{"id":804,"date":"2022-08-17T14:28:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/canada\/2022\/08\/05\/the-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-in-canada-opens-to-train-traffic\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T22:24:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:24:10","slug":"the-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-in-canada-opens-to-train-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/canada\/news\/the-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-in-canada-opens-to-train-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Samuel De Champlain Bridge Opens To Train Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On 27 July 2022, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge was opened to rail traffic for the first time. SYSTRA IBT participated in the construction of the Bridge in partnership with T.Y. Lin International and SNC Lavalin. Our IBT and SYSTRA Canada teams are currently working on the certification of the bridge&#8217;s tracks, in partnership with T.Y. Lin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-samuel-de-champlain-bridge-backbone-of-the-rem-south\">The Samuel De Champlain Bridge, backbone of the REM South<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Inaugurated in the summer of 2019, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge links the cities of Brossard and Montreal, replacing a previous structure that had become obsolete. It is above all a multimodal crossing and a feat of engineering with its three decks: two decks for road traffic (with eight lanes, including three for vehicles and one reserved to buses in each direction, as well as a multifunctional path for pedestrians and cyclists), and a central deck dedicated to the REM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/champlain-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8237195\" width=\"657\" height=\"315\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Samuel De Champlain Bridge is one of the widest bridges in the world, with a total deck width of 50 metres. Its concrete and steel design has already won several awards, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.systraibt.com\/en\/newsroom\/article\/samuel-de-champlain-bridge-receives-a-major-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Precast\/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) International Transportation Structure Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/champlain-pietons-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8237242\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-towards-a-modal-shift-by-the-automatic-rem\">Towards a modal shift by the automatic REM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same axis as the Bridge, and to propose a credible modal shift offer, the REM South will link Brossard (via the Rive-Sud station) to Central Station, crossing the St. Lawrence River. It will be operated with automatic driverless metro trains, which should be put into service on 1 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/champlain-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8237351\" width=\"624\" height=\"304\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-features-samuel-de-champlain-bridge\">Key features &#8211; Samuel De Champlain Bridge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Total length: 3.4km<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length of the suspended section: 238m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pylon height: 170m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Width: 60m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 separate decks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8 traffic lanes (plus 2 rail lines on the central corridor)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11 million public transport users<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 50 million vehicles expected per year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three years after its opening to road and pedestrian traffic, the Samuel De Champlain Bridge welcomes a third type of traffic: the light metro, with Montreal&#8217;s R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain (REM \u2013 Metropolitan Express Network).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1000008236998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"665,756,793,695","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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