Talk:List of bridges to the Island of Montreal

Ottawa R rail bridges
The two rail bridges at the west end of the island are entirely separate, with the first being built in the 1850s or '60s by CN predecessor Grand Trunk and the newer one built by the CP. --plaws 20:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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Reformatting this article as a table
As I looked at the list of crossings for the Saint Lawrence River and other bodies of water in Quebec, I found that the table format of these lists is more useful than the simple list this article is formatted into. Unless there is some opposition to what I intend to do, I will proceed with the reformatting of the entire article by the end of the month.Blanchardb 16:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Works for me - go for it! --plaws 21:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I will proceed tomorrow then.Blanchardb 23:56, 1 October 2007 (UTC) Done. There might be a few kinks to correct, but I did remove duplicate links while I was at it. Blanchardb 02:41, 2 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I like it but ... I don't know table markup well enough to do this myself:  can the width of the cells be narrowed?  The table is too wide for my browser, and likely many others. --plaws 16:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

It can be done. Actually, it is fairly simple. Blanchardb 20:18, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Rating
The list of spans to and from Montreal Island is complete, although some info is missing for some individual spans. However, I do not want my assessment to be unilateral, so let it stand at GA for the time being. Blanchardb 20:46, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

(Feb 2013) - The new Serge Marcil bridge on Autoroute 30 needs to be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.33.19.254 (talk) 17:19, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

GA fail
I'm quick failing this GA nomination - per WP:WIAGA, lists are not reviewed under the GA system, and should instead be nominated for WP:FL status. Frickative 23:30, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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ice bridge
The Two Mountains ice bridge and ferry should be mentioned atleast. 70.51.10.188 (talk) 11:11, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

ferries
This needs a complementary list on ferries in the Montreal Area (downtown-south shore, two mountains, Ile Bizard-Laval, etc) 70.51.10.188 (talk) 11:12, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Peer review
The peer review I requested stated that the comments in the last column should be converted to footnotes. At first, I thought there were maybe too many such comments for footnotes, but on second thought, when I look at those comments, I see that many of them have to do with the construction date of a previous structure at the same spot. Therefore, I suggest replacing the year built column with two columns: one that states the construction date of the first span ever built at that spot (or close enough that they can be considered one and the same), and one that states the year of construction of the structure currently in place. The rest of the comments could be converted to footnotes. --  Blanchardb - Me•MyEars•MyMouth - timed 00:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Cite error
Why does citre erroe appear when undefined and the complete list of refferences appear??? Peter Horn User talk 00:11, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Problem solved. Peter Horn User talk 00:34, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Île Bigras railway crossing date
The Île Bigras railway crossing is listed as having been built in 1882. This seems extremely unlikely since the Canadian Northern Railway built that line in 1916. Perhaps the listed reference for the 1882 date refer to a previous (non-railway) bridge? Could someone who has access to Laurin's Histoire de Laurentides please check this? By the way, the list ISBN for this reference fails.

Numerous references support the 1916 date for the rail line over Île Bigras. I used Andreae, Christopher (1997) Lines of Country: An Atlas of Railway and Waterway History in Canada, The Boston Mills Press isbn=1-55046-133-8 pp. 105,107 Meters (talk) 00:54, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * My source was a book I picked in a public library in Laval, and I would be hard-pressed to find that book again. If you find that it was in error, please feel free to make the correction.
 * But please keep in mind that sometimes such projects are built one section at a time, so 1882 might have been the laying of rails on the first section, and 1916 the date of completion of the final stretch. Which wouldn't give us the exact date of construction of the bridge. --  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 05:13, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm sure there was no railway bridge to Île Bigras in 1882. The nearest railway in the area prior to 1916 was the Ste-Eustache Railway which only ran from St-Eustache to Ste-Thérèse. Canadian Northern built the Ile Bigras line as part of its line through the Mount Royal Tunnel. Canadian Northern did not exist until 1899. Meters (talk) 20:46, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Forgot to say that the Ile Bigras line was first conceived of in 1910 or 1911. A 1907 atlas shows no bridge to Ile Bigras (or even roads on it). The earliest map I've found showing the rail line is 1914. It does not show the bridge and does not appear to show the final alignment of the rail line. A 1915 atlas does show the line crossing the river, but the alignment still does not appear to be quite correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meters (talk • contribs) 21:36, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

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