The Trans-Canada Highway in the West-Island, 1966
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City of Montreal Archives
Crossing the Île aux Tourtes Bridge, the Trans-Canada Highway scars the farmland of the West Island and connects with the Metropolitan Boulevard at the Décarie interchange, which opened in December of 1960.