Jacques-Cartier closed
The Jacques-Cartier bridge is closed because of a massive fire in an empty building on de Lorimier near the access road.
CTV has a backgrounder on the building’s history.
3:30, the southbound side of the bridge is partly open. Interesting details on radio news about firefighters having to work to keep billboards from collapsing onto the bridge.
Blork 11:05 on 2026-01-21 Permalink
Sadly, the burning building is this one (Streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/cdtG6iDDLtSUhQmi7 ) which is the old building that famously forced the Jacques-Cartier Bridge to deke around it after the owner refused to sell or be expropriated. (That’s why there’s a bend to the left as you’re crossing the bridge and coming into the city.)