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Originally Posted by J.OT13
They would have to, considering length of the bridge. But this is not a new concept; we did the same thing with the Interprovincial Bridge (added overhangs on both sides for bikes/pedestrians and north bound cars) and the "Pont Noir" over the Gatineau River, railway bridge since it's completion, they converted the main bridge for buses (one lane with traffic lights on both sides to control direction throughout the day) and added an overhang to re-route the trains.
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Actually, the Alexandra bridge was built with and for three decks - they weren't add-ons. I think that the weight of the buses would be too much to add onto a bridge which wasn't conceived for it. A bike path, however, would be more plausible.
The fact that it's pretty far from downtown makes it a less-than-ideal connection for Gatineau residents: the two options are transfers or split frequency and neither of them is very good. It could, however, replace the rush-hour 200 bus to Ottawa, but anything outside of that (not rush-hour) is impractical.
It could be valuable for south or west-Ottawa residents making their way to downtown Hull with an O-Train connection. For Gatineau, for it to be both practical and politically possible, any rapid transit lines would have to pass through Hull first and foremost which means that we would need transit priority on downtown bridges.
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