Quebec Autoroute 40
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| Autoroute 40 |
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| Autoroute Félix-Leclerc Metropolitan Expressway |
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| Length: | 347 kilometres (216 miles) |
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| Formed: | 1959 |
| Direction: | East/West |
| From: |  Highway 417 at the 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 |
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| Continues as Highway 417 in Ontario |
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| East Hawkesbury - Pointe-Fortune Boundary (Ontario-Quebec Border) | 1 |  Quebec 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 (342) |
| Rigaud | 12 | Route Harwood ( 342) / Chemin de la Mairie |
| Rigaud | 17 |  Route 201 |
| Saint-Lazare | 22 | Cote du St-Charles |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 26 | Chemin Daoust / Route Harwood (342) |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 32 |  Autoroute 540 (future  Autoroute 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 |  Highway 13 (Autoroute Chomedey) |
| Montreal | 62 | Cote-Vertu Blvd. |
| Montreal | 63 | Cavendish Blvd. |
| Montreal | 65 |  Highway 520 (Côte-de-Liesse Expressway) |
| Montreal | 66 |  Highway 15 South (Autoroute Décarie) |
| Montreal | 67 | Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin ( Quebec route 117)(westbound only) |
| Montreal | 68 | Service road access (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 70 | Highway 15 North (Laurentian Autoroute) |
| Montreal | 71 | Querbes Ave. |
| Montreal | 73 | Christophe-Colomb Blvd. |
| Montreal | 74 | Papineau Ave.( Highway 19) |
| Montreal | 75 | St-Michel Blvd. |
| Montreal | 76 | Pie-IX Blvd.( Route 125) / Viau Blvd. |
| Montreal | 77 | Lacordiare Blvd. |
| Montreal | 78 | Langelier Blvd. |
| Montreal | 80 |  Highway 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 ( Route 344) |
| Terrebonne - Charlemagne Boundary | 96 |  Highway 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 |  Quebec route 341 /  343 |
| Lavaltrie | 118 | Point-du-Jour Service Area |
| Lavaltrie | 122 |  Highway 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 - Louiseville Boundary | 166 | Route Livernoche |
| Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary | 174 | Route Pays-Brûlé |
| Yamachiche | 180 | Chemin St-Jacques ( 153) |
| Trois-Rivières | 187 | Rue Notre-Dame (138) |
| Trois-Rivières | 189 | Rang St-Charles |
| Trois-Rivières | 192 | Chemin des Petites-Terres |
| Trois-Rivières | 196 |  Highway 55 North (multiplex for 3.5 km does not count in exit numbering) |
| Trois-Rivières | 197 | Highway 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 Estacades |
| Trois-Rivières | 203 | Rue Thibeau ( 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 ( Route363) |
| Deschambault-Grondines | 257 | Route Groulx |
| Portneuf | 261 | Rue Provencher |
| Cap-Santé | 269 | Rang St-Joseph ( 358) |
| Donnacona | 274 | Rue de l'Eglise / 2e Rang |
| Neuville | 281 |  Quebec route 365 |
| Neuville | 285 | Route Gravel |
| Quebec City | 295 | Route de Fossambault ( Route 367) |
| Quebec City | 298 | Quebec route 138 |
| Quebec City | 300 | Chemin du Lac |
| Quebec City | 302 | Route Jean-Gauvin |
| Quebec City | 304 | Avenue Le Gendre |
| Quebec City | 305 | Highway 540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport |
| Quebec City | 306 | Avenue Blaise-Pascal |
| Quebec City | 307 |  Quebec City 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 |  Highway 740 (Autoroute des Vallon) |
| Quebec City | 312 | Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand ( Route 358) |
| Quebec City | 313 | Highway 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 | Quebec City Highway 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 QC Highway 40 |
Succeeded byQC Highway 25 |
| Preceded byQC Highway 15 |
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 Ontario: Highway 17 • Highway 69 • Highway 400 • Highway 12 • Highway 7 • Highway 71 • Highway 11 • Highway 66 • Highway 417 Québec: Autoroute 40 • Autoroute 25 • Autoroute 20 • Autoroute 85 • Route 185 • Route 117 • Autoroute 15 New Brunswick: Route 2 • Route 16 | Prince Edward Island: Highway 1 | Nova Scotia: Highway 104 • Highway 105 • Highway 106 | Newfoundland: Highway 1 |
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