Quebec Autoroute 40
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| Autoroute 40 |
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| Autoroute Félix-Leclerc Metropolitan Expressway Trans-Canada Highway |
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| Length: | 347 km (216 mi) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1959 | ||||||||
| West end: |  Highway 417 near Pointe-Fortune, Quebec |
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| Major junctions: |
 in Vaudreuil-Dorion &  in Dorval  &  in Montreal in Charlemagne in Lavaltrie in Trois-Rivières   &  in Quebec City |
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| East end: |   Route 138/368 near Boischatel |
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| Major cities: | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Montreal, Charlemagne, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City | ||||||||
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Autoroute 40 (officially called Autoroute Félix-Leclerc [outside Montreal] and Metropolitan Expressway/Autoroute Métropolitaine [within Montreal]) is a major highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. It is one of the two main connections between Montreal and Quebec City (the other being Autoroute 20 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence). Autoroute 40 is currently 347 km (216 miles) long.
Autoroute 40 begins at the Ontario-Quebec border where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa, and ends in Boischatel where it transitions into Route 138 at the end of the freeway.
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 simply A-55). In addition, a different route was originally planned around Sainte-Foy (now in the west end of Quebec City) north of Jean Lesage International Airport (the existing Autoroute 40 would have been the western end of Autoroute 440. 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.
Some discussion of eastward extensions of A-40 into the Charlevoix region and beyond have taken place, most likely to Route 360 in Beaupre or even as far as Route 362 in La Malbaie since tourism in the region is increasing; however, that appears unlikely in the short term.
The portion of Autoroute 40 from the Ontario border to the Autoroute 25 interchange is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
In 1997, the highway (apart from the portion served by the Metropolitan Expressway) was renamed Autoroute Félix-Leclerc after the late Quebec artist and political activist Félix Leclerc. However, most people (especially those living in Montreal) continue to refer to the highway by its numbered designation.
Of historical note, a several kilometre stretch of the highway in Pointe-Claire (from roughly St. John's Boulevard near Fairview Pointe-Claire Shopping Centre to St. Charles Boulevard) was used during the 1976 Summer Olympics for the men's cycling road races.
[edit] Interchanges from West to East
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Continues as Highway 417 in Ontario |
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| East Hawkesbury - Pointe-Fortune Boundary (Ontario-Quebec Border) | 1 |  Route 342 / Prescott and Russell County Road 14 (also Exit 1 on Highway 417) |
| Pointe-Fortune - Rigaud Boundary | 2 | Montee Wilson |
| Rigaud | 6 | Montee Baie St-Thomas |
| Rigaud | 9 | Chemin de la Baie ( Route 342) |
| Rigaud | 12 | Route Harwood ( Route 342) / Chemin de la Mairie |
| Rigaud | 17 |  Route 201 |
| Saint-Lazare | 22 | Cote du St-Charles |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 26 | Chemin Daoust / Route Harwood ( Route 342) |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 32 |  Autoroute 540 (future  Autoroute 30) |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 35 | Avenue Saint-Charles |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 36 | Chemin des Chenaux |
| Ottawa River - Île aux Tourtes Bridge | ||
| Senneville | 40 | Autoroute 40 turnaround (westbound only) |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 41 | Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants / Chemin Sainte-Marie |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 44 | Boulevard Morgan |
| Kirkland | 49 | Chemin Sainte-Marie |
| Kirkland | 50 | Boulevard Saint-Charles |
| Pointe-Claire | 52 | Boulevard Saint-Jean |
| Pointe-Claire - Dorval Boundary | 55 | Boulevard des Sources |
| Montreal | 58 | Henri-Bourassa Blvd./ Hymus Blvd. |
| Montreal | 60 |  Autoroute 13 (Autoroute Chomedey) |
| Montreal | 62 | Cote-Vertu Blvd. |
| Montreal | 63 | Cavendish Blvd. |
| Montreal | 65 |  Autoroute 520 (Côte-de-Liesse Expressway) |
| Montreal | 66 |  Autoroute 15 South (Autoroute Décarie / Decarie Expressway) |
| Montreal | 67 | Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin ( Route 117)(westbound only) |
| Montreal | 68 | De L'Acadie Blvd., Stinson St. (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 70 | Autoroute 15 North (Laurentian Autoroute) |
| Montreal | 71 |  Route 335Saint-Laurent blvd., Saint-Denis St. |
| Montreal | 73 | Papineau Ave.( Autoroute 19) Saint-Hubert St., Christophe-Colomb Ave., Papineau Ave. |
