{"id":3248,"date":"2014-01-28T11:58:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T16:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2014-01-29T14:30:33","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T19:30:33","slug":"cement-removed-lasalle-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/cement-removed-lasalle-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Concrete* Removed from LaSalle Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/champlain-bridge-replacement\/icebridge-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SGH-T589R&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1345806109&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.78&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00078003120124805&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Icebridge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1320\" alt=\"Icebridge\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?resize=266%2C200&amp;ssl=1 266w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Icebridge1.jpg?resize=96%2C72&amp;ssl=1 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Two weeks ago, Transport Quebec chipped off pieces of concrete* from five different Turcot Exchange lanes and four different Saint Pierre Exchange bridges, all in the LaSalle area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took some pieces off that could have fallen off,\u201d said Jacques Nadeau, a communications spokesperson with Transport Quebec. \u201cSome parts were as small as a cellphone so it\u2019s not that dangerous, but we don\u2019t take any chances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The four bridges were among 605 bridges in the province that are of a similar design to the one on Highway 40 that dropped a chunk of concrete on a car on January 13. No one was killed in that accident, but several people had minor injuries and extreme scares.<\/p>\n<p>The bridges are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13802A Angrignon, which is the bridge going over Highway 20 (circa 1966);<\/li>\n<li>03810P Lafleur, which is the 69.95 metre link between Airlie and Lafleur and Highway 138 (circa-1963);<\/li>\n<li>03810J Ave.138, which is the Highway 138 bridge over Cl\u00e9ment (circa 1963); and<\/li>\n<li>03810F A20, which is the Highway 20 bridge over St. Jacques (circa 1965). This one was structurally-supported in 2009-2010 and is due to be replaced in the Saint-Pierre reconstruction project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To see the reports for these bridges, go to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/13\/138\/13802A\/rig13802A.pdf\">http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/13\/138\/13802A\/rig13802A.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/03\/0381\/03810P\">http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/03\/0381\/03810P<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/03\/0381\/03810J\/RIG03810J.pdf\">http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/03\/0381\/03810J\/RIG03810J.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/03\/0381\/03810F\/rig03810F.pdf\">http:\/\/www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca\/portal\/page\/portal\/Librairie\/Information_citoyens\/03\/0381\/03810F\/rig03810F.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Transport Quebec\u2019s emergency operation last week took five to six days including completing all 47 interventions, said Nadeau. \u201cThey found some interventions that will need to be done in the next couple of weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nadeau says that since the accident the Transport Ministry has changed their inspection protocol. \u201cWhen there\u2019s an exceptional meteorological event, we\u2019ll do new inspections to secure the structures,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we have sudden climate change\u2014say rain on one day and minus 35 two days later, we\u2019ll do mandatory inspections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nadeau says that changing weather patterns cause problems with older structures. \u201cThe metal rods that are inside the concrete are more efficient now and they resist better now than 60 years ago,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen the water gets icy, it takes more space and that\u2019s what affects the concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*Note: An earlier edition of this article called concrete cement. I apologize for the error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weeks ago, Transport Quebec chipped off pieces of concrete* from five different Turcot Exchange lanes and four different Saint Pierre Exchange bridges, all in the LaSalle area. \u201cWe took some pieces off that could have fallen off,\u201d said Jacques Nadeau, a communications spokesperson with Transport Quebec. \u201cSome parts were as small as a cellphone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-Qo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3069,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lachine_canal_public_works\/","url_meta":{"origin":3248,"position":0},"title":"Lachine Canal National Historic Site Public Works Notice","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Major Repair Works at the Lafleur Bridge Lafleur and Gauron Bridges \u00a9 Parks Canada MONTREAL, Quebec, October 28, 2013 \u2013 Parks Canada would like to inform the public that work will be carried out on the Lafleur Bridge, which links Dollard Avenue in LaSalle with Saint-Pierre Avenue in Lachine, to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Lafleur and Gauron Bridges","src":"http:\/\/www.pc.gc.ca\/eng\/lhn-nhs\/qc\/canallachine\/ne\/~\/media\/lhn-nhs\/qc\/canallachine\/travaux-works\/travaux-pont-lafleur-2013.ashx?w=200&h=140&as=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15924,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-cut-mainland-verdun\/","url_meta":{"origin":3248,"position":1},"title":"Nun\u2019s Island cut off from Mainland Verdun","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"September 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Nun\u2019s Island residents will be even more cut off from the Verdun mainland than usual for the next few weeks. 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