Pont Viau

The Viau Bridge was built in 1930, rebuilt in 1962 and widened in 1993. The bridge spans the Rivière des Prairies between the Montreal borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Laval neighbourhood of Pont Viau.

Photo: Stéphane Batigne, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge linking Montreal and Laval in Quebec, Canada
Also known as: “Ahuntsic Bridge” and “Viau Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parc Maurice-Richard and Cartier station.

Parc Maurice-Richard

Park

Photo: Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal, CC BY 2.0.

Parc Maurice-Richard is a park.

Cartier station

Metro station

Photo: FargomeD, CC BY 2.5.

Cartier station is a Montreal Metro station in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal and serves the Orange Line. Located in the Pont-Viau district, it is part of an extension into Laval, and opened on April 28, 2007. Cartier station is situated 600 metres northwest of Pont Viau.

Henri-Bourassa station

Metro station

Photo: Alexcaban, CC BY 3.0.

Henri-Bourassa station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal and serves the Orange Line. Henri-Bourassa station is situated 630 metres southeast of Pont Viau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sault-au-Récollet and Montreal.

Sault-au-Récollet

Neighborhood

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Sault-au-Récollet is a neighbourhood in Montreal. It is located in the eastern edge of the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, bordering the Rivière des Prairies.

Montreal

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Montreal is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec. While Quebec City is the political capital, Montreal is the cultural and economic centre, and the main entry point to the province.

Laval

Photo: Inkey, CC BY 2.0.

The city of Laval, conglomerated from 14 smaller municipalities in 2000, covers the island Île Jésus and some smaller islands to the northwest of Montreal.

Pont Viau

Latitude

45.55725° or 45° 33′ 26″ north

Longitude

-73.67537° or 73° 40′ 31″ west

Elevation

14 metres (46 feet)

Open location code

87Q8H84F+VV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 440087440

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

GeoNames ID

6110744

Wikidata ID

Q3396768

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Satellite Map

Discover Pont Viau from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Dutch to Turkish—“Pont Viau” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Pont Viau”
Egyptian Arabic: “بونت فياو”
French: “Pont Ahuntsic”
French: “pont d’Ahuntsic”
French: “pont Des Roches”
French: “pont Viau”
French: “Pont Viau”
Indonesian: “Jembatan Viau”
Turkish: “Pont Viau”
Turkish: “Viau Köprüsü”

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Localities in the Area

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