St-Jacques Street closure presents challenge for commuters

Drivers who use the St-Jacques Street overpass in NDG will have to figure out a new route for their commute this morning.

The St-Jacques overpass will be closed betweenGirouardAvenue andDcarieBoulevard in both directions until 2017, affecting about 21,000 motorists who use the route every day.

The overpassclosed on Friday at midnight for a two-year- periodso it can be dismantled and rebuilt as part of the reconstruction of the Turcot interchange.

The closures will affect drivers using the St. Jacques exit of the Ville-Marie expressway, as well as those travelling east along St-Jacques.

Drivers will be forced to detour ontoDcarieBoulevard,Upper-LachineRoad andGirouardAvenue.

Pedestrians will still be able to use all of St. Jacques until the end of this year.

The work had been originally scheduled to begin last July.