https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champlain_Bridge_(Montreal,_2019-present)
Being from Vancouver its hard to fathom that Montreal has this new cool 8 lane Champlain_Bridge. Then I remember that no one from Vancouver or BC was able to stop it from being built in Montreal. Of course the Vancouver mentality is to prevent any new wide bridge. In fact, to prevent any new bridges that would bring more cars and trucks into its puny city limits.
https://vancouver.skyrisecities.com/news/2017/05/sibling-bridges-second-narrows
Of course the new Champlain_Bridge would be designed to carry the REM line over the river. https://rem.info/en/work-schedule Simply because Vancouver is classified as a scenic city, its not allowed to have big city infrastructure on the scale of what Sydney, Australia, SF, Seattle & Montreal allow.
The Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing should have been built with 4 or at least 2 wide shoulders so that by now, the bridge could have had 8 to 10 lanes. Plus a provision for 2 rapid train tracks & 2 express bus lanes on a lower level. Instead, its a congested mess of 6 lanes with no shoulders or provision for rapid transit. Unlike most cities, Vancouver really excels at congestive planing. That's why the first 2 Skytrain lines have stations only about half the length of any Montreal Metro station. The Canada line only has a maximum allowance for 50m stations, while the Montreal Metro has 152.5m stations.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8330542/pothole-ironworkers-memorial-bridge
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