Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel
The Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel is a highway bridge–tunnel running over and beneath the Saint Lawrence River. It connects the Montreal borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve with the south shore of the river at Longueuil, Quebec.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tunnel
- Description: fixed link
- Also known as: “Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parcours Île Charron and Parc de la Capture-d’Ethan-Allen.
Parcours Île Charron
Disc golf course
Parcours Île Charron, commonly known as "PIC", is an 18-hole disc golf course with dual concrete tees on Charron Island, in Longueuil, Quebec, to the northeast of Montreal. Parcours Île Charron is situated 1 km east of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel.
Parc de la Capture-d’Ethan-Allen
Park
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Parc de la Capture-d’Ethan-Allen is a park, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longue-Pointe and Boucherville.
Longue-Pointe
Neighborhood
Longue-Pointe was a Montreal neighbourhood now located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighborhood was permanently divided by the construction of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel. Longue-Pointe is situated 3 km southwest of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel.
Boucherville
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Boucherville is a picturesque and modern town of approximately 42,000 inhabitants in the Longueuil agglomeration in the suburbs of Montreal, on the south shore of the St.
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
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Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a district in Montreal. Located a ways east of downtown, it features the Olympic Stadium and other major attractions.
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel
- Categories: bridge–tunnel, underwater tunnel, and transportation
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel”
- French: “pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine”
- French: “Pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine”
- Italian: “ponte-galleria Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine”
- Italian: “Ponte-galleria Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine”
- Japanese: “ルイ・イポリット橋＝ラ・フォンテーヌ・トンネル”
- Spanish: “Puente Tunel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine”
- Spanish: “puente Túnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine”
- Spanish: “Puente Túnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine”
- Turkish: “Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Köprü-Tüneli”
- Turkish: “pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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