Quebec Autoroute 40
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Route Transcanadienne | ||||
Autoroute Félix-Leclerc Metropolitan Expressway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
Length | 347 km[1][2] (216 mi) | |||
Existed | 1959[3]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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East end | ![]() ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Quebec | |||
Major cities | Montreal, Terrebonne, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Autoroute/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal, 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 Montreal 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
[edit]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 Metropolitan Autoroute portion in Montreal 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
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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]
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 Montreal 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.
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Exit list
[edit]RCM | Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Pointe-Fortune | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Ontario | ||
1 | ![]() | Straddles the Ontario border; also signed as exit 1 for Hwy 417 | ||||||
Pointe-Fortune – Rigaud boundary | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune | ||||
Rigaud | 6.2 | 3.9 | 6 | Montée de la Baie-Saint-Thomas | ||||
9.4 | 5.8 | 9 | ![]() | |||||
11.8 | 7.3 | 12 | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
16.9 | 10.5 | 17 | ![]() | |||||
Saint-Lazare | 22.0 | 13.7 | 22 | Hudson, Saint-Lazare | ||||
Vaudreuil-Dorion | 26.5 | 16.5 | 26 | ![]() | Eastbound access to Route 342 | |||
27.5 | 17.1 | 28 | ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
32.6 | 20.3 | 32 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | A-30 exit 1; former A-540 | ||||
34.7 | 21.6 | 35 | Avenue Saint-Charles – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac | |||||
36.6 | 22.7 | 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 | 25.0 | 40 | Chemin de Senneville | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 42.0 | 26.1 | 41 | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Île-Perrot | ||||
44.7 | 27.8 | 44 | Boulevard Morgan | |||||
Kirkland | 47.8 | 29.7 | 49 | Chemin Sainte-Marie | ||||
50.0 | 31.1 | 50 | Boulevard Saint-Charles | |||||
Pointe-Claire | 52.9 | 32.9 | 52 | Boulevard Saint-Jean | ||||
Pointe-Claire – Dorval boundary | 56.0 | 34.8 | 55 | Boulevard des Sources | ||||
Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Montréal boundary | 57.6 | 35.8 | 58 | Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Alfred-Nobel, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Eastbound exit | |||
Montréal | 59.9– 61.4 | 37.2– 38.2 | 60 | ![]() ![]() | A-13 exit 6 | |||
61.7– 63.1 | 38.3– 39.2 | 62 | Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu | |||||
Boulevard Henri-Bourassa, Boulevard Hymus | Westbound exit | |||||||
63.9 | 39.7 | 64 | Boulevard Cavendish | |||||
65.3 | 40.6 | 65 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
![]() | Eastbound exit | |||||||
Montréal – Mount Royal boundary | 66.4– 67.1 | 41.3– 41.7 | 66 | ![]() | Décarie Interchange A-15 exit 70; west end of A-15 concurrency | |||
West end of Metropolitan Autoroute / Autoroute Métropolitaine | ||||||||
68.1 | 42.3 | 68 | Rue Stinson, Chemin Rockland, Boulevard de l'Acadie | Eastbound exit | ||||
69.2– 70.0 | 43.0– 43.5 | 70 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | A-15 exit 1; east end of A-15 concurrency | ||||
![]() | Westbound exit | |||||||
71 | ![]() | Eastbound exit | ||||||
Montréal | 71.1 | 44.2 | 71 | Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Boulevard de l'Acadie | Westbound exit | |||
72.4 | 45.0 | 73 | ![]() | Eastbound exit | ||||
73.4 | 45.6 | 73 | ![]() | Westbound exit | ||||
74.2 | 46.1 | 74 | Rue d'Iberville | Eastbound exit | ||||
75.1 | 46.7 | 75 | Boulevard Saint-Michel | |||||
