Montreal’s New $4.4 Billion Champlain Bridge Opens to Northbound Traffic

Montreal’s New $4.4 Billion Champlain Bridge Opens to Northbound Traffic
The new Samuel de Champlain bridge is seen with the old bridge in the background in Montreal on June 17, 2019. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press
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MONTREAL—Six months late and millions of dollars over budget, Montreal’s new Samuel De Champlain Bridge opened to northbound traffic Monday morning, officially beginning the replacement of its crumbling but very busy predecessor.

Federal Infrastructure Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne was riding in one of the first cars that rolled across the newly built span at 5 a.m.