Quebec Autoroute 40 1796317 223149179 2008-07-02T19:57:39Z Gujuguy 699471 edited {{Infobox road |state=QC |type=Autoroute |route=40 |alternate_name = '''Autoroute Félix-Leclerc'''<br>'''Metropolitan Expressway''' <br>'''Trans-Canada Highway''' | length_km = 347 | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | starting_terminus = [[Image:Ontario 417.png|20px]] [[Highway 417 (Ontario)|Highway 417]] near [[Pointe-Fortune, Quebec]] | junction = [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 540.svg|20px]] in [[Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec|Vaudreuil-Dorion]]<br>[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 13.svg|20px]] & [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 520.svg|20px]] in [[Dorval, Quebec|Dorval]] <br> [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 15.svg|20px]] [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 19.svg|20px]] & [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 25.svg|20px]] in [[Montreal]]<br>[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 640.svg|20px]] in [[Charlemagne, Quebec|Charlemagne]] <br> [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 31.svg|20px]] in [[Lavaltrie, Quebec|Lavaltrie]] <br> [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 55.svg|20px]] in [[Trois-Rivières, Quebec|Trois-Rivières]]<br>[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 73.svg|20px]] [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 440.svg|20px]] [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 540.svg|20px]] [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 573.svg|20px]] & [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 740.svg|20px]] in [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]]<br> | ending_terminus = [[Image:Qc138.png|20px]] [[Image:Qc368.png|20px]] [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]]/[[Quebec Route 368|368]] near [[Boischatel, Quebec|Boischatel]] | cities = [[Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec|Vaudreuil-Dorion]], [[Montreal]], [[Charlemagne, Quebec|Charlemagne]], [[Repentigny, Quebec|Repentigny]], [[Trois-Rivières, Quebec|Trois-Rivières]], [[Quebec City]] | established = 1959 | |previous_type=A |previous_route=35 |next_type=A |next_route=50 }} '''Autoroute 40''' (officially called '''Autoroute Félix-Leclerc''' outside [[Montreal]] and '''Metropolitan Expressway/Autoroute Métropolitaine''' within Montreal) is a major [[Autoroute (Quebec)|highway]] on the north shore of the [[St. Lawrence River]] in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. It is one of the two main connections between Montreal and [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] (the other being [[Quebec Autoroute 20|Autoroute 20]] on the south shore of the St. Lawrence). Autoroute 40 is currently 347&nbsp;km (216 miles) long. Autoroute 40 begins at the [[Ontario]]-Quebec border where it continues as [[Highway 417 (Ontario)|Highway 417]] towards [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], and ends in [[Boischatel, Quebec|Boischatel]] where it transitions into [[Quebec Route 138|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, Quebec|Trois-Rivières]] to the north (the existing A-40 through downtown would have been '''Autoroute 755''' and the concurrency with [[Quebec Autoroute 55|Autoroute 55]] would have simply A-55). In addition, a different route was originally planned around [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy]] (now in the west end of Quebec City) north of [[Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport|Jean Lesage International Airport]] (the existing Autoroute 40 would have been the western end of [[Autoroute 440 (Quebec)|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, Quebec|Charlevoix]] region and beyond have taken place, most likely to [[Quebec Route 360|Route 360]] in [[Beaupre, Quebec|Beaupre]] or even as far as [[Quebec Route 362|Route 362]] in [[La Malbaie, Quebec|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 [[Quebec Autoroute 25|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, Quebec|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. ==Interchanges from West to East== {| class="wikitable" |- !width="25%"|Municipality !width="10%"|Exit Number !width="65%"|Intersecting Roads |- |colspan=3 align=center | '''Continues as [[Image:Ontario 417.png|20px]] [[Highway 417 (Ontario)#Exit list|Highway 417]] in [[Ontario]]''' |- |[[East Hawkesbury, Ontario|East Hawkesbury]] - [[Pointe-Fortune, Quebec|Pointe-Fortune]] Boundary (Ontario-Quebec Border) |1 |[[Image:qc342.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 342|Route 342]] / Prescott and Russell County Road 14 (also Exit 1 on [[Highway 417 (Ontario)|Highway 417]]) Pointe-Fortune |- |Pointe-Fortune - [[Rigaud, Quebec|Rigaud]] Boundary |2 |Montée Wilson |- |Rigaud |6 |Montée Baie Saint-Thomas |- |Rigaud |9 |[[Image:qc342.