Highway lanes on St. Catharines bridge closed

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By Nathan Sager

February 17, 2022 at 7:25 pm

(Update: The on-ramps to the QEW have reopened.)

Two skyway bridges on the Toronto-bound side of Queen Elizabeth Way highway had closures in St. Catharines and Burlington on Thursday evening (Feb. 17).

The most serious and longer-term closure with be on the Garden Skyway bridge in St. Catharines. All lanes were closed shortly before 7 p.m. following a reported head-on collision that resulted from a wrong-way driver, according to reports online. The closures are between Glendale Avenue and Niagara Street.

There was also a lane reduction earlier on the Toronto-bound QEW on the Burlington Skyway bridge. That has been cleared, according to 511on.ca.

#Closure #StCatharines #QEW Toronto #Skyway – all lanes closed due to a collision. #ONHwys

— 511Ontario (@511Ontario) February 18, 2022

COLLISION: #QEW #StCatharines: all Toronto-bound lanes are closed between Glendale Ave and Niagara St following a collision. #OPP on scene. ^nk

— OPP GTA Traffic (@OPP_GTATraffic) February 18, 2022

Update: The on-ramps to the highway have reopened, as of 7:52 p.m.. The closure lasted about one hour.

Cleared: #Closure #NOTL #QEW Toronto on ramp at Glendale Ave N/S- all lanes have reopened. #ONHwys

— 511ONCentral (@511ONCentral) February 18, 2022

Driving conditions on the QEW, which snakes around the shore of Lake Ontario, are expected to worsen throughout the course of Thursday evening as freezing rain turns into snow. The Ontario Provincial Police said that it had already responded to over 50 collisions in the Greater Toronto Area by early evening.

Winter weather is back! #OPP responding to about 50 crashes in the #GTA. #SlowDown #DriveSafe https://t.co/avV0eEFWOb

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) February 18, 2022

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Hamilton, most of Halton region, and Mississauga and Brampton in Peel Region.