / 45.70194°N 73.50889°W / 45.70194; -73.50889

Charles de Gaulle Bridge
Coordinates45°42′7″N 73°30′32″W / 45.70194°N 73.50889°W / 45.70194; -73.50889
Carries Quebec Autoroute 40
CrossesRivière des Prairies
Localebetween Montreal and Terrebonne
Official namePont Charles de Gaulle
Maintained byTransports Québec
History
Opened1965
Location
Map

The Charles de Gaulle Bridge is a bridge that links the eastern tip of the island of

Vive le Québec libre speech
in Montreal in 1967, the same year the bridge was built.

The bridge is part of

Saint Lawrence River
.

The bridge has three lanes of traffic in each direction. The six-lane segment on A-40 eastbound continues until after the Quebec Autoroute 640 junction.

See also