Pie IX Bridge

Pie IX Bridge (French: Pont Pie-IX) is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montréal-Nord in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal. The bridge was part of Autoroute 25 until the construction of the new toll bridge for Autoroute 25. It is now part of Quebec Route 125.

Pie IX Bridge in 1948.

Pie IX Bridge
Pie IX is currently the second easternmost bridge connecting Laval to the Island of Montreal.
Coordinates	45°35′57″N 73°38′48″W
Carries	6 lanes of Route 125
Crosses	Rivière des Prairies
Locale	Laval, Quebec and Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Other name(s)	Le Caron Bridge
Maintained by	Transports Québec
History
Opened	1937 (rebuilt 1967)
Statistics
Daily traffic	83,000 (2013)[1]
Location

While it was originally called Le Caron Bridge, after Joseph Le Caron, an early missionary to the Hurons,^[2] the bridge has since been renamed Pie IX Bridge,^[3] after Pie-IX Boulevard.^{[citation needed]} The Boulevard itself was named after Pope Pius IX (Pie is the French name for Pius).

See also

• List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
• List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies
• List of bridges in Montreal
• List of bridges in Canada

References

1. Bisson, Bruno (24 June 2014). "Pont de l'A-25: ça roule pour le MTQ". La Presse. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
2. Les Archives - Le Pont Pie-IX
3. Le Journal De Montreal 2015

45°35′57″N 73°38′48.5″W