List of crossings of the Richelieu River

This is a list of bridges and ferries that cross the Richelieu River from the Saint Lawrence River upstream to Lake Champlain.

Key: Communities linked by individual crossings
  (W): West-shore terminal (mainland)
  (E): East-shore terminal (mainland)

Crossings

Crossing Picture Year built Communities linked Carries Name origin Coordinates
Turcotte Bridge circa 1937 (W) Tracy
(E) Sorel
Route 132 46°02′29″N 73°07′03″W (Sorel-Tracy)
South Shore Railway Bridge 1896 (W) Tracy
(E) Sorel
abandoned South Shore Railway 46°02′17″N 73°06′58″W (Sorel-Tracy)
Sorel-Tracy Bridge 1968 (W) Tracy
(E) Sorel
Autoroute 30 Communities of Sorel and Tracy 46°01′46″N 73°07′50″W (Sorel-Tracy)
St-Roch-de-Richelieu - St-Ours Ferry (W) St-Roche-de-Richelieu
(E) St-Ours
45°53′19″N 73°9′16″W (St-Roche-de-Richelieu)
45°53′17″N 73°9′7″W (St-Ours)
St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu - St-Denis Ferry (W) St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
(E) St-Denis
45°47′14″N 73°9′56″W (St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu)
45°47′3″N 73°9′39″W (St-Denis)
St-Marc-sur-Richelieu - St-Charles-sur-Richelieu Ferry (W) St-Marc-sur-Richelieu
(E) St-Charles-sur-Richelieu
45°41′29″N 73°11′28″W (St-Marc-sur-Richelieu)
45°41′25″N 73°11′11″W (St-Charles-sur-Richelieu)
Arthur-Branchaud Bridge 1964 (W) Beloeil
(E) Mont-St-Hilaire
Autoroute 20 45°35′39″N 73°11′19″W (Beloeil)
Jordi-Bonet Bridge (W) Beloeil
(E) Mont-St-Hilaire
Route 116 Jordi Bonet 45°33′50″N 73°12′01″W (Beloeil)
Canadian National Railway Bridge December 27, 1848 (W) McMasterville
(E) Mont-St-Hilaire
Canadian National Railway (CN)

AMT Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line commuter train

Via Rail passenger train

rail company using the bridge, originally the St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad 45°32′53″N 73°12′35″W (McMasterville)
Yule bridge (W) Chambly
(E) Richelieu
Route 112 Boulevard Richelieu 45°26′30″N 73°15′23″W (Chambly)
Montreal & Southern Counties Railway Bridge September 22, 1877 (W) Chambly
(E) Richelieu
abandoned from the interurban railway company that used the bridge 45°26′22″N 73°15′19″W (Chambly)
Michel-Chartrand Bridge 1962 (W) Chambly
(E) Richelieu
Autoroute 10 45°24′55″N 73°14′33″W (Chambly)
Felix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge 1966 (W) St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
(E) Iberville
Autoroute 35 Félix-Gabriel Marchand 45°19′36″N 73°15′34″W (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Bridge August 8, 1887 (W) St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
(E) Iberville
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MM&AR) by the current railway company operating over the bridge, originally was the Atlantic & North-West Railway 45°18′37″N 73°14′50″W (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Gouin Bridge (W) St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
(E) Iberville
St-Jacques Road 45°18′21″N 73°14′47″W (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Stanstead, Shefford & Chambly Railroad Bridge (demolished) December 28, 1858 – 1965 (W) St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
(E) Iberville
railroad company that built the crossing 45°18′8″N 73°14′48″W (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu)
Route 202 Bridge (W) Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
(E) Noyan
Route 202 45°3′51″N 73°19′49″W (Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel)
Canada Atlantic Railway Bridge July 1, 1888 (W) Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
(E) Noyan
Canadian National Railway (CN)

New England Central Railroad (NECR)

after the first railway company that built the bridge 45°3′40″N 73°19′53″W (Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel)

See also

References

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