It’s official: The final leg of the long-awaited highway connecting Montreal to the U.S. border is now open for motorists.
After five years of work representing a total investment of nearly $223 million, Highway 35 was inaugurated ahead of schedule by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MTMD).
The opening of the final section of Highway 35, between Saint-Sébastien and Saint-Armand, means that road users will now be able to travel on a divided four-lane highway between Montréal and the U.S. border.
The completion of this major milestone is aimed to improve the movement of people and goods between Québec and the United States, and enhance road safety and quality of life for residents along Route 133, as trucks will be able to use this faster new route.
Phase III of this major project, covering 8.9 km, included numerous road infrastructures as well as a significant environmental compensation plan.
We’re talking about 1 hectare of wetlands and 4 hectares of fish habitats, as well as the reforestation of over 24 hectares of forest through the planting of 35,000 trees, and the protection of 75 hectares of land with high ecological value.
With the opening of the final section of Highway 35, road users can also travel on a highway-grade road from Montréal to Boston.
The third phase of the Highway 35 extension included several major works, such as:
- Extending Highway 35 by 8.9 km between Saint-Sébastien and Saint-Armand, with two lanes in each direction on divided roadways;
- Building a 400 m bridge over the Pike River;
- Constructing an interchange and overpass at the junction of Highway 35, Chemin Champlain and Route 133 in Saint-Armand;
- Building a roundabout at the intersection of Route 133 and Chemins Champlain and du Moulin in Saint-Armand;
- Constructing an overpass (extension of Route 202) over Highway 35 in Pike River;
- Carrying out a compensation project to offset the cumulative environmental impacts of the Highway 35 extension (phases I to III). This project is located between the highway right-of-way and the Pike River in the municipalities of Pike River and Saint-Armand.
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