Quebec Autoroute 40
Autoroute 40 | ||||
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| Route Transcanadienne (French) | ||||
| Autoroute Félix-Leclerc Metropolitan Expressway | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 347 km[1][2] (216 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1959[3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   Highway 417 / TCH at the Ontario border near Pointe-Fortune | |||
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| East end |   R-138 / R-368 in Quebec City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Québec | |||
| Major cities | Montréal, Terrebonne, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montréal and Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montréal, is an Autoroute on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is one of the two major connections between Montréal and Quebec City, the other being Autoroute 20 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. Autoroute 40 is currently 347 km (215.6 mi) long. Between the Ontario–Quebec boundary and the interchange with Autoroute 25, the route is signed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Route description
The western terminus of Autoroute 40 is located at the Ontario–Quebec border, where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa; the eastern terminus is in Boischatel, where it transitions into Route 138 at the end of the freeway.
The portion of Autoroute 40 from the Ontario border to Autoroute 25 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. The Autoroute Métropolitaine portion in Montréal is the busiest highway in Quebec, the busiest section of the Trans-Canada Highway, as well as the second busiest highway section overall in Canada after Highway 401 in Toronto.
History
Two sections of Autoroute 40 were not part of the original plans: The original intention was to bypass Trois-Rivières to the north (the existing A-40 through downtown would have been Autoroute 755 and the concurrency with Autoroute 55 would have been simply A-55). In addition, a different route was originally planned around Quebec City south of Jean Lesage International Airport (the existing 12 km (7 mi) segment of Autoroute 40 between Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Autoroute 73 would have been the western end of Autoroute 440, thus explaining the exit numbering starting at 12). While the right-of-ways of both bypasses still exist and may still be developed in the future as congestion increases, there are no immediate plans to renew construction.
A 25 km (16 mi) stretch of the highway in Pointe-Claire, from roughly St. John's Boulevard, near Fairview Pointe-Claire Shopping Centre, to the turnaround loop, Senneville Road was used during the 1976 Summer Olympics for the men's road team time trial cycling race.[4]
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In 1997, the highway (apart from the portion served by the Metropolitan Autoroute) was renamed Autoroute Félix-Leclerc after the late Quebec artist and political activist Félix Leclerc.
Prior to 1997, Autoroute 40 east of Montréal had four different names, the first section was named Autoroute de la Rive-Nord (North Shore Autoroute) between Montréal and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (km 87 to 196, 209 to 296). A segment in Trois-Rivières east of Autoroute 55 that was named Autoroute de Francheville (Francheville Autoroute) (km 196 to 207). Between Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Autoroute 73 in Quebec City (km 296 to 307) it was called Autoroute Charest. Finally, between the junction of Autoroute 73 and Autoroute 573 and its eastern end at Route 138 it was known as Autoroute de la Capitale, a name that is still commonly used by Quebec City residents.
Exit list
| RCM | Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Pointe-Fortune | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | Highway 417 west / TCH – Ottawa | Continuation into Ontario |
| 1 |  R-342 east – Pointe-Fortune | Straddles the Ontario border; also signed as exit 1 for Hwy 417 | ||||
| Pointe-Fortune–Rigaud line | 2.7 | 4.3 | 2 | Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune | ||
| Rigaud | 6.2 | 10.0 | 6 | Montée de la Baie-Saint-Thomas | ||
| 9.4 | 15.1 | 9 | R-342 – Rigaud | |||
