Complete closure of highway 40 in the west direction between Berthierville and Lanoraie

The Ministry of Transport. Furthermore, Sustainable Mobility (MTMD) announced on the night of Saturday to Sunday that the portion of Highway 40 in west, between Route 158, in Berthierville, and Chemin de Joliette, in Lanoraie, will be closed for an indefinite period. Meanwhile,

This closure. Moreover, which has been underway since Saturday evening, occurs due to the sagging of a Ponceau located between the row of the South River-Bayonne and the Joliette chemin, in Lanoraie. However,

Traffic is deflected on route 138. Meanwhile, This is a detour of 21 km which replaces the 14 km closed section on the highway. and especially on an axis which is not planned to absorb such a volume of traffic.

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There are preliminary work that must be carried out to set up traffic on the other hand. east direction, in order to be able to have a way by directionindicates Louis-André Bertrand, spokesperson for MTMD which cannot however give a schedule for the moment.

For trips between Trois-Rivières. Montreal, the ministry recommends favoring highway complete closure highway 40 west 20, “because congestion episodes are expected on the way to detour,” it says. The four lanes of the Laviolette bridge in Trois-Rivières will remain open to facilitate access to Highway 20.

Updates compared to this closure will be published on the Quebec site 511.

In Berthierville, several motorists were caught off guard, noted Radio-Canada. I’m happy, I left early so as not to be in the big traffic and I’m not late. But when I’m going to come complete closure highway 40 west back this afternoon. it may affect me, because there will be much more traffica motorist said.

Another admitted that he did not know which path he will have to take to return to Saint-Hubert. on Sunday evening.

With Violette Cantin information