Bordeaux Railway Bridge
The Bordeaux Railway Bridge as seen from downstream, the handrails of the footbridge can be seen on the far, upstream, side.
Coordinates45°32′54″N 73°41′59″W / 45.548205°N 73.699615°W / 45.548205; -73.699615
CarriesCPR, CFQG, RTM
CrossesRivière des Prairies
LocaleMontreal/Laval, Quebec
Maintained byCanadian Pacific Railway
Characteristics
Clearance aboveAAR
Clearance below(?)
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks2 intertwined
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Structure gaugeAAR
ElectrifiedNo
Location

The Bordeaux Railway Bridge[1] is a railway bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway line across the Rivière des Prairies between Ahuntsic-Cartierville, on Montreal Island, and Laval-des-Rapides, Laval, Quebec, Canada. This bridge is used by freight trains of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), the Chemins de Fer Québec-Gatineau (CFQG) and by the Saint-Jerome line suburban trains of the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM).

A four-rail →gauntlet track is still in use on this bridge because the horizontal structure gauge is not sufficiently wide for a regular double track.

Greenbridge

A recently renovated/rebuilt bicycle/pedestrian bridge is cantilevered on the upstream side of this bridge.[2][3] https://www.velo.qc.ca/

See also

References

  1. Bordeaux Railway Bridge
  2. 1 2 Vélo Québec
  3. 1 2 "Routes vertes". Archived from the original on 2013-03-12. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
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