Riding new Champlain bridge bike trail

While the New Champlain bridge opened to car traffic in the summer of 2019, the pedestrian and bike lane only opened in December. My original plan was to bike there right away, but bad weather, snow and ice had kept me on my indoor by until the 2nd week of March 2020.

After a couple test runs on my bike last week, I decided to hit the Champlain bridge bike trail for the first time. Roughly 15-16 km from where I live, it's a good ride where I have to climb the mountain both going there and coming back.

Coming down the Wesmount, cross through Little Burgundy, and finally Verdun, before getting on to the Southbound segment of the bridge, also known as the Nun's island bridge, which is the old bike trail that ends on Nun's Island.

At that point, I got off, made my way to the Southern part of the island, then headed East, to cross under the new Champlain Bridge, as the new bike trail is on the Northbound section of the bridge.

At that point, I shot some video footage, which can be viewed by clicking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBWb7G2x74g

Overall, the bridge has a nice, wide bike lane, with a few scenic spots where one can stop and lookout over the St Lawrence river. Glad to finally be able to bike to the South shore, I get the feeling that some new bike fishing adventures are lining up this season.