Open in full screen mode The accident took place shortly before 7 a.m. during rush hour when the semi-trailer collided with the viaduct. Radio-Canada Speech synthesis, based on artificial intelligence, makes it possible to generate spoken text from written text. Motorists must be patient. An excavator transported on a trailer struck the Vézina viaduct on the southbound Décarie highway Monday morning, causing traffic congestion. The highway was closed southbound between Jean-Talon and Plamondon streets for several hours. This caused significant congestion. However, around noon, traffic gradually returned to normal after the The excavator and the truck carrying it were towed. Two out of four lanes are reopened to traffic while waiting for the cleaning work to be carried out by the Ministry of Transport.
The excavator and the weight heavy vehicles cleared from the highway
The accident took place shortly before 7 a.m. during rush hour when the semi-trailer collided with the viaduct.
The accident took place shortly before 7 a.m. during rush hour.
Now it's time to put the excavator back on tracks and bring in a trailer truck to transport the excavator, this time ensuring that the height of the viaduct is respected.
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This is not the first time that a structure has been hit on the Décarie highway, recalls Mr. Pay. Two years ago, almost in the same place, the Savane viaduct was hit, fortunately without any major problem for the structure.
A quote from Gilles Payer, spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport and of sustainable mobility
For the moment, the structure is safe and traffic can resume there.
A summary inspection allowed us to deduce that the structure remains safe, explains Gilles Payer, but a more in-depth inspection will be carried out later to possibly change a beam as a precautionary measure.