Champlain Bridge

Longest bridge in the NCR with beautiful views of the Ottawa River in both directions, and access to Bate Island. The carpool lane works well, if a little tight at times considering how fast people drive on the bridge.I would like to see them make the bridge connections smoother with some maintenance. I do think they could do a better job of managing traffic on both ends at the SJAM Parkway and Chem d’Aylmer.

Yes, it is frustrating to get to this bridge from the Island Park Driveway in Ottawa or from Aylmer Road.There are 3 lanes of traffic on Champlain bridge. The western lane crosses from Quebec to Ontario. The eastern lane crosses from Ontario to Quebec. And the middle lane alternates direction according to traffic: Observe the traffic lights to know if you can use the middle lane.From the Québec side of the bridge it is 87 km to the next western bridge in Portage-du-Fort, but 106 km to the same bridge on the Ontario side. There is a ferry in Quyon which could be used if all 5 Ottawa-Gatineau bridges were to be unavailable. This could be the departure point for an interesting 200 km circuit.Vistas from the bridge are lovely any time of year, when the water cascades in the Rémic falls in the spring, when you see Parliament at sunset and when the water is frozen.Near the bridge, on the Québec side, you can observe Stromatolites, whereas on the Ontario side there is a geode-like sculpture to commemorate Fallen Diplomats. There are off-ramps to visit Bates Island.Because there are sidewalks on both sides of the bridge and cycling trails, you can do a circuit from on both sides of the river by using the Chaudière or Portage Bridges

What a fantastic bridge built by the city of Montrealwith three car lanes going in each direction and designated bus lanes as well as a tram line running right through the center of the bridge, this thing is pretty impressive.The bike path as well asthe path across the bridge by foot is about to open and I noticed at least two different observatory areas to look over at the island of Montreal from The Horizon, I can't wait to go for a walk with my.

I enjoy driving across this bridge because of the scenery and the easy access to Bate Island. Unfortunately the rush hour traffic is horrendous.

The bridge and Scenery is beautiful!However this bridge is a worst connecting point due to heavy congestion.Only in Gatineau one when driving from west or north west part of gatineau, have to drive east to get to Champlain bridge and then back on parkway to get to ottawa west. What a waste of time and gas.It is about time that Gatineau and NCC consider a 6th bridge - opening toward Moodie drive. When this is done- it will substantially reduce congestion on Champlain bridge.Residents of all of Aylmer, Chelsea, Plateau etc….. they all currently have to drive all the way to east till Champlain bridge and then sit on the bridge congestion and then drive again backward on parkway and then finally get to Ottawa west.If the 6th bridge can be opened then it will also bring a lot of traffic from Ottawa west to gatineau, this leading to an expansion of nature and business ( $$$$ spending) activities in Gatineau.If someone start the petition- i will support and am sure many residents will.Population of gatineau keeps growing with many purchasing or renting realty, however no changes have been made to existing infrastructure. I wonder for how many more years we handle clogs………

Décent bridge moderate volume during rush hour would have been better if it was 4 lanes

I end up running on this bridge a lot from Quebec to Ontario and back. I absolutely can’t complain the views are very nice and it seems very safe.

Nice view and landscape!

The traffic is ridiculous with the construction. My commute between home and work webt from about 20 minutes to 1h30.