New cracks cause closing of Viau Bridge

By Andre Nantel
August 8th, 2007 @ 3:29 PM News

Details are still coming in but the city of Laval has “temporarily” closed the Viau Bridge (the one between Highways 15 and 19) after new cracks (or a 15 cm hole, depending on reports) were detected on the bus lane.

This isn’t the first time, last December this 50-year-old bridge had to be closed for 5 hours following the loss of some of its metal concrete-reinforcement rods.

CBC News is reporting the closure of Highway 19 but they may have been mistaken as it is served by the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge.

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