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Category Archives: Overpasses

Transport Quebec warns motorists: stay away from Turcot Interchange this weekend

April 19, 2013by neath Leave a comment

It was built below specs and has been poorly maintained.  Saving on maintenance costs in the first 3 decades created  full time maintenance contracts that has cost, and will cost […]

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freeway, Government Spending, Infrastructure, Overpasses

Sexy Beton

September 30, 2009by neath 2 Comments

Attended the play, Sexy Beton, at the Segal Centre last night. It’s about what happened after the de la Concorde overpass in Laval collapsed and killed 5 people, seriously wounding […]

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Art, Overpasses, theatre

The Doney Spur (4)

July 22, 2008by neath 3 Comments

Continuing the journey with Avrom Shtern and Andrew Dawson. Here is a map of this leg. We started at Sources and went east. As far as I know the La […]

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Activism, Bridge, History, Infrastructure, Overpasses, Photography, Railroad, Structures, transportation, Urban, Walking

Meadowbrook (2)

May 23, 2008by neath 4 Comments

Last week I had the pleasure of touring the south side of Meadowbrook with a few of Les Amis de Meadowbrook. Here is a shot of the Little Saint Pierre […]

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Development, environment, Green Space, Overpasses, Photography, Structures, transportation

The Sources Interchange

May 3, 2008by neath 5 Comments

Built in the 60’s when it was believed that concrete could be sexy this thing has more curves than a belly dancer convention. Last Sunday was pretty nice and I […]

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architecture, freeway, Infrastructure, Interchange, Overpasses, Photography, Urban

Tolls, Taxes, And The Price Ya Pay!

March 5, 2008by neath 5 Comments

The Gazette Op-Ed pages today are filled with comments about the concept of there being tolls on the bridges to Montreal Island. An editorial says, “Bridge Tolls? Why Not? Road […]

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City Hall, Driving, freeway, Global Warming, Infrastructure, Overpasses, Urban

Infrastructure Collapsing in Canada?

November 20, 2007by neath 6 Comments

This is going across the wire today. Canada’s infrastructure deficit hits $123 billion, report says OTTAWA – Canada’s water treatment facilities, roads and public infrastructure is on the verge of […]

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Collapse, Construction, Development, Global Warming, Infrastructure, Overpasses, Politics, Sustainability

Johnson Commission Report

October 19, 2007by neath Leave a comment

This Gazette article looks at what some of the likely proposals of the Johnson Commission (due on Thursday) will be. One significant suggestion will be redirecting authority of bridges and […]

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Driving, History, Overpasses, Politics, Structures, Urban

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