NUEVO PUENTE SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
2015 – 2019
How do you erect a bridge’s main span over one of the main navigation channels of North America without interfering with river traffic? This was the question that VSL managed to answer, by proposing an innovative erection method that was used at an exceptional scale for the first time ever. 60m-wide concrete segments were retrieved from beside the bridge pylon and were transferred below the deck, using lifting machinery and trolleys that slide along the deck. VSL delivered technical expertise, designed and supplied equipment, and carried out supervision to erect the main span of the new 3.4 km-long Samuel De Champlain bridge, over the St Lawrence River in Montreal, Canada.