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Category Archives: Interchange

L.A.’s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, ‘The Stack,’ Turns 58

September 23, 2013by neath Leave a comment

by Nathan Masters on September 22, 2011 3:00 PM Fifty-eight years ago today, the Four Level interchange first opened to traffic. This iconic concrete ribbon that binds the 101 and […]

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Heritage, History, Interchange, Photographs

Turcot Back To The Drawing Board?

September 26, 2012by neath Leave a comment

Anyone following Turcot since the MTQ announcement of an new interchange in 2007 knew one simple fact – Jean Charest had to go! His government’s handling of Turcot was almost […]

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Interchange, Turcot

Laverendrye Ramp Getting Braced

April 3, 2010by neath Leave a comment

This is one of the 4 “interchanges” that the MTQ wants to replace with their Turcot plan. No doubt it needs some help, but they have been working on this […]

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Interchange, Turcot

A Freeway Interchange Botanical Garden

November 7, 2009by neath Leave a comment

Found this over at Treehugger. Article here.

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freeway, Interchange

Book Launch Tonight

September 24, 2009by neath 2 Comments

Montreal At The Crossroads : Superhighways, the Turcot and the Environment is being officially launched Thursday evening at Paragraphe book store at 7pm. 2220 McGill College (corner Sherbrooke) Metro: McGill. […]

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Community, Development, Interchange, Urban Reclamation

More Turcot In The News

July 27, 2009by neath Leave a comment

Turcot reconstruction plan ‘ill-conceived’: FRAPRU Alternate Turcot vision unveiled Judge asked to delay hearings on Turcot work

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Interchange, News

Government Backs Off Turcot PPP

July 25, 2009by neath 2 Comments

The Quebec government announced Friday it will back away from plans to rebuild the Turcot interchange in Montreal through a public-private partnership. From CBC. Quebec’s Transport Ministry had originally hoped […]

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Interchange, News

Turcot Fenced Off

June 18, 2009by neath 4 Comments

No pictures yet but apparently Turcot Yards is now fenced off and there are security people in cars telling people to get off the property of be fined. And apparently […]

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Interchange

March On Turcot Interchange April 19, 2009

March 27, 2009by neath 2 Comments

MARCH ON THE INTERCHANGE!Let’s show the government that we are a growing movement of citizens who want to reclaim our city, protect our community, and breathe clean air! We demand […]

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Activism, Interchange, Urban Reclamation

-AX-

February 27, 2009by neath 1 Comment

And you can catch -AX-‘s Flickr pages here.

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Infrastructure, Interchange, Photography

Japanese Freeways

January 2, 2009by neath Leave a comment

And we think Turcot is something! Here are some shots from a  series posted on Dark Roasted Blend. (images credit: Ken Ohyama) (images credit: Ken Ohyama) (images credit: Ken Ohyama) […]

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Driving, freeway, Interchange, Photography, Urban

500 Repairs At Turcot Last Year

October 28, 2008by neath 3 Comments

And it cost 12 million bucks according to this article blogged by Kate over at Montreal City Weblog. The  building of a new interchange at Turcot will take at least […]

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Interchange, Structures, Urban

10,000 Signatures Sent To National Assembly

October 25, 2008by neath 2 Comments

Petition Submitted to the National Assembly 10 000 in Montreal demand increased funding to public transit Montréal, October 23rd 2008 – When the National Assembly opens today, a petition of nearly […]

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Activism, Development, freeway, Interchange

Dick Nieuwendijk

October 20, 2008by neath 1 Comment

Some shots from around the interchange from Dick Nieuwendijk. And you can catch the whole set here.

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Art, Grafitti, Interchange, Photography, Urban

Turcot Video

October 6, 2008by neath Leave a comment

This video is by  filmmaker Karen Vanderborght who  lives at 780 Saint Remi, a building slated for demolition under the current redo Turcot plan.

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Activism, Interchange, Video

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