Some QEW lanes in Mississauga closed to overnight traffic this week

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Published May 3, 2022 at 4:54 pm

QEW Mississauga lane and area road closures due to highway bridge work
Lane closures on and around the QEW in Mississauga are commonplace these days as work continues on the bridge over the Credit River.

Two lanes of the westbound QEW in west Mississauga will be closed to overnight traffic for three nights starting on Wednesday (May 4).

The lane closures will be in place from west of Hurontario St. to just east of Erin Mills Pkwy. as crews continue to work on the new QEW bridge over the Credit River.

Westbound lane one will be closed to traffic from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. May 4 through May 6 while the second westbound QEW lane will be shut down from midnight to 5 a.m. the same nights.

Officials with the QEW/Credit River Improvement Project say crews will be working on construction of a concrete median barrier wall dividing eastbound and westbound QEW lanes.

Project officials say they anticipate only minor traffic disruptions and minor noise impacts. They add that work will be dependent on the weather and that lane closures may not be in place on all three days.

Meanwhile, drivers and area residents can expect ongoing traffic disruptions to impact part of the QEW and other areas in the vicinity of Mississauga Rd. and the highway in the coming weeks and months.

Night and weekend work along the 2.6-km stretch of the QEW from Hurontario St. to Mississauga Rd. is expected to impact traffic for the duration of construction.

After years of planning, work on the new bridge continues to move forward. 

Officials with EllisDon Corp. and Coco Paving Inc., who head up the building team awarded the $313.8-million contract in late 2020, say the stakeholder review and comment period ended last November.

That meant the massive project met requirements of an environmental assessment and was given the green light to move forward with construction. 

Work this past winter included: 

  • rehabilitation of the existing 87-year-old, historically significant QEW bridge over the Credit River  
  • new active transportation (walking, cycling, in-line skating, etc.) bridge across the Credit River 
  • landscape design 
  • design refinements 
  • commemoration and aesthetic treatment strategies 

The project, first studied by Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation in 2013, initially called for demolition of the existing 840-ft.-long bridge, which was built in 1934 and expanded in 1960.   

However, public outcry and strong opposition from Mississauga City council in late 2019 changed the provincial government’s mind, and it was decided the existing span, located just east of Mississauga Rd., would be rehabilitated instead.  

The Province said that based on the feedback it received in the aftermath of the demolition announcement, it made the decision to preserve the original heritage structure of the bridge, which is owned by the Ontario government. 

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