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Pack your picnic baskets, grab your gingham blankets and head out to the Ottawa River — the Alexandra Bridge is set to be transformed for one day on July 2, 2017 to a grassy lawn fit to host hundreds of hungry Ottawa and Gatineau picnic-goers.

As part of the year-long celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation, crews will work overnight to lay sod on the entire length of the interprovincial bridge’s west-facing wooden boardwalk, which is usually reserved for pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic lanes will be closed for the day to regular drivers; two of the lanes will be set aside for pedestrians and cyclists and two others for emergency vehicles.

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The soaring bridge deck offers a breathtaking view of the Parliament Buildings, Nepean Point, the Canadian Museum of History and the Ottawa River, and is seen by organizers as a symbolic link between Ontario and Quebec.

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