![]() | Westbound exit | |||||||
75.7 | 47.0 | 76 | ![]() | Eastbound exit | ||||
77.1 | 47.9 | 77 | Boulevard Lacordaire | Westbound exit | ||||
78.2 | 48.6 | 76 | ![]() | Westbound exit | ||||
79.2 | 49.2 | 78 | Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard des Galeries-d'Anjou | |||||
80.3– 81.2 | 49.9– 50.5 | 80 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | 50.8– 51.6 | 82 | Boulevard Roi-René, Boulevard Ray-Lawson | |||||
Montréal-Est | 82.9 | 51.5 | 83 | Boulevard Bourget, Avenue Marien, Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
Montréal | 86.7 | 53.9 | 87 | Rue Sherbrooke (R-138) Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Eastbound exit | |||
87.4 | 54.3 | 85 | Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Boulevard Tricentenaire, Avenue Marien | Westbound exit | ||||
88.9 | 55.2 | 89 | ![]() | Westbound exit | ||||
East end of Metropolitan Autoroute / Autoroute Métropolitaine | ||||||||
91.9 | 57.1 | 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 | 58.5 | 94 | ![]() | |||
Les Moulins – L'Assomption boundary | Terrebonne – Charlemagne boundary | 95.2– 96.2 | 59.2– 59.8 | 96 | ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west); A-640 exit 52 | ||
L'Assomption | Repentigny | 97.0 | 60.3 | 97 | Boulevard Pierre-Le Gardeur – Repentigny, Charlemagne | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
97.8 | 60.8 | 98 | Boulevard Larochelle, Boulevard Brien – Repentigny | Eastbound exit; west end of collector/express lanes | ||||
100.0 | 62.1 | 100 | Boulevard Industriel, Rue Valmont | Eastbound exit | ||||
102.0 | 63.4 | 100 | Boulevard Industriel, Boulevard Larochelle, Boulevard Brien – Repentigny | Westbound exit; east end of collector/express lanes | ||||
102.4 | 63.6 | 102 | Rue Valmont | Westbound exit | ||||
L'Assomption | 106.1 | 65.9 | 108 | ![]() | Formerly exit 106 | |||
109.6 | 68.1 | 110 | ![]() | Formerly exit 108 | ||||
D'Autray | Lavaltrie | 117.9 | 73.3 | ![]() | ||||
121.7 | 75.6 | 122 | ![]() ![]() | A-31 exit 1 | ||||
Lanoraie | 129.6 | 80.5 | 130 | Lanoraie | ||||
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 140.7 | 87.4 | 141 | Rang Sainte-Philomène | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
Berthierville | 143.1 | 88.9 | 144 | ![]() | ||||
Saint-Cuthbert | 150.1 | 93.3 | 151 | ![]() | ||||
Saint-Barthélemy | 155.6 | 96.7 | 155 | Saint-Barthélemy, Maskinongé | ||||
Maskinongé | Maskinongé | 161.0 | 100.0 | 160 | Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est | |||
163.0 | 101.3 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Maskinongé – Louiseville boundary | 167.5 | 104.1 | 166 | Louiseville, Maskinongé | ||||
Louiseville – Yamachiche boundary | 175.3 | 108.9 | 174 | ![]() | ||||
Yamachiche | 180.5 | 112.2 | 180 | ![]() | ||||
Trois-Rivières | 188.1 | 116.9 | 187 | ![]() | ||||
190.3 | 118.2 | 189 | Rang St-Charles | |||||
192.6 | 119.7 | 192 | Chemin des Petites-Terres | |||||
197.4 | 122.7 | 196 186 | ![]() ![]() | West end of A-55 concurrency; A-55 exit 186; exit numbers follow A-55 | ||||
199.9 | 124.2 | 183 | Boulevard Jean-XXIII | |||||
200.9 | 124.8 | 182 197 | ![]() | East end of A-55 concurrency; A-55 exit 182; A-40 exit numbers resume | ||||
202.6 | 125.9 | 198 | Boulevard des Récollets | |||||
204.2– 205.2 | 126.9– 127.5 | 199 | Boulevard des Forges – Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville | |||||
207.3 | 128.8 | 201 | Boulevard des Chenaux | |||||
207.3– 207.7 | 128.8– 129.1 | Pont Radisson (Radisson Bridge) crosses Saint-Maurice River | ||||||
207.7 | 129.1 | 202 | Boulevard des Estacades | |||||
209.4 | 130.1 | 203 | ![]() | Eastbound signed as exits 203-S (south) and 203-N (north) | ||||
211.6 | 131.5 | 205 | Boulevard des Prairies | |||||
Les Chenaux |
No major junctions | |||||||
Trois-Rivières | 218.5 | 135.8 | 210 | ![]() | ||||
Les Chenaux | Champlain | 227.9 | 141.6 | 220 | ![]() | |||
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 237.2 | 147.4 | 229 | ![]() | ||||
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 246.5 | 153.2 | 236 | ![]() | ||||
