Quebec Autoroute 40
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| Autoroute 40 | |
| Autoroute Félix-Leclerc Metropolitan Expressway | |
| Length: | 347 kilometres (216 miles) |
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| Formed: | 1959 |
| Direction: | East/West |
| From: | Ontario/Quebec border near Pointe-Fortune, Quebec |
| To: | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Major cities: | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City |
Highway 40 (officially called Autoroute Félix-Leclerc [ex-Montreal] and Metropolitan Expressway /Autoroute Métropolitaine [in Montreal] is a long and important 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 Highway 20 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence). Highway 40 is currently 347 km (216 miles) long.
Highway 40 begins at the Ontario-Quebec border where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa, and ends in Boischatel where it transitions into Highway 138 at the end of the freeway.
Two sections of Highway 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 multiplex with Autoroute 55 would have only been 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 Highway 40 would have been the western end of Quebec City Highway 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 Highway 362 in La Malbaie since tourism in the region is increasing; however that appears unlikely in the short term.
The portion of Highway 40 from the Ontario border to the Highway 25 interchange is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
The highway, apart from the portion served by the Metropolitan Expressway, was renamed Autoroute Félix-Leclerc in 1997, after the late Quebec artist and political activist (see article: Félix Leclerc). However, most people (especially those living in Montreal) continue to refer to the highway by its numbered designation.
[edit] Interchanges from West to East
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
|---|---|---|
| Continues as Image:Ontario 417.png Highway 417 in Ontario | ||
| East Hawkesbury - Pointe-Fortune Boundary (Ontario-Quebec Border) | 1 | Image:Qc342.pngQuebec 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 (Image:Qc342.png342) |
| Rigaud | 12 | Route Harwood (Image:Qc342.png 342) / Chemin de la Mairie |
| Rigaud | 17 | Image:Qc201.pngRoute 201 |
| Saint-Lazare | 22 | Cote du St-Charles |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 26 | Chemin Daoust / Route Harwood (Image:Qc342.png342) |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 32 | Image:A-540.pngAutoroute 540 (future Image:A-30.pngAutoroute 30) |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 35 | Avenue St-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 Ste-Marie |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 44 | Boulevard Morgan |
| Kirkland | 49 | Chemin Ste-Marie |
| Kirkland | 50 | Boulevard St-Charles |
| Pointe-Claire | 52 | Boulevard St-Jean |
| Pointe-Claire - Dorval Boundary | 55 | Boulevard des Sources |
| Montreal | 58 | Henri-Bourassa Blvd./ Hymus Blvd. |
| Montreal | 60 | Image:A-13.pngHighway 13 (Autoroute Chomedey) |
| Montreal | 62 | Cote-Vertu Blvd. |
| Montreal | 63 | Cavendish Blvd. |
| Montreal | 65 | Image:A-520.pngHighway 520 (Côte-de-Liesse Expressway) |
| Montreal | 66 |  Highway 15 South (Autoroute Décarie)
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| Montreal | 67 | Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (Image:Qc117.pngQuebec route 117)(westbound only) |
| Montreal | 68 | Service road access (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 70 | Highway 15 North (Laurentian Autoroute)
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| Montreal | 71 | Querbes Ave. |
| Montreal | 73 | Christophe-Colomb Blvd. |
| Montreal | 74 | Papineau Ave.(Image:A-19.pngHighway 19) |
| Montreal | 75 | St-Michel Blvd. |
| Montreal | 76 | Pie-IX Blvd.(Image:Qc125.pngRoute 125) / Viau Blvd. |
| Montreal | 77 | Lacordiare Blvd. |
| Montreal | 78 | Langelier Blvd. |
| Montreal | 80 | Image:A-25.pngHighway 25 (Autoroute Louis H. Lafontaine) |
| Montreal | 82 | Roi-René Blvd./ Ray-Lawson Blvd. |
| Montreal | 85 | Marien Ave.(eastbound) / St-Jean-Baptiste Blvd. (westbound) |
| Montreal | 87 | du Tricentenaire Blvd. / Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 89 | Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (westbound only) |