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 342|Route 342]] Rigaud |- |Rigaud |12 |[[Image:qc342.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 342|Route 342]] Rigaud |- |Rigaud |17 |[[Image:qc201.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 201|Route 201]] Montée Lavigne, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |- |[[Saint-Lazare, Quebec|Saint-Lazare]] |22 |Hudson, Saint-Lazare |- |[[Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec|Vaudreuil-Dorion]] |26 |Chemin Daoust |- |Vaudreuil-Dorion |32 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 540.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 540|Autoroute 540]] (future [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 30.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 30|Autoroute 30]]) |- |Vaudreuil-Dorion |35 |Avenue Saint-Charles-Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac |- |Vaudreuil-Dorion |36 |Chemin Dumberry, Chemin des Chenaux |- !colspan="3"|[[Ottawa River]] - [[Île aux Tourtes Bridge]] |- |[[Senneville, Quebec|Senneville]] |40 |Autoroute 40 turnaround (westbound only) |- |[[Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec|Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue]] |41 |Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue-Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants, Ile-Perrot |- |Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |44 |Boulevard Morgan |- |[[Kirkland, Quebec|Kirkland]] |49 |Chemin Sainte-Marie |- |Kirkland |50 |Boulevard Saint-Charles |- |[[Pointe-Claire, Quebec|Pointe-Claire]] |52 |Boulevard Saint-Jean |- |Pointe-Claire - [[Dorval, Quebec|Dorval]] Boundary |55 |Boulevard des Sources |- |Montreal |58 |Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa |- |Montreal |60 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 13.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 13|Autoroute 13]] (Autoroute Chomedey) Laval, Lachine |- |Montreal |62 |Boulevard de la Côte-Veru |- |Montreal |63 |Boulevard Cavendish |- |Montreal |65 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 520.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 520|Autoroute 520]] (Côte-de-Liesse Expressway) [[Image:qc117.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 117|Route 117]] Autoroute Côte-de-Liesse, Boulevard Marcel-Laurin |- |Montreal |66-S |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 15.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 15|Autoroute 15]] South (Autoroute Décarie / Decarie Expressway) Montréal CENTRE-VILLE, Pont Champlain |- |Montreal |67 |Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin ([[Image:qc117.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 117|Route 117]])(westbound only) |- |Montreal |68 |Boulevard de l'Acadie, Rue Stinson (eastbound only) |- |Montreal |70 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 15.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 15|Autoroute 15]] North (Laurentian Autoroute) Chemin Rockland (westbound), Laval, Saint-Jérôme |- |Montreal |71 |[[Image:qc335.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 335|Route 335]] Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Rue Saint-Denis |- |Montreal |73 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 19.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 19|Autoroute 19]] Rue Saint-Hubert, Avenue Christophe-Colomb, Avenue Papineau |- |Montreal |74 |Rue d'Iberville |- |Montreal |75 |Boulevard Saint-Michel |- |Montreal |76 |[[Image:qc125.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 125|Route 125]]Boulevard Pie-IX / Boulevard Viau |- |Montreal |77 |Boulevard Lacordaire |- |Montreal |78 |Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard Les Galeries-d'Anjou |- |Montreal |80 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 25.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 25|Autoroute 25]] Boulevard Henri-Bourassa / Tunnel Louis-Hyppolyte-Lafontaine |- |Montreal |82 |Boulevard Roi-René / Boulevard Ray-Lawson |- |Montreal |85 |Avenue Marien (eastbound) / Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste (westbound) |- |Montreal |87 |Boulevard du Tricentenaire / Boulevard Henri-Bourassa (eastbound only) |- |Montreal |89 |Boulevard Henri-Bourassa (westbound only) |- |Montreal |92 |Boulevard Gouin / Autoroute 40 turnaround (eastbound only) |- !colspan="3"|[[List of crossings of the Rivière des Prairies|Rivière des Prairies]] - [[Charles de Gaulle Bridge]] |- |[[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]] |94 |[[Image:qc344.