Trailering from New England to LCMT
07-04-2018, 11:32 PM
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I'm the guy who sent Stan C. the warning about Montreal traffic, which came from my father who lives in the city. Stan forwarded it, and I think he included the recommended alternate directions (again per my dad). I am trailering tomorrow, will be following that route. I checked the highway conditions along the route y'day, looked ok. From memory, for those of us coming north from New England:
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- 15 or 10 north, to
- 30 West, to
- 40 East in Vaudreuil-Dorion, to
- 13 North in Saint-Laurent, to
- 440 East, to
- 15 North
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07-04-2018, 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerome104
everyone - stay away from Montreal its a complete GONG show. BUT a very easy way is heading up north on I-81 toward Ottawa then Montebello. Its a cinch from there. I cross the border regularly back and forth for races and I would say having a carefully inventoried list of trailer contents helps on either side of the borders coming in. Please do come visit us.
That is a huge detour - you sure about that?
Where are you starting from?
07-05-2018, 08:50 AM
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Rick starting point was from New Jersey not New England - point was to go through Montebello even if secondary route.
you can also refer to this site for bridge closures
http://www.newchamplain.ca/traffic/traffic-and-detours/
you can also refer to this site for bridge closures
http://www.newchamplain.ca/traffic/traffic-and-detours/
07-07-2018, 08:01 PM
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I'm the guy who sent Stan C. the warning about Montreal traffic, which came from my father who lives in the city. Stan forwarded it, and I think he included the recommended alternate directions (again per my dad). I am trailering tomorrow, will be following that route. I checked the highway conditions along the route y'day, looked ok. From memory, for those of us coming north from New England:
- 15 or 10 north, to
- 30 West, to
- 40 East in Vaudreuil-Dorion, to
- 13 North in Saint-Laurent, to
- 440 East, to
- 15 North
Take a look, alternatively, at the other direction (east) - 132 east (from the base of the Champlain Bridge), then 25N Tunnel (fuel transport limited to 7 gallons), 40 W, then reconnecting to the usual 15N to the Laurentians. This will be about 20 miles detour, so may be better, but will also probably be more congested than option 1 above.
Suggestion: Pull off at a Mcdonalds well before Montreal, log into wifi, and see what the options look like with Google maps and/or Waze.
Good luck!
I live at the edge of the Champlain bridge and will probably do the east or west detour above and avoid the bridge/city altogether.
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07-09-2018, 10:24 AM
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Thanks, I totally got trapped by Waze and Montreal on the way up. What a mess. We are taking a far more scenic route on the way home!
07-09-2018, 10:33 AM
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We rolled right through Montreal last night at about 6:00 on 15 south to 10 east. Can't guarantee anything today but it was a nice surprise last night.
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