| 11.8 | 19.0 | 12 | R-342 – Rigaud |  Rigaud Service Centre (Eastbound and Westbound) | ||
| 16.9 | 27.2 | 17 |  R-201 (Montée Lavigne) – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | |||
| Saint-Lazare | 22.0 | 35.4 | 22 | Hudson, Saint-Lazare | ||
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 26.5 | 42.6 | 26 | To R-342 – Hudson, Saint-Lazare | Eastbound access to Route 342 | |
| 27.5 | 44.3 | 28 | R-342 – Hudson | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 32.6 | 52.5 | 32 |    A-30 east to A-20 / Highway 401 – Sorel-Tracy, Toronto | A-30 exit 1; former A-540 | ||
| 34.7 | 55.8 | 35 | Avenue Saint-Charles – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | |||
| 36.6 | 58.9 | 36 | Chemin Dumberry, Chemin des Chenaux | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Lake of Two Mountains (Lac des Deux Montagnes) | 38.4– 40.3 | 23.9– 25.0 | Pont de l’Île aux Tourtes (Île aux Tourtes Bridge) | |||
| Montréal | Senneville | 40.3 | 64.9 | 40 | Chemin de Senneville | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 42.0 | 67.6 | 41 | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Île-Perrot | ||
| 44.7 | 71.9 | 44 | Boulevard Morgan | |||
| Kirkland | 47.8 | 76.9 | 49 | Chemin Sainte-Marie | ||
| 50.0 | 80.5 | 50 | Boulevard Saint-Charles | |||
| Pointe-Claire | 52.9 | 85.1 | 52 | Boulevard Saint-Jean | ||
| Pointe-Claire–Dorval line | 56.0 | 90.1 | 55 | Boulevard des Sources | ||
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux–Montréal line | 57.6 | 92.7 | 58 | Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Alfred-Nobel, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Eastbound exit | |
| Montréal | 59.9– 61.4 | 96.4– 98.8 | 60 |   A-13 – Montréal Centre-Ville, Laval, P.E. Trudeau Airport, Mirabel Airport | A-13 exit 6 | |
| 61.7– 63.1 | 99.3– 101.5 | 62 | Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu | |||
| Boulevard Henri-Bourassa, Boulevard Hymus | Westbound exit | |||||
| 63.9 | 102.8 | 64 | Boulevard Cavendish | |||
| 65.3 | 105.1 | 65 |  A-520 west (Autoroute Côte-de-Liesse) – P.E. Trudeau Airport | |||
 Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (R-117 north) | Eastbound exit | |||||
| Montréal–Mount Royal line | 66.4– 67.1 | 106.9– 108.0 | 66 |  A-15 south (Autoroute Décarie) – Montréal Centre-Ville, Pont Champlain, New York | Décarie Interchange A-15 exit 70; west end of A-15 concurrency | |
| West end of Metropolitan Autoroute / Autoroute Métropolitaine | ||||||
| 68.1 | 109.6 | 68 | Rue Stinson, Chemin Rockland, Boulevard de l'Acadie | Eastbound exit | ||
| 69.2– 70.0 | 111.4– 112.7 | 70 | A-15 (TCH) north (Autoroute des Laurentides) – Laval, Mirabel Airport | A-15 exit 1; east end of A-15 concurrency | ||
| Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (R-117 north), Chemin Rockland | Westbound exit | |||||
| 71 |  Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Rue Saint-Denis (R-335) | Eastbound exit | ||||
| Montréal | 71.1 | 114.4 | 71 | Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Boulevard de l'Acadie | Westbound exit | |
| 72.4 | 116.5 | 73 |  To A-19 north / Rue Saint-Hubert, Avenue Christophe-Colomb, Avenue Papineau | Eastbound exit | ||
| 73.4 | 118.1 | 73 | Avenue Christophe-Colomb, Rue Saint-Hubert, Rue Saint-Denis (R-335) | Westbound exit | ||
| 74.2 | 119.4 | 74 | Rue d'Iberville | Eastbound exit | ||
| 75.1 | 120.9 | 75 | Boulevard Saint-Michel | |||
| To A-19 north / Avenue Papineau | Westbound exit | |||||
| 75.7 | 121.8 | 76 |  Boulevard Pie-IX (R-125), Boulevard Viau | Eastbound exit | ||
| 77.1 | 124.1 | 77 | Boulevard Lacordaire | Westbound exit | ||
| 78.2 | 125.9 | 76 | Boulevard Lacordaire, Boulevard Viau, Boulevard Pie-IX (R-125) | Westbound exit | ||
| 79.2 | 127.5 | 78 | Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard des Galeries-d'Anjou | |||
| 80.3– 81.2 | 129.2– 130.7 | 80 |  A-25 (TCH) to A-20 – Laval, Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine | Trans-Canada Highway follows A-25 south; signed as exits 80-S (south) and 80-N (north); A-25 exit 8 | ||
| 81.7– 83.1 | 131.5– 133.7 | 82 | Boulevard Roi-René, Boulevard Ray-Lawson | |||
| Montréal-Est | 82.9 | 133.4 | 83 | Boulevard Bourget, Avenue Marien, Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Montréal | 86.7 | 139.5 | 87 | Rue Sherbrooke (R-138) Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Eastbound exit | |
