MONTREAL — Construction is underway for the Quad Windsor Skybridge that will be built across St. Antoine Street in Montreal connecting Tour des Canadiens 2 (TDC2) and TDC3 to the Deloitte Tower and Bell Centre.
The skybridge will create a direct link between the new Quad Windsor community and communities to the south as well as Montreal’s extensive underground network (RESO) and the future Reseau express metropolitain. It is expected to be completed by mid-2019.
The announcement was made recently by Cadillac Fairview, Canderel, the Fonds immobilier de solidarite FTQ and the Club de hockey Canadien.
At more than 200 feet long and 20 feet above ground, the new structure will be made of three-by-three-foot steel tubes as well as insulated glazed units, allowing maximum transparency, states a release.
The cladding of the bridge will be made of aluminum panels, while the columns will be in precast concrete. The lighting concept was conceived by Ombrages lighting design and engineering firm, already known for the illumination of the Jacques-Cartier bridge and many other Montreal icons such as the Olympic Park Tower, Montreal Casino and Le Quai de l’Horloge, adds the release.
“Cadillac Fairview is proud to serve as the catalyst in the transformation of Montreal’s downtown core by developing Quad Windsor, a vibrant new district that links the city’s financial core to the south,” said Brian Salpeter, Cadillac Fairview senior vice-president of development, Eastern Canada, in a statement.
“We are committed to building best-in-class and first-to-market projects, such as the three Tour des Canadiens residential towers, Deloitte Tower, the Rio Tinto Courtyard and a revitalized Windsor Station, and we are proud to announce the start of construction of the Quad Windsor Skybridge, which will serve as a physical and symbolic connection between downtown Montreal, Griffintown and beyond.”
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