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The first of three work blitzes this fall will wreak havoc with the Champlain Bridge, the Bonaventure Expressway and Highway 15 for the Oct. 2-4 weekend.

The southbound Champlain will be closed, and the Montreal-bound bridge will be reduced to two lanes from three from Friday at 10 p.m. to Monday at 5 a.m. The closure is required so crews can install modular trusses that will reinforce the beams on the portion of the bridge over land.

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The work also requires the complete closure of the southbound Highway 15 from the Turcot Interchange to Highway 132 in Brossard. The Bonaventure Expressway toward the bridge will be closed at Highway 15. Both closures will follow the same period as the Champlain Bridge closure.

Access to Nuns’ Island from the Bonaventure and Highway 15 will not be closed.

In hopes of alleviating congestion, the Victoria Bridge will have two southbound lanes while the work is being done, while the Jacques-Cartier Bridge will have three southbound lanes.

Information: champlainbridge.ca