#JACQUES CARTIER BRIDGE

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Running after time

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Montreal in Una Magnum Special Per Tony Saitta

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Montreal's Jacques Cartier bridge

Photo - Montreal Then and Now Daniel Thomas  

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Expo 67 officially opened in Montreal with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world on April 27, 1967. It opens to the public the next day

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tonight my spouse and I learned about a new creative way to experience Danger on the road!

we learned that when ur driving in a blizzard, oncoming traffic can just randomly kick up a highly-dense splash of salt and snow that can just

cover your entire windshield! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

in less than a second!

With just one horrifying splat!

One moment my spouse is anxiously but very carefully driving us over Jacques-Cartier, the next moment our windshield suddenly has the same visability as a brick wall.

This is Uncool at baseline, but it’s extra uncool that it happened after 45 minutes of whiteknuckling between Drummondville and MTL. And also it happened dead center in the middle of the bridge which, if you don’t know, isn’t really wide enough for strategic safety maneuvers.

anyway it was Very Scary but we’re home safe now and riding out the adrenaline :) Thank u Goblin Husband for keep us both safe, thank u Goblin Husband I love u

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Jacques Cartier bridge

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Walt is probably one of the last Crisco Gays, to coin a phrase, that I've known. The younger ones, especially those around Montreal, have their own terminology.

I remember the first time a guy on campus asked me if I'd gone under the bridge... I needed a few days to look it up, my hopeless Lit Geek idiot self initially thinking he was comparing me to a troll for reasons I couldn't grasp. Having been born in 1983, I totally missed the decade that saw gays and lesbians make out under the pillars of the Jacques-Cartier bridge, seeing as the space was mostly murky at night and discrete enough that cops wouldn't go snooping about.

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Events 8.23 (before 1930)

30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.[citation needed] 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. 476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops. 1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya. 1268 – The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy. 1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers. 1382 – Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. 1514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty. 1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent. 1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada. 1572 – French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre. 1595 – Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory. 1600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara. 1628 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton. 1655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1703 – Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned. 1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion. 1782 – British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish. 1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years. 1799 – Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power. 1813 – At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army. 1831 – Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed. 1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China. 1864 – American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas. 1866 – The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague. 1873 – The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens. 1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London. 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented. 1914 – World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army. 1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany. 1921 – British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive. 1923 – Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours. 1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.

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Pont Jacques-Cartier, 2002-2007

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'Wall of water' in Montreal after underground pipe breaks, floods streets and homes

A break in a major underground water main near Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge sent water gushing down streets and inside homes on Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of nearby buildings and leading to a boil-water advisory for about 150,000 homes. Source: CP24 'Wall of water' in Montreal after underground pipe breaks, floods streets and homes

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Jacques Cartier was the first European to reach Prince Edward Island on June 29, 1534.    

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Bonaventure Expressway to become urban boulevard

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The ground-level lanes of the Bonaventure Expressway are to be reconfigured into an urban boulevard, with the new roadway moved 35 metres from the St. Lawrence River to create a green corridor along the waterway.

The federal government, which owns the stretch of the expressway that connects the Champlain Bridge and Highway 15 to the downtown core, announced Tuesday it will spend $282 million to rebuild the lanes that had come to the end of their service life. The work will be done between 2024 and 2029.

While the reconfiguration will give Montrealers and tourists access to a 2.5-kilometre corridor of green space alongside the St. Lawrence via walking and biking trails, it will also bring initial traffic woes. From 2025 to 2027, the number of lanes will drop from three in each direction to two during construction, which will likely cause traffic to back up onto the Champlain Bridge during morning rush hour, and into downtown in the evenings.

Officials suggested using the REM light-rail system as an alternative, and said other mitigation measures will be put in place.

Speed limits on the new section of the expressway, which will run from Gaétan-Laberge Blvd. to just past the Victoria Bridge, will drop from 70 kilometres an hour to 50 and traffic lights will be added at two intersections. Sandra Martel, CEO of the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated, said traffic studies indicated the new configuration would not cause traffic backups when three lanes are open.

