Quebec police close Viau bridge to investigate crack
Pont Viau not far from Concorde overpass that collapsed last year
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2007 | 9:39 PM ET
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Quebec police stopped traffic in both directions on the Viau bridge for most of the afternoon Wednesday to investigate a crack in the overpass that links Montreal and Laval.
Police were called to Pont Viau late in the morning to investigate a pothole on the bridge.
But they found more than a pothole.
"We can see that pothole, and we have also seen a bigger crack just beside [it]. And we have closed the bridge to do more … investigation," said Laval police spokesman Daniel Guerin.
Transport Quebec engineers are investigating the crack.
The bridge closed at around 1:30 p.m. while inspection continued, and remained closed through the rush hour until just after 6 p.m., when all but one lane was opened.
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