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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox Bridge
|bridge_name= Pie IX Bridge
|image=Pie IX Bridge.jpg
|caption= Pie IX is currently the second easternmost bridge connecting Laval to the Island of Montreal.
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|also_known_as= Le Caron Bridge
|carries= 6 lanes of [[Image:qc125.svg|25px]] [[Quebec Route 125|Route 125]]
|crosses= [[Rivière des Prairies]]
|locale= [[Laval, Quebec]] and [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
|maint= [[Transports Québec]]
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|open= 1937 (rebuilt 1967)
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'''Pie IX Bridge''' ({{langx|fr|Pont Pie-IX}}) is a bridge in [[Quebec]], spanning the [[Rivière des Prairies]]. It connects the [[Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec|Saint-Vincent-de-Paul]] area of [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], on [[Île Jésus]], and the borough of [[Montreal North (borough)|Montréal-Nord]] in [[Montreal]], on the [[Island of Montreal]]. The bridge was part of [[Quebec Autoroute 25|Autoroute 25]] until the construction of the new [[Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge|toll bridge]] for Autoroute 25. It is now part of [[Quebec Route 125]].

{{stack|[[File:Feature. Pie IX Bridge BAnQ P48S1P16550.jpg|thumb|Pie IX Bridge in 1948.]]}}

While it was originally called '''Le Caron Bridge''', after [[Joseph Le Caron]], an early missionary to the [[Hurons]],<ref>[http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=165,705436&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Les Archives - Le Pont Pie-IX]</ref> the bridge has since been renamed '''Pie IX Bridge''',<ref>[http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/06/06/riviere-des-prairies Le Journal De Montreal 2015]</ref> after [[Pie-IX Boulevard]].{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}  The Boulevard itself was named after [[Pope Pius IX]] (Pie is the [[French language|French]] name for Pius).

==See also==
{{commons category|Pie-IX Bridge}}
*[[List of bridges in Montreal#Spanning the Rivière des Prairies|List of bridges spanning the Rivière des Prairies]]
*[[List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies]]
*[[List of bridges in Montreal]]
*[[List of bridges in Canada]]

{{Crossings navbox
|structure       = Crossings
|place           = [[Rivière des Prairies]]
|bridge          = Pie IX Bridge
|bridge signs    = [[Image:qc125.svg|25px]]
|upstream        = [[Centrale de la Rivière des Prairies]] 3 [[Dam]]s
|upstream signs  = <!-- Image with inadequate rationale removed: [[Image:Hydroquebec.jpg|100 px]] --><br>[[Hydro-Québec]]
|downstream      = [[Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge]]
|downstream signs = [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 25.svg|25px]]
}}
{{Streets in Montreal}}

==References==
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[[Category:Bridges in Montreal]]
[[Category:Rivière des Prairies]]
[[Category:Bridges in Laval, Quebec]]
[[Category:Montréal-Nord]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Quebec]]


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