Tunnel Ville-Marie (Montreal) by MagikUnicorn
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Tunnel Ville-Marie (Autoroute 720)
L'Autoroute 720 est une autoroute urbaine québécoise desservant le centre-ville de Montréal.
Elle est également connue sous le nom d'Autoroute Ville-Marie.
Elle débute à l'échangeur Turcot à la jonction de l'Autoroute 15
(Autoroute Décarie) et de l'Autoroute 20. Elle traverse la ville de Westmount,
l'arrondissement de Ville-Marie dans le Sud-Ouest de Montréal.
Elle se termine à la hauteur du pont Jacques-Cartier (Route 134) et devient la rue Notre-Dame.
Une partie de son trajet est souterrain. Cette section commence à la sortie 3 (rue Guy)
et se termine à l'extrémité est de l'autoroute.
L'échangeur avec l'Autoroute 10 est souterrain Elle passe sous le Palais des congrès.
Originellement, la 720 devait être une section de l'Autoroute 20 lorsqu'elle aurait été prolongée
jusqu'à l'Autoroute 25. Ce projet a été abandonné. Par contre, l'avenue Notre-Dame sera
convertie en boulevard urbain jusqu'à l'avenue Souligny. Cependant, la section comprise
entre le boulevard Dickson et l'autoroute 25 de l'avenue Souligny a été numérotée
720 depuis la fin des travaux de 2009, visant à transformer cette dernière en voie rapide.
Ville-Marie Expressway (A-720)
Autoroute 720 (or A-720, known as the Ville-Marie Expressway (English) or Autoroute Ville-Marie (French) is a spur route of Autoroute 20. Part of this multilane highway runs underground
(below-grade) through downtown Montreal. Its western end starts at the Turcot Interchange,
a junction with Autoroute 15 and Autoroute 20. Its eastern terminus is at the
Jacques Cartier Bridge (Route 134) where the highway merges with Notre-Dame Street.
A-720's tunneled section begins from the west at Rue de la Montagne/Atwater Street (Exit 4)
and remains underground to its current eastern end, except for a short section between
Bleury St. and Saint Laurent Boulevard. The tunnelled section west of this gap is known
as Ville-Marie Tunnel, and the section east of it is known as Viger Tunnel. However,
locals regard both tunnels as one, and the term Ville-Marie Tunnel
is often used to refer to both tunnels at once.
Future plans from the provincial transport ministry (Le ministère des Transports du Québec,
or MTQ) are to extend this tunnel to Autoroute 25 at its Souligny Avenue interchange.
The right-of-way has existed since the original layout of the 720, and buildings along
the extension were demolished at that time, even though the 720 was not completed
due to cost constraints. The government of Montreal would instead convert the portion
of Notre Dame east of the Jacques Cartier bridge into a six-lane urban boulevard,
instead of a sunken limited access expressway. It is currently an undivided four-lane city street.
The final project has been approved, and work began on Souligny Avenue to double
the span of the travel lanes. In late July 2009, there was a Autoroute 720 westbound
shield that has been installed on this stretch.It was originally envisioned that Autoroute
20 would extend from the Turcot Interchange, along the route of the 720, to the Lafontaine Tunnel.
The Autoroute Ville-Marie designation is named after the downtown borough of Ville-Marie,
through which the expressway is routed.
Thanks
Magik
Comments (63)
DarkStormCrow
Very nice captures, well done...
angelafair
Ohhhh...very COOL! Great shots! Always wanted to Visit Canada!
mickeyrony
Explanations superb Réal. It is brilliant when have is not to block like. I like to take this motorway It is quickly ((5++)) Explications superbe Réal . C'est génial quand ont est pas bloquer comme . J'aime prendre cette autoroute c'est vite ((5++))
bakapo
very cool shots, I love the dark tunnel.
1358
the Mongreal underground systems are massive and well designed... good capture!
OrphanedSoul
How excellent! I love tunnels!
Faemike55
Love tunnels and this is no exception!
MOSKETON
BUENAS IMAGENES. EL TEXTO LO LEO OTRO RATO.
atlas7
On se dirait à Paris... Le monde occidental est en train de s'uniformiser il me semble ! 5++
mgtcs
Wonderful shot, amazing tunnels, amazing photo!
claude19
TR7S TR7S belle photos...un peu idylliques peut être comme écrit ton ami...pratique si sans bouchon...Champagne !!!
renecyberdoc
fantastic cousin.
Dreamingbee
great shots and collage
Bossie_Boots
Amazing captures superb work !!
brycek
Terrific shots..very nice!!
lizzibell
nice capture...
jmb007
photo educative,comme en france,votre reseau routier n'en finit pas de se terminer,vous avez beaucoup de monde sur les routes vue que tout le monde se croit obliger de prendre sa voiture,a un degree moindre chez vous,les embouteillage de montreal etant beaucoup moins celebre que ceux de paris! bonne journee
UteBigSmile
Looks great Real, we have some of these in Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia, so far as I know and have seen them on my own!!! Have a great day, hug's ute
jeroni
Fantastic light and mood. Superb shot
Primal
Very cool..They are making a tunnel just north of here on the coast to bypass a place called the Devils slide..it runs under a mountain....
Biffowitz
Fantastic views my friend, I especially like the bottom one!
flavia49
marvelous collage!!! great captures!!
tamburro
Fantastic shots Magik!!!! Hugs:)
Hubba1
Very cool :)
CarolSassy
Fun ride! Thanks! (:
kftate
Fantastic captures and great information! Excellent done!!
gaius
Ah ! là je connais...même si j'avoue être perdu dans tes explications (il faudrait que j'aie le plan sous le nez !). Ca me rappelle de bien sympathiques souvenirs de ce Montréal que j'aime beaucoup et que j'ai visité souvent.
evielouise
HI MU, very familiar to me as I traveled all of these when I was there just this August ,all the signs I remember well great shot my friend~
jendellas
Love the inside the tunnel capture, great info as always!!!!
lyron
Very cool shots!!