| 87.4 | 140.7 | 85 | Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Boulevard Tricentenaire, Avenue Marien | Westbound exit | ||
| 88.9 | 143.1 | 89 | Rue Sherbrooke (R-138), Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Westbound exit | ||
| East end of Metropolitan Autoroute / Autoroute Métropolitaine | ||||||
| 91.9 | 147.9 | 92 | Boulevard Gouin | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Rivière des Prairies | 92.3– 93.3 | 57.4– 58.0 | Pont Charles-de Gaulle (Charles de Gaulle Bridge) | |||
| Les Moulins | Terrebonne | 94.1 | 151.4 | 94 |  R-344 – Terrebonne | |
| Les Moulins–L'Assomption municipal line | Terrebonne–Charlemagne line | 95.2– 96.2 | 153.2– 154.8 | 96 |  A-640 – Charlemagne, Laval, Saint-Eustache, Mirabel Airport | Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west); A-640 exit 52 |
| L'Assomption | Repentigny | 97.0 | 156.1 | 97 | Boulevard Pierre-Le Gardeur – Repentigny, Charlemagne | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 97.8 | 157.4 | 98 | Boulevard Larochelle, Boulevard Brien – Repentigny | Eastbound exit; west end of collector/express lanes | ||
| 100.0 | 160.9 | 100 | Boulevard Industriel, Rue Valmont | Eastbound exit | ||
| 102.0 | 164.2 | 100 | Boulevard Industriel, Boulevard Larochelle, Boulevard Brien – Repentigny | Westbound exit; east end of collector/express lanes | ||
| 102.4 | 164.8 | 102 | Rue Valmont | Westbound exit | ||
| L'Assomption | 106.1 | 170.8 | 108 |  R-341 (Boulevard Louis-Philippe Picard) – L'Assomption, L'Épiphanie | Formerly exit 106 | |
| 109.6 | 176.4 | 110 |  R-343 – L'Assomption, Saint-Sulpice | Formerly exit 108 | ||
| D'Autray | Lavaltrie | 117.9 | 189.7 | Point-du-Jour Rest Area (Eastbound and Westbound, exit 118) | ||
| 121.7 | 195.9 | 122 |   A-31 north / R-131 – Joliette, Lavaltrie | A-31 exit 1 | ||
| Lanoraie | 129.6 | 208.6 | 130 | Lanoraie | ||
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 140.7 | 226.4 | 141 | Rang Sainte-Philomène | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Berthierville | 143.1 | 230.3 | 144 |  R-158 – Saint-Gabriel, Berthierville | ||
| Saint-Cuthbert | 150.1 | 241.6 | 151 | R-138 – Saint-Cuthbert | ||
| Saint-Barthélemy | 155.6 | 250.4 | 155 | Saint-Barthélemy, Maskinongé | ||
| Maskinongé | Maskinongé | 161.0 | 259.1 | 160 | Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est | |
| 163.0 | 262.3 | Baie-de-Maskinongé Service Centre (Eastbound) Concession-de-la-Rivière Rest Stop (Westbound) | ||||
| Maskinongé–Louiseville line | 167.5 | 269.6 | 166 | Louiseville, Maskinongé | ||
| Louiseville–Yamachiche line | 175.3 | 282.1 | 174 | R-138 – Louiseville, Yamachiche | ||
| Yamachiche | 180.5 | 290.5 | 180 |  R-153 north – Yamachiche | ||
| Trois-Rivières | 188.1 | 302.7 | 187 | R-138 (Rue Notre-Dame O) – Yamachiche | ||
| 190.3 | 306.3 | 189 | Rang St-Charles | |||
| 192.6 | 310.0 | 192 | Chemin des Petites-Terres | |||
| 197.4 | 317.7 | 196 186 |   A-55 north to R-155 / Boulevard des Forges – Shawinigan | West end of A-55 concurrency; A-55 exit 186; exit numbers follow A-55 | ||
| 199.9 | 321.7 | 183 | Boulevard Jean-XXIII | |||
| 200.9 | 323.3 | 182 197 | A-55 south – Pont Laviolette, Victoriaville, Drummondville, Vermont | East end of A-55 concurrency; A-55 exit 182; A-40 exit numbers resume | ||
| 202.6 | 326.1 | 198 | Boulevard des Récollets | |||
| 204.2– 205.2 | 328.6– 330.2 | 199 | Boulevard des Forges – Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville | |||
| 207.3 | 333.6 | 201 | Boulevard des Chenaux | |||
| 207.3– 207.7 | 128.8– 129.1 | Pont Radisson (Radisson Bridge) crosses Saint-Maurice River | ||||
| 207.7 | 334.3 | 202 | Boulevard des Estacades | |||
| 209.4 | 337.0 | 203 |  R-157 (Rue Thibeau) – Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Shawinigan | Eastbound signed as exits 203-S (south) and 203-N (north) | ||
| 211.6 | 340.5 | 205 | Boulevard des Prairies | |||
| Les Chenaux | No major intersections | |||||
| Trois-Rivières | 218.5 | 351.6 | 210 |  R-352 north – Saint-Maurice | ||
| Les Chenaux | Champlain | 227.9 | 366.8 | 220 |  R-359 – Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Narcisse, Champlain | |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 237.2 | 381.7 | 229 |  R-361 – Batiscan, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | ||