The announcement was made by federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and Martel.

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Walking To St. Helen's Island

I lived in the Montreal Home For Boys (Weredale) for a few years and made a few good friends while I was there. On weekends I would visit my mother, as did most of the other boys with their families. My mother was transferred to Vancouver by her employer so that left my weekends mostly free.

One weekend I found myself and my buddy Bob Campbell with nothing to do but hang around together. We were both about 14 or 15 years old so we had a lot in common. All the boys got a weekly allowance of 50 cents so Bob and I had a whole dollar to spend on whatever we wanted. We headed off to the corner store to buy candy and comic books to keep us entertained all day Saturday. That took care of half the weekend. Sunday would find us floundering.

On Sunday Bob and I realized we had blown our entire fortune on candy and comics and now we were stuck with nothing to do. Bob had a brilliant idea, or so he thought. “Let’s walk to St. Helen’s Island!” was Bob’s suggestion. “That’s a long hike and we have no money for the bus.” I said. “We’re young and strong.” Bob insisted. Off we went through the streets of Montreal, heading for the Jacques Cartier Bridge that passed over the island with its popular park. There was a causeway near the middle of the bridge that allowed access to the island. We would have to walk more than a kilometer from the end of the bridge to reach the causeway. The distance was more than 6km from home to the island.

At this point I need to explain some of the culture of the province of Quebec. Bob and I were part of the 5% of the population who spoke English. We could also speak French if we needed but it was obvious to everyone which group you belonged to. The language groups did not shop at the same stores and did not wear the same clothes or even carry their books to school the same way. We had to choose our route carefully to avoid being caught in a French part of the city. We managed to reach the bridge without incident.

There was a walkway on one side of the bridge that handled pedestrian traffic in both directions. We set off toward the middle of the bridge and the beautiful park. We appeared to be the only pedestrians on the walkway which swayed in the wind and vibrated with each of the cars and trucks that passed by. If you looked down there was a long way to fall into the St. Lawrence River. At this point the river seethes and boils like a witch’s cauldron and is quite fearsome. We were about half way to the island when we noticed 3 boys heading toward us. It was clear to us they were French, even from hundreds of meters away.

Bob was a kind and gentle soul, a couple of inches taller than me, but he did not exude an air of masculinity. He was not gay but his gentle side was clearly presented to the world. I began to worry if the French boys might cause us a problem. I had never seen Bob fight or even heard of him being in a fight. I had lived in some rough places and had to defend myself on many occasions. I also played football, floor hockey, and ice hockey so I was used to the rough and tumble of contact sports. I needed a plan.

As the French boys came closer I could see they were all wearing shorts, t-shirts and unbuttoned flannel shirts on top. Bob and I wore jeans and t-shirts. All standard attire. I decided to take an aggressive stance if the boys were looking for a fight. I would keep Bob behind me and then step away so they could see he was bigger than me. As the boys got closer I could see I was bigger than them, but not by much. At this point any small advantage could be useful.

Pretty soon the two groups were almost face-to-face on the swaying walkway. I looked down at the swirling water. My plan was to pick up the first boy and try to push him over the rail. Hopefully, his friends would panic and quit rather than see their friend fall. The first French boy crouched slightly, with his fists in front of him and growled “Nous sommes trois et seulement deux.” (There are 3 of us and only 2 of you.) I made a fist with my right hand and held it up where they could see it. I motioned with my left hand that I wanted them to come closer. In my best slang French I told them “Come here little girls.” At that point the demeanor of the leader changed. He could see I was ready to fight and showed them no respect. Bob was clearly bigger than me so they decided discretion was the best choice. Their fists went down and they motioned that they wanted to pass by. Bob and I moved just far enough to let them get by.

Bob and I watched as the French boys slowly disappeared toward the end of the bridge. Bob and I stood in silence for a few minutes. Finally Bob said “Let’s go home.”