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 344|Route 344]] Lachenaie |- |Terrebonne - [[Charlemagne, Quebec|Charlemagne]] Boundary |96 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 640.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 640|Autoroute 640]] Charlemagne / Laval / Saint-Eustache |- |[[Repentigny, Quebec|Repentigny]] |97 |Le Gardeur / Charlemagne, Boulevard Pierre-Legardeur (eastbound only) |- |Repentigny |98 |Repentigny / Le Gardeur |- |Repentigny |100 |Boulevard Industriel, Rue Valmont |- |Repentigny |102 |Rue Valmont (westbound only) |- |[[L'Assomption, Quebec|L'Assomption]] |108 |[[Image:qc341.png|15px]][[Quebec Route 341|Route 341]] / [[Image:qc343.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 343|Route 343]] L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption, Saint-Sulpice |- |[[Lavaltrie, Quebec|Lavaltrie]] |118 |Point-du-Jour Service Area |- |Lavaltrie |122 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 31.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 31|Autoroute 31]] / [[Image:qc131.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 131|Route 131]] Joliette / Lavaltrie |- |[[Lanoraie, Quebec|Lanoraie]] |130 |Lanoraie |- |[[Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Quebec|Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier]] |141 |Rang Sainte-Philomène |- |[[Berthierville, Quebec|Berthierville]] |144 ||[[Image:qc158.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 158|Route 158]] Saint-Gabriel, Berthierville |- |[[Saint-Cuthbert, Quebec|Saint-Cuthbert]] |151 |[[Image:qc138.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] Saint-Cuthbert |- |[[Saint-Barthélemy, Quebec|Saint-Barthélemy]] |155 |Saint-Bathélémy, Maskinongé |- |[[Maskinongé, Quebec|Maskinongé]] |160 |Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est |- |Maskinongé | |Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area |- |Maskinongé - [[Louiseville, Quebec|Louiseville]] Boundary |166 |Louiseville, Maskinongé |- |Louiseville - [[Yamachiche, Quebec|Yamachiche]] Boundary |174 ||[[Image:qc138.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] Louiseville, Yamachiche |- |Yamachiche |180 |[[Image:qc153.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 153|Route 153]] Yamachiche |- |[[Trois-Rivières, Quebec|Trois-Rivières]] |187 |[[Image:qc138.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] Pointe-du-Lac |- |Trois-Rivières |189 |Rang St-Charles |- |Trois-Rivières |192 |Chemin des Petites-Terres |- |Trois-Rivières |196 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 40.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 40|Autoroute 40]] East [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 55.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 55|Autoroute 55]] [[Image:qc155.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 155|Route 155]] Shawinigan / Trois-Rivières, Québec (3.5 km [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] does not count in exit numbering) |- |Trois-Rivières |197 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 40.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 40|Autoroute 40]] West [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 55.svg|15px]][[Quebec Autoroute 55|Autoroute 55]] [[Image:qc155.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 155|Route 155]] Bécancour / Montréal, Shawinigan |- |Trois-Rivières |198 |Boulevard des Récollets |- |Trois-Rivières |199 |Boulevard des Forges (indicated as Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville) |- |Trois-Rivières |201 |Boulevard des Chenaux |- !colspan="3"|[[Saint-Maurice River]] bridge |- |Trois-Rivières |202 |Boulevard des Estacades |- |Trois-Rivières |203 |[[Image:qc157.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 157|Route 157]] Rue Thibeau, Saint-Louis-de-France, Shawinigan-Sud |- |Trois-Rivières |205 |Boulevard des Prairies, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap |- |[[Saint-Maurice, Quebec|Saint-Maurice]] |210 |[[Image:qc352.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 352|Route 352]] Saint-Maurice |- |[[Champlain, Quebec|Champlain]] |220 |[[Image:qc359.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 359|Route 359]] Champlain / Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes / Grand-Mère |- |[[Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Quebec|Saint-Geneviève-de-Batiscan]] |229 |[[Image:qc361.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 361|Route 361]] Narcisse / Bastiscan / Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan |- |[[Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec|Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade]] |236 |[[Image:qc159.