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 246.5 | 396.7 | 236 |  R-159 – Saint-Prosper, Saint-Casimir, Saint-Tite, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | ||
| Portneuf | Deschambault-Grondines | 260.4 | 419.1 | 250 | Chemin de St-Casimir | |
| 265.4 | 427.1 | 254 |  R-363 – Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Deschambault-Grondines | |||
| 270.6 | 435.5 | 257 | Route Proulx – Saint-Gilbert Portneuf, Quebec | |||
| Portneuf | 276.2 | 444.5 | 261 | Portneuf | ||
| Cap-Santé | 284.5 | 457.9 | 269 |  R-358 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Basile, Cap-Santé | ||
| Donnacona | 289.2 | 465.4 | 274 | Donnacona | ||
| Neuville | 296.4 | 477.0 | 281 |  R-365 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Raymond, Neuville | Westbound signed as exits 281-N (north) and 281-S (south) | |
| 300.0 | 482.8 | 285 | Neuville | |||
| Québec | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 304.8 | 490.5 | Cap-de-Pierre Service Centre (Eastbound) | ||
| 310.2 | 499.2 | 295 |  R-367 (Route de Fossambault) – Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | |||
| 314.4 | 506.0 | 298 | R-138 – Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, L'Ancienne-Lorette | Signed as exits 298-O (west) and 298-E (east) | ||
| 316.5 | 509.4 | 300 | Chemin du Lac | |||
| Québec | 318.8 | 513.1 | 302 | Route Jean-Gauvin, Cap Rouge | ||
| 320.3 | 515.5 | 304 | Avenue Le Gendre | |||
| 321.4– 322.5 | 517.2– 519.0 | 305 |  A-540 (Autoroute Duplessis) to A-20 – Jean Lesage International Airport, Pont Pierre-Laporte | Signed as exits 305-S (south) and 305-N (north); A-540 exit 3 | ||
| 323.0 | 519.8 | 306 | Avenue Blaise-Pascal | |||
| 323.6– 324.5 | 520.8– 522.2 | 307 139 |  A-73 south (Autoroute Henri-IV) to A-20 – Pont Pierre-Laporte Autoroute Charest (A-440) – Quebec Centre-Ville | West end of A-73 concurrency; eastbound signed as exits 307-S (south) and 307-N (north), westbound signed as exits 139-O (west) and 139-E (east); A-73 exit 139; A-440 exit 4; exit numbers follow A-73 | ||
| 324.8 | 522.7 | 140 | Rue Einstein | Westbound shares exit with exit 139-O | ||
| 326.1 | 524.8 | 141 | Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel (R-138) | |||
| 327.0– 327.6 | 526.3– 527.2 | 142 307 |  A-573 north (Autoroute Henri-IV) – Shannon | Autoroute Henri-IV follows A-573; A-40 / A-73 become Autoroute Félix Leclerc; signed as exit 142 (eastbound) and exit 307 (westbound); A-40 exit numbers resume; A-573 exit 1 | ||
| 328.0 | 527.9 | 308 | Boulevard Masson, Boulevard de l'Ormiere, Rue Armand-Viau | Rue Armand-Viau not signed eastbound | ||
| 329.2– 330.9 | 529.8– 532.5 | 310 |  A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa), Boulevard Saint-Jacques | A-740 exit 9 | ||
| 331.7– 332.4 | 533.8– 534.9 | 312 | Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand (R-358) | Signed as exits 312-S (south) and 312-N (north) | ||
| 332.9– 333.9 | 535.8– 537.4 | 313 |   A-73 north / A-973 south / R-175 – Saguenay, Alma, Quebec Centre-Ville | East end of A-73 concurrency; signed as exits 313-S (south), 313-N (north); A-73 / A-973 exit 148 | ||
| 334.6 | 538.5 | 315 | 1ère Avenue | |||
| 335.6 | 540.1 | 316 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | |||
| 337.5 | 543.2 | 318 | Avenue du Bourg-Royal | |||
| 338.5 | 544.8 | 319 | Avenue Saint-David | |||
| 339.8 | 546.9 | 320 | Rue Seigneuriale | |||
| 341.1 | 548.9 | 321 | Rue Labelle | |||
| 342.4 | 551.0 | 322 | Boulevard des Chutes | |||
| 343.3 | 552.5 | 323 | A-440 west (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency) – Quebec Centre-Ville | A-440 exit 29 | ||
| 345.3 | 555.7 | 325 | Boulevard Sainte-Anne (R-138 west) / R-368 south – Montmorency Falls, Île d'Orléans | |||
| — | R-138 east – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | A-40 eastern terminus; continues as R-138 east | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b Google (March 19, 2018). "Autoroute 40 in Quebec" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- ^ "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québecpublisher=[[Transports Québec]]". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
{{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 156-8.
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