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This is a list of bridges and other fixed links serving Montreal, on the Island of Montreal, proceeding counter-clockwise around the island from the southwest, with the year they were opened.

Contents 1 Spanning the Saint Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Seaway 2 Spanning the Rivière des Prairies 2.1 See also 3 Spanning the Ottawa River 4 See also

• Saint-Laurent Railway Bridge (1887)
  • Montreal side: borough of LaSalle
  • Other side: Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve (South Shore)
    • CP Rail (also AMT Delson-Candiac commuter train)

• Honoré Mercier Bridge (1934)
  • Montreal side: borough of LaSalle
  • Other side: Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve (South Shore)
    • Quebec Highway 138
    • The section of the bridge spanning over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was rebuilt to seaway standards in the 1950s.
    • The bridge was twinned by an identical one on the downriver side which opened in 1963.

• Champlain Bridge Ice Structure
  • Montreal side: borough of Verdun
  • Other side: Saint Lawrence Seaway rampart
    • Bicycles

• Champlain Bridge (1962)
  • Montreal side: borough of Verdun
  • Via Île des Soeurs (borough of Verdun, Montreal) (exit)
  • Other side: Brossard (South Shore)
    • Quebec Autoroutes 10, 15, and 20
    • Note: Two spans, one north-south (aut. 15 and 20) and one east-west (aut. 10) connect Île des Soeurs to I. of Montreal.

• Victoria Bridge (1859)
  • Montreal side: borough of Le Sud-Ouest
  • Other side: Saint-Lambert (South Shore)
    • Quebec Highway 112
    • CN Rail (also AMT Mont-Saint-Hilaire commuter train, VIA Rail passenger trains to Quebec City, Gaspé & Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Amtrak passenger train to New York City)
    • Built as a one-track tubular bridge which opened in 1859.
    • Rebuilt as a two-track truss bridge in 1898.
    • South Y approach rebuilt around the Saint Lambert locks of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1961.

• Pont de la Concorde and Pont des Îles (1966)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ville-Marie
  • Other side: Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame (Parc Jean-Drapeau), borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal
    • Road, pedestrians, and bicycles
    • Note: Pont de la Concorde spans the Saint Lawrence between I. of Montreal and Île Sainte-Hélène; Pont des Îles spans the Chenal Le Moyne between Saint Helen's Island and Ile Notre-Dame

• Montreal Metro Tunnel (1966)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ville-Marie (Berri-UQAM station)
  • Via Saint Helen's Island (Jean-Drapeau station) and Île Notre-Dame
  • Other side: Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil (Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke station) (South Shore)
    • Line 4 Yellow

• Jacques Cartier Bridge (1932)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ville-Marie
  • Via Saint Helen's Island (exit) and Île Notre-Dame
  • Other side: Longueuil, borough of Vieux-Longueuil (south shore)
    • Quebec Highway 134
    • pedestrians and bicycles
    • Originally named Harbour Bridge/Pont du Havre, renamed Jacques-Cartier in 1934 (400th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's first voyage).
    • The section over the Saint Lawrence Seaway was lifted to a new height in 1962.

• Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel (1967)
  • Montreal side: borough of Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
  • Via Île Charron (Boucherville)
  • Other side: Boucherville (South Shore)
    • Trans-Canada Highway
    • Quebec Autoroute 25
    • Note: Montreal to Île Charron is a tunnel; Île Charron to south shore is a bridge.

• Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge (1939)
  • Montreal side: borough of Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles
  • Via Île Bourdon
  • Other side: Repentigny (North Shore)
    • Quebec Highway 138
    • Width doubled in 1975

• Pierre Le Gardeur Railway Bridge
  • Montreal side: borough of Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles
  • Via Île Bourdon (Repentigny)
  • Other side: Charlemagne (North Shore)
    • CN Rail (also VIA Rail passenger service to Jonquierre / Senneterre)

• Charles de Gaulle Bridge
  • Montreal side: borough of Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles
  • Other side: Terrebonne (North Shore)
    • Quebec Autoroute 40

• Pie IX Bridge (1937, rebuilt in 1967)
  • Montreal side: borough of Montreal North
  • Other side: Duvernay/Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Quebec Autoroute 25

• Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies Dams (1929)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
  • Via Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre
  • Other side: Duvernay, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Hydro Quebec
    • Set of three dams: one from Montreal I. to Île de la Visitation (west of the Papineau-Leblanc Bridge, includes footpath); another between Île de la Visitation and Île du Cheval de Terre; longest span between Île du Cheval-de-Terre and Île Jésus. Île de la Visitation is joined to Montreal by another two small bridges: a road bridge, which also serves as a dam (historically, a water mill) and a footbridge.

• Papineau-Leblanc Bridge (1969)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
  • Via Île de la Visitation
  • Other side: Duvernay, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Quebec Autoroute 19
    • Was one of the first cable-stayed spans, and was for many years the longest of this type, in the world.

• Ahuntsic Bridge (1930, rebuilt 1962, widened 199?)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
  • Other side: Pont-Viau, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Quebec Highway 335
    • Note: also known as Viau Bridge
    • A wooden bridge was built there in 1847.

• Metro tunnel (finshed for test runs, opens to the public in July of 2007)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville (Henri-Bourassa station)
  • Other side: Pont-Viau, Laval (Île Jésus) Cartier station (opens to the public in July of 2007)
    • Montreal Metro Line 2 Orange

• Bordeaux Railway Bridge
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
  • Via Île Perry
  • Other side: Laval-des-Rapides, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • CP Rail (also AMT Blainville-Saint-Jerome commuter train
    • Quebec Gatineau Railway
    • bicycle path

• Médéric Martin Bridge
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
  • Other side: Laval-des-Rapides, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Quebec Autoroute 15

• Lachapelle Bridge (1930 and 1975)
  • Montreal side: borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville
  • Other side: Chomedey, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Quebec Highway 117
    • Actually two bridges, side by side
    • Also known as Cartierville Bridge
    • A wooden bridge was built there in 1848, replaced by a steel one built in 1882.

• Louis Bisson Bridge (1975)
  • Montreal side: borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
  • Other side: Chomedey / Sainte-Dorothée, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • Quebec Autoroute 13

• Railway bridges
  • Montreal side: borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro
  • Via Île Bigras (Laval) (including Île-Bigras (AMT) commuter train station)
  • Other side: Sainte-Dorothée, Laval (Île Jésus)
    • CN Rail (mainly used by AMT Deux-Montagnes commuter train)
    • Note: two spans, one north and one south of Île Bigras

• Jacques Bizard Bridge
  • Montreal side: borough of L'Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève
  • Other side: Île Bizard (Montreal, borough of L'Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève)
    • Road bridge--Boulevard Jacques Bizard/Rue Somerset

• List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies

• Île aux Tourtes Bridge
  • Montreal side: Senneville
  • Via Île Girwood, Île aux Tourtes
  • Other side: Vaudreuil-Dorion (Montérégie)
    • Trans-Canada Highway
    • Quebec Autoroute 40

• Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge
  • Montreal side: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
  • Via Île Bellevue
  • Other side: Île Perrot
    • CP Rail (also AMT Dorion-Rigaud commuter train)

• Canadian National Rail Bridge
  • Montreal side: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
  • Via Île Bellevue
  • Other side: Île Perrot
    • CN Rail (also Via Rail Canada passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto)

• Galipeault Bridge
  • Montreal side: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue
  • Via Île Bellevue
  • Other side: Île Perrot
    • Quebec Autoroute 20

• List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles
• List of crossings of the Saint Lawrence River
• List of hydroelectric stations