Portneuf | Deschambault-Grondines | 260.4 | 161.8 | 250 | Chemin de St-Casimir | |||
265.4 | 164.9 | 254 | ![]() | |||||
270.6 | 168.1 | 257 | Route Proulx – Saint-Gilbert Portneuf, Quebec | |||||
Portneuf | 276.2 | 171.6 | 261 | Portneuf | ||||
Cap-Santé | 284.5 | 176.8 | 269 | ![]() | ||||
Donnacona | 289.2 | 179.7 | 274 | Donnacona | ||||
Neuville | 296.4 | 184.2 | 281 | ![]() | Westbound signed as exits 281-N (north) and 281-S (south) | |||
300.0 | 186.4 | 285 | Neuville | |||||
Québec | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 304.8 | 189.4 | ![]() | ||||
310.2 | 192.7 | 295 | ![]() | |||||
314.4 | 195.4 | 298 | ![]() | Signed as exits 298-O (west) and 298-E (east) | ||||
316.5 | 196.7 | 300 | Chemin du Lac | |||||
Québec | 318.8 | 198.1 | 302 | Route Jean-Gauvin, Cap Rouge | ||||
320.3 | 199.0 | 304 | Avenue Le Gendre | |||||
321.4– 322.5 | 199.7– 200.4 | 305 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 305-S (south) and 305-N (north); A-540 exit 3 | ||||
323.0 | 200.7 | 306 | Avenue Blaise-Pascal | |||||
323.6– 324.5 | 201.1– 201.6 | 307 139 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | 201.8 | 140 | Rue Einstein | Westbound shares exit with exit 139-O | ||||
326.1 | 202.6 | 141 | ![]() | |||||
327.0– 327.6 | 203.2– 203.6 | 142 307 | ![]() | 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 | 203.8 | 308 | Boulevard Masson, Boulevard de l'Ormiere, Rue Armand-Viau | Rue Armand-Viau not signed eastbound | ||||
329.2– 330.9 | 204.6– 205.6 | 310 | ![]() | A-740 exit 9 | ||||
331.7– 332.4 | 206.1– 206.5 | 312 | ![]() | Signed as exits 312-S (south) and 312-N (north) | ||||
332.9– 333.9 | 206.9– 207.5 | 313 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of A-73 concurrency; signed as exits 313-S (south), 313-N (north); A-73 / A-973 exit 148 | ||||
334.6 | 207.9 | 315 | 1ère Avenue | |||||
335.6 | 208.5 | 316 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | |||||
337.5 | 209.7 | 318 | Avenue du Bourg-Royal | |||||
338.5 | 210.3 | 319 | Avenue Saint-David | |||||
339.8 | 211.1 | 320 | Rue Seigneuriale | |||||
341.1 | 211.9 | 321 | Rue Labelle | |||||
342.4 | 212.8 | 322 | Boulevard des Chutes | |||||
343.3 | 213.3 | 323 | ![]() | A-440 exit 29 | ||||
345.3 | 214.6 | 325 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
— | ![]() | 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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Rest stops
[edit]Location | Name | km | Direction | Services |
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Le Petit Village, Quebec | Aire de service du Cap-de-Pierre | Eastbound | Food - Valentine, rest rooms, parking for trucks, RVs and cars. | |
Le Village-Saint-Nicolas | Westbound | Unofficial rest area accessed via on/off ramps for A-40. Filling station - Shell, Food - Valentine, Electric charging stations. | ||
Baie-de-Maskinongé | Aire de service du Baie-de-Maskinongé | Eastbound | Food - Valentine, A&W, Tim Hortons and Couche Tard, tourist information, rest rooms. Esso (independent operated with using Esso-brand fuel), Electric charge stations. Parking for cars, RV and trucks. | |
Baie-de-Maskinongé | Halte du Maskinongé | Westbound | Closed around 2021-2022 with Portable toilets removed from site and entry roadway blocked. Located across from Eastbound service centre. | |
Point-du-Jour | Aire de service du Point-du-Jour | Bi-directional | Vending machines, tourist information, rest rooms. Electric charging station. Les Rôtisseries Benny restaruant was closed after 2016 and now vacant area. Current rest area building was formerly Esso service station (with Marché Express) and Tim Hortons. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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 Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 156-8.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Metropolitan Expressway (Autoroute Metropolitaine) at Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com
- A-40 at motorways-exits.com
- A-40 at Quebec Autoroutes
- Virtual tour of A-40
- Transports Quebec Map Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (in French)