If you think getting around town is tough now, wait until the next phase of the Turcot Interchange rebuild gets underway.
That's expected to happen sometime next month, when the St. Jacques exit on the westbound Ville-Marie will close, as will the ramp connecting the Hwy. 15 south.
The Fort St. and Lucien L'Allier entrances to the westbound Ville-Marie will also close.
Those closures will be in effect for about a year. When construction begins, westbound drivers coming out the Ville-Marie tunnel will be shifted to the south as they drive onto the yet-to-be-completed lanes of the Hwy. 136, which will replace the elevated portion of the Ville-Marie west, which will come down.
Transport Quebec will also open an entrance at Rose-de-Lima street in St. Henri to make up for the loss of the other downtown entrances.
Meanwhile, West Island-bound drivers coming off the Decarie Expressway will have to make their way east on a yet-to-be-built ramp that will head to streets located below the MUHC's Glen hospital, and then make their way west along Pullman St. before they can meet up with Hwy. 20.
This is to allow for the reconstruction of the ramp connecting Hwy. 15 south to the Hwy. 20 west.
Also, an existing ramp from Hwy. 20 east to the Decarie north is set to be demolished, forcing drivers to exit the highway and take Pullman St. to an area near the MUHC hospital, then connect to a new ramp leading to the Decarie Expressway.