Boulevard Fournier (Gatineau)
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Boulevard Fournier is a main route in the city of Gatineau, Quebec that connects the Gatineau and Hull sectors. It starts as the extension of Boulevard Greber in the old city of Gatineau and ends at the entrance of the downtown core where it becomes Boulevard Maisonneuve which connects the Portage Bridge towards Ottawa.
The road crosses right in the middle of Lac Leamy Park one of the key greenspace of the city. A road connects Fournier to the Lake and its beaches itself. Several bike paths connects the boulevard to the lake or Jacques Cartier Park and downtown Gatineau and Ottawa.
[edit] Lady Aberdeen Bridge
The Lady Aberdeen Bridge that crosses the Gatineau River is the oldest bridge connects the former city of Gatineau to the former City of Hull. Previously, only a two-lane bridge was built at the beginning. However, due to the population growth in the Pointe-Gatineau sector, a second bridge that is used for southbound commuters was built. Recently, the city of Gatineau was concern about the structure of the older portion of the bridge and is doing repairs to solidify it. It imposed a weight restriction on the area prompting heavy trucks to travel on Quebec Autoroute 50.
[edit] Transit Priorities
It is also the main route used by STO buses traveling to and from downtown and there are bus lanes along most of the stretch. Those lanes were necessary due to the very high flow of traffic (sometimes there is lots of congestion), since this road is used as an alternative to Quebec Autoroute 50. Express routes and some regular routes travels on Fournier, but express routes do not serve the stops due to a closed-doors policy that speed up travel time for express users. On both sides of the bridges, there are transit signal priorities in which buses can cross the intersection before the green light preventing to be caught in line-ups.
| Gatineau, Quebec Major Arteries |
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| Provincial Highways 5 • 50 • 105 • 148 • 307 • 309 • 315 • 366 Municipal Arteries |
