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Plenty of road closures are hitting Montreal this week, including highways and tunnels

Montreal drivers should get ready for another weekend of detours, delays, and construction zone slowdowns. The Quebec transport ministry has announced major road closures on Autoroute 25 and the Honoré-Mercier Bridge from Friday night through early Monday morning as part of ongoing infrastructure work.

Here's what to watch for if you're hitting the road:

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Quebec's worst roads were revealed and these 5 Montreal streets somehow didn't make the cut

We all love to hate Montreal roads. Between the potholes, patch jobs, and surprise sinkholes, driving around the city can feel like a video game set on hard mode.

And while Montreal somehow (somehow) didn't place in CAA-Québec's 2025 list of the worst roads in the entire province, the organization did release a regional ranking, and it's not exactly flattering.

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2 main Montreal tunnels will be completely closed this weekend & traffic could be a mess

If you're planning to drive through downtown Montreal this weekend, you might want to rethink your route.

According to the ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (MTQ), two of the city's major passageways will be off limits for over 48 hours.

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Montreal traffic is looking brutal this weekend thanks to 2 major road closures

If you're in the Greater Montreal area, make sure to check your route before heading out this weekend. Two major road closures are scheduled from October 18 to 20, and the province's transportation ministry says drivers should prepare for significant disruptions.

The affected Montreal roads are frequently busy, so take note of the following obstructions to avoid dreaded Montreal traffic and find suitable detours to keep your weekend plans intact.

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The worst roads in Quebec were ranked and Montreal (shockingly) didn't make the cut

It's no secret that Montreal is notorious for a few things. Sure, we've got bagels, poutine and Montreal-style smoked meat, but the Island is also known for its non-stop construction and poor road conditions.

For anyone who lives here, avoiding potholes is essentially an Olympic sport many of us have mastered. For those visiting, chances are your car has dipped into a deep hole at some point while driving, which was likely followed by a few not-so-nice words. But that's simply the Montreal experience. Non?

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These 7 Montreal roads are the worst in the city, according to CAA-Quebec

As Montrealers, we don't need anyone (not a ranking nor an expert nor a tourist) to tell us how bad our roads are. Trust us — we already know.

For drivers in this city, the question isn't if our roads are awful, but rather, "Which ones are the most awful?"

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Montreal Plugged Over 111,000 Potholes This Spring — Now The City Looks Less Like The Moon

Montreal is emerging from a successful battle with perhaps its greatest scourge: the pothole. The city is trumpeting a pothole-filling season that saw workers plug a whopping 111,000 cracks, gaps and pits on major thoroughfares — not counting work to fill holes on smaller local streets.

The operation cost $2.5 million this year. That's on top of the $880.6 million the city has earmarked for special road resurfacing efforts meant to better prevent potholes from emerging in the first place.

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A Canadian TikToker Hilariously Shows The Difference Between Driving In Montreal vs. Toronto

Montrealers are all too familiar with poor driving conditions. I mean…it's pothole central over here, right? So when Jeff Goldvine, a Montreal-based comedian and musician, created a video showcasing the difference between driving in Montreal versus Toronto — it's safe to say he was spot on.

The 12-second video, posted across Goldvine's socials, depicts him driving in the car and talking on the phone, or in this case a bottle of Gaviscon (A+ for prop use).

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Montreal's Infamous Potholes Will Wreck Your Car — Here's How To Protect It

That loud clunk when you roll over a ginormous pothole is one of the most recognizable and dreaded noises for a Quebec driver. With Montreal tire change season approaching and temperatures rising, potholes are set to proliferate on city streets. CAA-Québec, which ranks the worst roads in the province, has tips on how to avoid vehicle damage when you do encounter a dip in the road during your drive.

"Driving over a pothole can cause a lot of damage to your car, starting with the tires… [It] can break the interior structure, tear the sidewall, or both," CAA-Québec spokesperson David Marcille told MTL Blog.

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Montrealers Are Protesting For Safer Streets Following The Hit-And-Run Death Of A 7-Year-Old

Over a hundred Montrealers gathered in the snow outside Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur primary school on Friday morning. Many held signs calling for safer roads in the Centre-Sud, where seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee Maria Legenkovska was killed in a hit-and-run two days prior.

In addition to honouring Legenkovska, who died on her way to school, protesters demanded more secure school zones and less car-centric infrastructure in Montreal and throughout the province.

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Mayor Plante Just Gave A Striking, Impassioned Call For A Less Car-Centric City (VIDEO)

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante just gave perhaps some of her most impassioned public remarks yet. Speaking to reporters during a march on Friday in honour of the seven-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run in the Ville-Marie borough on Tuesday, the mayor delivered a striking call for a more pedestrian-friendly, less car-centric city.

"It makes no sense that [our children] die on the way to school," she said in a streetside scrum. "We want families to stay in Montreal, to live downtown and feel safe."

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Montreal Construction This Long Weekend Will Be Fine Unless You Want To Drive Somewhere

The long weekend is finally here! And as you are planning to travel in and around the Montreal area to be with your loved ones on Thanksgiving, you should be mentally prepared for the many road closures for construction ahead of you.

Mobility Montréal is urging drivers to avoid a bunch of areas as much as possible, namely Route 136 (aka the Ville-Marie) between the Turcot interchange and the end of the Viger tunnel in both directions, the Honoré-Mercier bridge in both directions, the Saint-Pierre interchange, and Autoroute 15 southbound in the La Prairie sector.

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