Bordeaux Railway Bridge

Bordeaux Railway Bridge
Bordeaux Railway Bridge
	The Bordeaux Railway Bridge as seen from downstream. The handrails of the footbridge can be seen on the far (upstream) side.
Coordinates	45°32′54″N 73°41′59″W / 45.548205°N 73.699615°W
Carries	CPKC, CFQG, Exo
Crosses	Rivière des Prairies
Locale	Montreal/Laval, Quebec, Canada
Maintained by	Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Characteristics
Clearance above	AAR
Clearance below	(?)
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks	2 (gauntlet track)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Structure gauge	AAR
Electrified	No
Location
	Interactive map of Bordeaux Railway Bridge

The Bordeaux Railway Bridge^[1] is on the Canadian Pacific Kansas City line across the Rivière des Prairies between Ahuntsic-Cartierville (on Montreal Island) and Laval-des-Rapides (on Île Jésus) in Quebec, Canada. This railway bridge is used by freight trains of Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), the Chemins de Fer Québec-Gatineau (CFQG) and by Exo's Saint-Jérôme line.

A four-rail gauntlet track is used because the horizontal structure gauge is not sufficiently wide for a regular double track.

A bicycle/pedestrian bridge is cantilevered on the upstream (west) side of this bridge.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Gallery

CPKC's Bordeaux Railway Bridge gauntlet track in Montreal, Quebec. The bridge is visible in the background. The bicycle trail (shared-use path) is visible to the left and the unnamed bridge to Perry Island^[5]^[6] is visible to the right.
Bridge in 1948, as seen from upstream. The footbridge appears to be already in place.
The bicycle bridge looking south towards Montreal.
The gauntlet track seen from the south.