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* Canada - Montreal bans trucks from worrisome road overpass
Montreal banned trucks from using an overpass on a major city thoroughfare on Thursday because of concerns about the bridge's structural safety
Montreal,QUE,CAN -Reuters -Aug 2, 2007: -- ... Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay said the ban on truck traffic over the Boulevard Henri-Bourassa overpass at Boulevard Pie-IX in the city's northeast end will remain in effect until engineers complete a detailed inspection of the structure. Traffic will also be reduced to four lanes from six lanes... The weight restrictions, which do not include buses or cars, stem from a public inquiry into the collapse of the Concorde overpass in the Montreal suburb of Laval last September in which five people were crushed to death, including a pregnant woman. Six people were injured...
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