| Montreal | 92 | Highway 40 turnaround (eastbound only) |
| Rivière des Prairies Charles de Gaulle bridge | ||
| Terrebonne | 94 | Chemin St-Charles (Image:Qc344.png Route 344) |
| Terrebonne - Charlemagne Boundary | 96 | Image:A-640.pngHighway 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 | Image:Qc341.pngQuebec route 341 / Image:Qc343.png343 |
| Lavaltrie | 118 | Point-du-Jour Service Area |
| Lavaltrie | 122 | Image:A-31.pngHighway 31 / Image:Qc131.png Route 131 |
| Lanoraie | 130 | Chemin de Joliette |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | 141 | Rang Ste-Philomène |
| Berthierville | 144 | Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve |
| Saint-Cuthbert | 151 | Image:Qc138.pngRoute 138 |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 155 | Montee St-Laurent |
| Maskinongé | 160 | Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est |
| Maskinongé - Louiseville Boundary | 166 | Route Livernoche |
| Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary | 174 | Route Pays-Brûlé |
| Yamachiche | 180 | Chemin St-Jacques (Image:Qc153.png153) |
| Trois-Rivières | 187 | Rue Notre-Dame (Image:Qc138.png138) |
| Trois-Rivières | 189 | Rang St-Charles |
| Trois-Rivières | 192 | Chemin des Petites-Terres |
| Trois-Rivières | 196 | Image:A-55.png Highway 55 North (multiplex for 3.5 km does not count in exit numbering) |
| Trois-Rivières | 197 | Image:A-55.pngHighway 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 |
| Trois-Rivières | 202 | Boulevard des Escatades |
| Trois-Rivières | 203 | Rue Thibeau (Image:Qc157.png157) |
| Trois-Rivières | 205 | Boulevard des Prairies |
| Saint-Maurice | 210 | Rue Notre-Dame (Image:Qc352.png Route 352) |
| Champlain | 220 | Boulevard de la Visitation (Image:Qc359.png Route 359) |
| Saint-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | 229 | Rang Sud (Image:Qc361.png Route 361) |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 236 | 2e Avenue (Image:Qc159.png 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 (Image:Qc363.png Route363) |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 257 | Route Groulx |
| Portneuf | 261 | Rue Provencher |
| Cap-Santé | 269 | Rang St-Joseph (Image:Qc358.png358) |
| Donnacona | 274 | Rue de l'Eglise / 2e Rang |
| Neuville | 281 | Image:Qc365.png Quebec route 365 |
| Neuville | 285 | Route Gravel |
| Quebec City | 295 | Route de Fossambault (Image:Qc367.pngRoute 367) |
| Quebec City | 298 | Image:Qc138.pngQuebec route 138 |
| Quebec City | 300 | Chemin du Lac |
| Quebec City | 302 | Route Jean-Gauvin |
| Quebec City | 304 | Avenue Le Gendre |
| Quebec City | 305 | Image:A-540.pngHighway 540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport |
| Quebec City | 306 | Avenue Blaise-Pascal |
| Quebec City | 307 | Image:A-440.pngQuebec City Autoroute 440 (Autoroute Charest) / Image:A-73.pngAutoroute 73 South (eastbound) / Image:A-573.pngAutoroute 573 (westbound) |
| Quebec City | 308 | Boulevard de l'Ormiere (Image:Qc371.pngRoute 371) |
| Quebec City | 310 | Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud |
| Quebec City | 311 | Image:A-740.pngHighway 740 (Autoroute des Vallon) |
| Quebec City | 312 | Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand ( Image:Qc358.pngRoute 358) |
| Quebec City | 313 | Image:A-73.pngHighway 73 North / Image:Qc175.pngRoute 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 | Image:A-440.pngQuebec City Highway 440 (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency) |
| Quebec City | 325 | Boulevard Ste-Anne (Image:Qc138.pngRoute 138) / Image:Qc368.pngRoute 368 |
[edit] External links
| Preceded by: Image:Ontario 417.png ON Highway 417 |  Trans-Canada HighwayQC Highway 40
| Succeeded by: Image:A-25.pngQC Highway 25 |
| Preceded by:QC Highway 15
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| Principal Autoroutes: 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 85 | ||
| Spur Autoroutes: 410 | 440 (Laval) | 440 (Quebec City) | 520 | 530 (Future) 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion) | 540 (Quebec City) | 573 | 610 | 640 | 720 | 740 | 920 | 955 | 973 | ||
| Routes partially built to Autoroute standards: 105 | 112 | 116 | 117 | 125 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 138 | 148 | 157 | 158 | 173 | 175 | 185 | 201 | ||
| See also: Routes | Autoroutes | ||
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