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Montreal Traffic Alert: Parade & Road Closures This Weekend

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Montreal drivers, brace for a challenging weekend! The Irish heritage parade shuts down de Maisonneuve Boulevard, and highways like the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel and Ile-aux-Tourtes Bridge will be closed for maintenance. Highway ten will be detoured overnight, and south shore eastbound lanes will drop to two each way. Ongoing street work adds to the congestion, with de Lorimier Avenue closed northbound and Viger Avenue seeing lane reductions. Plan ahead with apps or stm.info to avoid gridlock.

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Montreal Traffic Alert: Parade & Road Closures This Weekend

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Canada News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Montreal Traffic Alert: Parade & Road Closures This Weekend. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

In Canada, it's March 20th, here's what is happening. Montreal drivers heads up for Busy Weekend on the roads. The city's Irish heritage parade shuts down to Maisonou Boulevard between Saint Mark and Saint Laurent, starting 8 a.m. Sunday and lasting until. The afternoon parade wraps up. Nearby streets face staging, tear down, and parking restrictions too. Highway closures pile on from there. The Louis Hippolyte, La Fontaine Tunnel, and surrounding highway close both ways from 11 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday, stretching from. Why-why? Sherbrook Street to Yil-Sharon. Then the Ila-Al-Aux tour Espritge goes fully offline, both directions from 12.59 p.m. Sunday to 5 a.m. Monday for maintenance, with highway 30 tolls paused during that stretch. These disruptions hit commuters hard, forcing detours like highway 10 for the Route 132 ramp work overnight Sunday through Tuesday.

South Shore Eastbound lanes drop to 2 each way near Saint-July, to Beloyle until November, with some ramps closing short-term. Locals report longer travel times, especially bridging Montreal to Laval or the West Island. Ongoing streetwork adds to the hassle. De Lorraine Avenue closes northbound in Ville-Marie weekdays for six weeks on water mains, while Vijay Avenue sees lane reductions nearby. Barry Street stays shut until November, 2027 near Barry, UQAM station, rerouting buses and cyclists. Meanwhile, Arjen trains from Brossard, alternate to Doe, Montanyes, or Boy Frank, and Pionykes Boulevard runs one lane each way southbound. Go ahead with appsorsteam.info to dodge the gridlock and keep moving smoothly.

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