By Gazette Staff
September 10th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained Alliance Verdi Civil Inc. (contractor) to undertake the rehabilitation of the 2.2 km QEW Burlington Bay Skyway Niagara bound bridge, and illumination upgrades in both directions of the QEW, from north of Northshore Boulevard to south of the Burlington Bay Skyway bridge, in the City of Burlington and City of Hamilton. This project will extend the service life of the QEW Niagara bound lanes.
AECOM Canada ULC has been retained by MTO to provide construction administration and oversight of this project.
Construction started in May 2024 and is anticipated to be completed December 2026.
Lane closure plan THIS weekend:
- 2 left lanes on QEW Niagara bound will be closed on Wednesday September 10 at 10:00PM to Thursday September 11 at 6:00AM.
- 2 left lanes on QEW Niagara bound will be closed on Thursday September 11 at 10:00PM to Friday September 12 at 6:00AM.
- 2 left lanes on QEW Niagara bound will be closed on Friday September 12 at 10:00PM to Monday September 15 at 5:00AM (weekend closures).
- The ramp from the Eastport Drive / Collector lanes to the bridge will be CLOSED during the above weekend closure times.
- All ramps at the Northshore Blvd. Interchange will remain OPEN.
- Eastport Drive will remain fully OPEN to through traffic as an alternate route to get back on to the QEW Niagara bound.
NOTE: all lane closures are subject to change and are weather dependent.
Better information on just what is being done to repair and maintain the bridge:
The bridge rehabilitation includes:
- removal and replacement of the concrete barrier walls on both sides of the Niagara bound bridge,
- concrete deck repair,
- bridge deck waterproofing,
- deck drainage upgrades,
- new asphalt paving.
Other construction work includes:
- widening the QEW approaching the bridge by one lane from north of Northshore Boulevard to the bridge and associated north to south on-ramp re-alignment,
- new overhead sign structures,
- a new Burlington Lift Bridge notification system with variable message signs,
- and illumination upgrades.
Expected Traffic Impacts:
- Construction work at night and on the weekends will be required.
- There will be some night time short duration lane closures and / or night time short duration full closures (on weekdays and / or on weekends).
- A minimum of Twenty-Four (24) weekend closures over the 3-year contract.
- Weekend closures start at 10:00pm on Friday until 5:00am on Monday and require closing two lanes out of four existing lanes over the bridge.
- The ramp from the Niagara bound Eastport Drive collector to the Burlington Bay Skyway bridge may be closed during night and / or weekend closures, as required.
- As an alternate route, the Niagara bound Eastport Drive collector lanes and the Niagara bound Eastport Drive mainline will remain open and all ramps at Northshore Boulevard will also remain open during these closures.
- Advance notification for nightly and weekend lane closures will be provided via variable message signs and ground mounted signs on the highway.
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