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 159|Route 159]] Sainte-Anne-de-La-Pérade / Saint-Prosper / Saint-Tite |- |[[Deschambault-Grondines, Quebec|Deschambault-Grondines]] (and [[Saint-Casimir, Quebec|St-Casimir]] in 2007) |250 |Chemin de St-Casimir (rebuilt to [[Saint-Casimir, Quebec|St-Casimir]] for 2007) |- |Deschambault-Grondines |254 |[[Image:qc363.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 363|Route 363]] Saint-Marc-des-Carrières / Deschambault-Grondines |- |Deschambault-Grondines |257 |Saint-Gilbert / Deschambault |- |[[Portneuf, Quebec|Portneuf]] |261 |Portneuf, Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf |- |[[Cap-Santé, Quebec|Cap-Santé]] |269 |[[Image:qc358.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 358|Route 358]] Pont-Rouge / Saint-Basile / Cap-Santé |- |[[Donnacona, Quebec|Donnacona]] |274 |Donnacona |- |[[Neuville, Quebec|Neuville]] |281 |[[Image:qc365.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 365|Route 365]] Pont-Rouge / Saint-Raymond / Neuville |- |Neuville |285 |Neuville |- |[[Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec|Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures]] |295 |[[Image:qc367.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 367|Route 367]] Route de Fossambault, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier / Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures |- |Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures |298 |[[Image:qc138.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures / L'Anceinne-Lorette |- |Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures - [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]] boundary |300 |Chemin du Lac |- |Quebec City |302 |Route Jean-Gauvin, Cap Rouge |- |Quebec City |304 |Avenue Le Gendre |- |Quebec City |305 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 540.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 540 (Quebec City)|Autoroute 540]] Autoroute Duplessis, Pont-Pierre-Laporte / Route de l'Aéroport |- |Quebec City |306 |Avenue Blaise-Pascal |- |Quebec City |307 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 40.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 40 (Quebec City)|Autoroute 40]] East [[Image:Quebec Autoroute 73.svg|15px]][[Quebec Autoroute 73|Autoroute 73]] Pont-Pierre-Laporte / Chicoutimi, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré |- |Quebec City |308 |[[Image:qc371.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 371|Route 371]] Boulevard Masson, Boulevard de l'Ormière |- |Quebec City |310 |Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud |- |Quebec City |311 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 740.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 740|Autoroute 740]] Autoroute Robert-Bourassa / Boulevard Saint-Jacques |- |Quebec City |312 |[[Image:qc358.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 358|Route 358]] Vanier; Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand |- |Quebec City |313 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 73.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 73|Autoroute 73]] North [[Image:qc175.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 175|Route 175]] Chicoutimi, Alma / Québec CENTRE-VILLE |- |Quebec City |315 |1ère Avenue |- |Quebec City |316 |Boulevard Henri-Bourassa |- |Quebec City |318 |Avenue du Bourg-Royal |- |Quebec City |319 |Avenue Saint-David |- |Quebec City |320 |Rue Seigneuriale, Beauport CENTRE-VILLE |- |Quebec City |321 |Rue Labelle |- |Quebec City |322 |Boulevard des Chutes |- |Quebec City |323 |[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 440.svg|15px]] [[Quebec Autoroute 440 (Quebec City)|Autoroute 440]] Québec, Montréal |- |Quebec City |325 |[[Image:qc138.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 138|Route 138]] [[Image:qc368.png|15px]] [[Quebec Route 368|Route 368]] Ile-d'Orléans |} ==External links== * [http://www.exitlists.com/exitlists/lists/autoroutes/A40.html A-40 at Exitlists.com] * [http://webfil_92.tripod.com/autoroutes_en/id13.html A-40 at Quebec Autoroutes] * [http://www.canhighways.com/PQ/PQ40-49_images/PQ40_p1_images.htm Virtual tour of A-40] *[http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Transports Quebec Map] {{fr icon}} {{s-start}} {{s-bef|before=[[Image:Ontario 417.png|15px]] [[Highway 417 (Ontario)|ON Highway 417]]}} {{s-ttl|rows=2|title=[[Trans-Canada Highway]]|years=[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 40.svg|15px]]'''Autoroute 40'''}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 25.svg|15px]][[Autoroute 25 (Quebec)|Autoroute 25]]}} {{s-bef|before=[[Image:Quebec Autoroute 15.svg|15px]][[Autoroute 15 (Quebec)|Autoroute 15]]}} {{end}} {{Trans-Canada}} {{Quebec Autoroutes}} {{Streets in Montreal}} [[Category:Quebec Autoroutes|40]] [[Category:Trans-Canada Highway|Quebec 040]] [[Category:1976 Summer Olympic venues]] [[fr:Autoroute 40]]