Bordeaux Railway Bridge

The Bordeaux Railway Bridge 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).

Bordeaux Railway Bridge
The Bordeaux Railway Bridge as seen from downstream, the handrails of the footbridge can be seen on the far, upstream, side.
Coordinates	45.548205°N 73.699615°W / 45.548205; -73.699615
Carries	CPR, CFQG, RTM
Crosses	Rivière des Prairies
Locale	Montreal/Laval, Quebec
Maintained by	Canadian Pacific Railway
Characteristics
Clearance below	(?)
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	2 intertwined
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Structure gauge	AAR
Electrified	No

CPR's Perry Island Bridge gauntlet track in Montreal, Quebec. The Bordeaux Railway Bridge is visible in the background. The bicycle path is visible to the left and the unnamed bridge to Perry Island[1] is visible to the right.

Bridge in 1948, as seen from upstream. The foot bridge appears to be already in place.

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]

See also

• List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies
• List of bridges in Montreal
• List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies
• Route Verte 1 & 2[3]
• Vélo Québec[2]

References

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

External links

• Media related to Bordeaux Railway Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
• Quebec Gatineau Railway (QGR)
• Île Perry