Removing the old Champlain: 3 years, $400M
It’s estimated that it will take three years and as much as $400 million to remove the old Champlain bridge, a process set to begin a few months after the new bridge opens.
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steph 20:43 on 2019-02-20 Permalink
Is it in that bad of shape? I thought with trucks causing the most damage to roads & bridges, that leaving the old bridge only open to smaller cars would let us keep using it for many more years.
Tim S 21:10 on 2019-02-20 Permalink
I’m no engineer, but I figure the fact that the Harper government, with no hopes of winning many votes in greater Montreal and a determination to balance the budget, finally agreed to spend billions to build the new bridge demonstrates that the old one is completely done.
Tim F 21:32 on 2019-02-20 Permalink
Yeah no, it’s rotted inside out apparently. There was no effective drainage on the thing until the 80s so all the salt put on it in the winter from the early 60s till then just soaked into the concrete, corroding the rebar. It needs to be dismantled safely.
Uatu 11:40 on 2019-02-21 Permalink
Yeah it isn’t worth the expense of maintenance and it’s a crappy design in that you can’t just remove and replace damaged segments since everything is all attached. Better to have it dismantled and be done with it.
Faiz Imam 14:35 on 2019-02-21 Permalink
From what I understand, without major traffic it totally could be kept around for non-motorized traffic or the odd emergency vehicle. But honestly what’s the point?
It’s almost completely redundant since the new bridge has a very nice pedestrian/bike path built into it. Plus it wastes a ton of space for the onramps at Brossard and iles des soeur that could be redeveloped.
The major issue is one of liability. you still have to maintain it and keep in an an acceptable shape, since there’s so much traffic passing underneath. If you have a small bridge line the pivoting wellington rail bridge, you can keep it around as a heritage site and spare the expense of demolition, but Champlain is much to massive to neglect in that manner.
Blork 18:03 on 2019-02-21 Permalink
Exactly; what’s the point? Even with reduced traffic it would still cost a fortune to maintain, and for what? Better to just be rid of it, which will be cheaper in the long run.
Kate 10:35 on 2019-02-22 Permalink
I saw a recent piece I can’t now locate about how the old bridge is bad for the river ecosystem and should be removed before it leaches any more crap into the water. I’ll link it if I find it again.