List of crossings of the Ottawa River

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This is a list of bridges, dams, and ferries on the Ottawa River, proceeding stream upwards from the Saint Lawrence River, with the year in which they were opened.

Crossings[]

Between the Saint Lawrence River and the Lake of Two Mountains[]

Across the east (or north) arm (channel) (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal)
Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot
Carries Coordinates and Comments
Galipeault Bridge 1924 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Île Bellevue Île Perrot Quebec Autoroute 20.svg Autoroute 20
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Île Bellevue Île Perrot CN Rail, Via Rail Canada (passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto)
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Île Bellevue Île Perrot CP Rail

(RTM Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train)

Across the west (or south) arm (channel)
Span Year built North side:
Île Perrot
Via South side: Montérégie Carries Coordinates and Comments
Île Perrot Dorion CN Rail, Via Rail Canada (passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto)
Île Perrot Dorion CP Rail

(RTM Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train)

Taschereau Bridge Île Perrot Dorion (Montérégie) Quebec Autoroute 20.svg Autoroute 20

Across the Lake of Two Mountains[]

Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot
Carries Coordinates and Comments
Île aux Tourtes Bridge Senneville Île Girwood, Île aux Tortues Vaudreuil-Dorion (Montérégie) Quebec Autoroute 40.svgTrans-Canada Highway Quebec.svg Autoroute 40/Trans-Canada Highway

From the Lake of Two Mountains upstream[]

Span Year built North side: Quebec Via South side:
Ontario, unless noted.
Carries Coordinates and Comments
Oka Ferry[1][2][3] Oka Hudson, Quebec Seasonal
Hudson - Oka Icebridge[4] Oka Hudson, Quebec Seasonal
[5] Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Pointe Fortune, Quebec Seasonal
Carillon Pointe Fortune, Quebec Seasonal (Replaced by St-Andre d'argenteuil ice bridge in Winter)
Carillon generating station Carillon Pointe-Fortune, Ontario (no road access across dam)
Long-Sault Bridge Grenville Hawkesbury Qc344.svg Quebec Route 344/
Ontario 34.svg Ontario Highway 34
(replaced the Perley Bridge)
[6] Fassett Lefaivre (Replaced by an ice bridge in Winter)
[7] Thurso Rockland (Restarted operation 3 October 2008)
[8] 1939 [9] Masson Cumberland Year round
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge 1965 Gatineau Ottawa Quebec Autoroute 5.svg Autoroute 5 (Quebec Side) 45°26′12″N 75°42′9″W / 45.43667°N 75.70250°W / 45.43667; -75.70250
Alexandra Bridge 1901 Gatineau Ottawa Formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge 45°25′48″N 75°42′17″W / 45.43000°N 75.70472°W / 45.43000; -75.70472
Portage Bridge 1973 Gatineau Victoria Island Ottawa 45°25′20″N 75°42′49″W / 45.42222°N 75.71361°W / 45.42222; -75.71361
Chaudière Bridge 1919 Gatineau Chaudière and Victoria Islands Ottawa 45°25′16″N 75°43′7″W / 45.42111°N 75.71861°W / 45.42111; -75.71861
Hull-2[10] 1920 Gatineau Ottawa,
(E. B. Eddy Company/
Domtar)
45°25′17″N 75°43′11″W / 45.42143°N 75.719728°W / 45.42143; -75.719728
Prince of Wales Bridge 1880 Gatineau Lemieux Island Ottawa Formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge 45°24′56″N 75°43′40″W / 45.41556°N 75.72778°W / 45.41556; -75.72778
Champlain Bridge 1928 Gatineau Riopelle, Cunningham and Bate Islands Ottawa 45°24′35″N 75°45′34″W / 45.40972°N 75.75944°W / 45.40972; -75.75944
West Carleton-Quyon Ferry[11] Quyon 45°30′48″N 76°13′30″W / 45.513354°N 76.225128°W / 45.513354; -76.225128

Seasonal (April–December)

Chute-des-Chats generating station 1932 Fitzroy Harbour (no road access across dam) 45°28′30″N 76°14′18″W / 45.47500°N 76.23833°W / 45.47500; -76.23833
unnamed railway bridge Pontiac Ottawa Central Railway (formerly Canadian National Railway) 45°27′59″N 76°17′11″W / 45.4665°N 76.2863°W / 45.4665; -76.2863
unnamed road bridge Portage-du-Fort Chenaux 45°34′51″N 76°40′19″W / 45.580810°N 76.671944°W / 45.580810; -76.671944
1950 Portage-du-Fort Chenaux (no road access across dam)
unnamed railway bridge Portage-du-Fort McLarens Settlement Ottawa Central Railway (formerly Canadian National Railway - rail removed but structure still there) 45°36′48″N 76°40′17″W / 45.6134°N 76.6714°W / 45.6134; -76.6714
Pont Des Allumettes Bridge 2015 (original built 1953) L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
()
Pembroke Qc148.svg Quebec Highway 148/
Ontario 148.svg Ontario Highway 148
45°48′27″N 77°02′33″W / 45.80753°N 77.04253°W / 45.80753; -77.04253
Pont Des Joachims Bridge 1950 Rapides-des-Joachims Rolphton Renfrew County Road 635 46°11′30″N 77°41′02″W / 46.19153°N 77.68378°W / 46.19153; -77.68378
1942–1948 Rapides-des-Joachims Rolphton (no road access across dam) 46°10′58″N 77°41′49″W / 46.18289°N 77.69684°W / 46.18289; -77.69684
Quebec Deux-Rivières 46°15′36″N 78°17′20″W / 46.25994°N 78.28877°W / 46.25994; -78.28877
unnamed railway bridge Quebec Mattawa (formerly Canadian Pacific Railway) 46°19′23″N 78°42′17″W / 46.32303°N 78.70467°W / 46.32303; -78.70467
1952 Mattawa (no road access across dam) 46°22′44″N 78°43′28″W / 46.37876°N 78.724499°W / 46.37876; -78.724499
Témiscaming Thorne Qc101.svg Quebec Highway 101/
Ontario 63.svg Ontario Highway 63

Entirely within Quebec[]

Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot
Carries Coordinates and Comments
unnamed road bridge Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord Qc101.svg Quebec Highway 101
Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord (no road access across dam)
Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord (local road access across dam)
Quebec Quebec (no road access across dam)
Angliers Angliers (local road access across dam)
Grassy Narrow Bridge Quebec Quebec (covered bridge)
(local road access across dam)
(local road access across dam)
unnamed road bridge
unnamed road bridge 47°40′08″N 77°31′25″W / 47.66876°N 77.52361°W / 47.66876; -77.52361 ?
(local road access across dam)
unnamed road bridge

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "hudson-village.info". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Oka-Hudson". Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ Oka/hudson Ferry
  4. ^ "Hudson-Oka ice bridge opens". The Gazette. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Pont De Glace". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Fassett – Lefaivre Ferry – Wikimapia". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Thurso-Clarence Ferry – Wikimapia". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ^ Masson – Cumberland Ferry
  9. ^ History
  10. ^ Hydro electric Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "quyonferry.com". Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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