Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, Montreal

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge

https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQTy48KmHbY buildings

the new Samuel-de Champlain Bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiX8OT1iwZI 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Samuel-De+Champlain+Bridge

TransLink to extend North Shore RapidBus route to Metrotown starting in 2027

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/r2-rapidbus-north-shore-metrotown-burnaby-route-extension

https://aquilinidevelopment.com/community/kwasen-village

https://kwasenvillage.com 

The Kwasen Village & BCIT area is becoming a new intersection of housing & shopping, as well as education. So, hopefully starting in 2027, there will be an express bus from Metrotown_to_West-Vancouver. It will run along Willingdon Avenue providing a rapid bus link between Metrotown and Brentwood-Town-Centre-Station. Then onto N.Vancouver & W.Vancouver. This is being done, because backwards Vancouver refuses to build a rapid bus tunnel under or near the absurd, 3 lane Lions_Gate Bridge. Plus, the BC Government isn't interested in extending the SkyTrain on a bridge or through a tunnel to W.Vancouver. Thus, the inept, 3 lane Lions-Gate-Bridge remains as one of the worst bottlenecks or chokepoints in the world. 

Perth, WA built a 10 lane bridge with double train tracks in the middle of it.

https://www.skyperth.com/digitalstockfiles/train-over-the-narrows-bridge 3 sections. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Narrows_Bridge_from_QV.1.jpg Two 5 lane sections and a double track middle section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xNv6nNKaRI

Seattle, WA did something similar, but their 3 section bridge or crossing has 4 lanes each way & a double track middle section.

https://www.mi-reporter.com/news/sound-transit-begins-light-rail-testing-across-i-90 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felRTAG5MWc 

Montreal also did something similar to Seattle & Perth.

https://rem.info/en/albums/first-trip-across-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-july-2022 A 3 section bridge with 4 lanes each way. https://www.systra.com/en/news/the-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-in-canada-opens-to-train-traffic Plus, a middle section with 2 tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkZDtKKQ_e0 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9O6RzsXIqQ 

Being from backwards Vancouver & backwater BC, it's always amazing to see what other places can do, simply because they aren't in BC.

Fortunately, Perth, Seattle & Montreal don't have to contend with anything like the inept Vancouver & BC transportation mentality. It's mindboggeling that in 2025, Vancouver is still only running 4 car trains to Surrey & only 2 car trains to Coquitlam & Richmond. This, combined with several narrow bridges, makes it one of the most congested cities in the world. It's a sad & pathetic situation, because things in BC should be designed for proper future capacity expansion.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Metrotown-North+Shore+Rapid+Transit+route

The Montreal-light-rail-line REM and Samuel-De Champlain Bridge

 https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/08/124945-new-rem-light-rail-launches-montreal

As long as the trains can eventually become double the length, then Montreal can avoid a Vancouver type delema.

https://rem.info/en/map

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/national-news/new-montreal-light-rail-train-line-saw-two-service-interruptions-on-day-of-launch-7353740

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-light-rail-transit-system-shuts-down-on-1st-official-day-of-service-1.6500552

https://rem.info/en/reseau-express-metropolitain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=REM+Train

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Samuel-De+Champlain+Bridge

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Montreal

Metro Vancouver Regional District delays review of North Shore wastewater treatment plant project until legal battle resolved

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/north-shore-wastewater-treatment-plant-project-review-delayed

So much money has been wasted that could have otherwise have gone towards a train & bus bridge or a tunnel across the inlet. 

The+Ironworkers-Bridge will still have to be upgraded or rebuilt and it should be on the scale of the New Samuel-De_Champlain_Bridge. The New_Champlain_Bridge_in Montreal has 4 lanes each way, plus 2 train tracks. More things are possible in Montreal and Quebec, simply because they don't have anything like Vancouver's restrictions & the backwards BC B$ mentality to thwart them.

https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/traffic-and-detours/

https://www.samueldechamplainbridge.ca/pedestrians-and-cyclists/

https://www.arup.com/projects/samuel-de-champlain-bridge-corridor/