| Montreal | 74 | Iberville St. |
| Montreal | 75 | Saint-Michel Blvd. |
| Montreal | 76 | Pie-IX Blvd.( Route 125) / Viau Blvd. |
| Montreal | 77 | Lacordaire Blvd. |
| Montreal | 78 | Langelier Blvd., Des Galeries-d'Anjou Blvd |
| Montreal | 80 |  Autoroute 25 (Autoroute Louis H. Lafontaine) |
| Montreal | 82 | Roi-René Blvd./ Ray-Lawson Blvd. |
| Montreal | 85 | Marien Ave.(eastbound) / Saint-Jean-Baptiste Blvd. (westbound) |
| Montreal | 87 | du Tricentenaire Blvd. / Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 89 | Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (westbound only) |
| Montreal | 92 | Gouin Blvd. / Autoroute 40 turnaround (eastbound only) |
| Rivière des Prairies - Charles de Gaulle Bridge | ||
| Terrebonne | 94 | Lachenaie ( Route 344) |
| Terrebonne - Charlemagne Boundary | 96 |  Autoroute 640 |
| Repentigny | 97 | Boulevard Pierre-Legardeur (eastbound only) |
| Repentigny | 98 | Boulevard Larochelle |
| Repentigny | 100 | Boulevard Brien / Boulevard Industriel |
| Repentigny | 102 | Rue Valmont |
| L'Assomption | 108 |  Route 341 /  Route 343 |
| Lavaltrie | 118 | Point-du-Jour Service Area |
| Lavaltrie | 122 |  Autoroute 31 /  Route 131 |
| Lanoraie | 130 | Chemin de Joliette |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 141 | Rang Ste-Philomène |
| Berthierville | 144 | Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve |
| Saint-Cuthbert | 151 |  Route 138 |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 155 | Montee St-Laurent |
| Maskinongé | 160 | Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est |
| Maskinongé | Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area | |
| Maskinongé - Louiseville Boundary | 166 | Route Livernoche |
| Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary | 174 | Route Pays-Brûlé |
| Yamachiche | 180 | Chemin St-Jacques ( Route 153) |
| Trois-Rivières | 187 | Rue Notre-Dame ( Route 138) |
| Trois-Rivières | 189 | Rang St-Charles |
| Trois-Rivières | 192 | Chemin des Petites-Terres |
| Trois-Rivières | 196 |  Autoroute 55 North (3.5 km concurrency does not count in exit numbering) |
| Trois-Rivières | 197 | Autoroute 55 South |
| Trois-Rivières | 198 | Boulevard des Récollets |
| Trois-Rivières | 199 | Rue St-Roch / Boulevard des Forges (indicated as Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville) |
| Trois-Rivières | 201 | Boulevard des Chenaux |
| Saint-Maurice River bridge | ||
| Trois-Rivières | 202 | Boulevard des Estacades |
| Trois-Rivières | 203 | Rue Thibeau ( Route 157) |
| Trois-Rivières | 205 | Rue des Prairies |
| Saint-Maurice | 210 | Rue Notre-Dame ( Route 352) |
| Champlain | 220 | Boulevard de la Visitation ( Route 359) |
| Saint-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 229 | Rang Sud ( Route 361) |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 236 | 2e Avenue ( Route 159) |
| Deschambault-Grondines (and St-Casimir in 2007) | 250 | Chemin de St-Casimir (rebuilt to St-Casimir for 2007) |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 254 | Route Dussault ( Route 363) |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 257 | Route Groulx |
| Portneuf | 261 | Rue Provencher |
| Cap-Santé | 269 | Rang St-Joseph ( Route 358) |
| Donnacona | 274 | Rue de l'Eglise / 2e Rang |
| Neuville | 281 |  Route 365 |
| Neuville | 285 | Route Gravel |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 295 | Route de Fossambault ( Route 367) |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 298 | Route 138 |
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures - Quebec City boundary | 300 | Chemin du Lac |
| Quebec City | 302 | Route Jean-Gauvin |
| Quebec City | 304 | Avenue Le Gendre |
| Quebec City | 305 | Autoroute 540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport |
| Quebec City | 306 | Avenue Blaise-Pascal |
| Quebec City | 307 |  Autoroute 440 (Autoroute Charest) /  Autoroute 73 South (eastbound) /  Autoroute 573 (westbound) |
| Quebec City | 308 | Boulevard de l'Ormiere ( Route 371) |
| Quebec City | 310 | Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud |
| Quebec City | 311 |  Autoroute 740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) |
| Quebec City | 312 | Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand ( Route 358) |
| Quebec City | 313 | Autoroute 73 North /  Route 175 (Autoroute Laurentienne) |
| Quebec City | 315 | 1er Avenue |
| Quebec City | 316 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa |
| Quebec City | 318 | Avenue du Bourg-Royal |
| Quebec City | 319 | Rue Cambronne (eastbound) / Rue Clemenceau (westbound) |
| Quebec City | 320 | Rue Seigneuriale |
| Quebec City | 321 | Rue Labelle |
| Quebec City | 322 | Boulevard des Chutes |
| Quebec City | 323 | Autoroute 440 (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency) |
| Quebec City | 325 | Boulevard Ste-Anne ( Route 138) /  Route 368 |
[edit] External links
Preceded by ON Highway 417 |
Trans-Canada Highway Autoroute 40 |
Succeeded byAutoroute 25 |
| Preceded byAutoroute 15 |
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