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Autoroute 5 (or A-5, also called Autoroute de la Gatineau) is a short Autoroute in the Outaouais region of western Quebec. It connects the central urban area of Gatineau (formerly Hull) with the recreational areas of Gatineau Park and the exurban rural areas of Chelsea and La Pêche. The southern terminus provides access to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, which continues into downtown Ottawa.
There are two segments of A-5:
- The main segment is a freeway that continues for 21 km (13 miles) from the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge through the Hull sector of Gatineau to a short access road to Route 105 in the northern part of Chelsea.
- The second segment, built in 1993, is a short four-lane, at-grade expressway bypass of Wakefield, which overlaps Route 105 and Route 366. It is generally expected that the two sections will eventually be linked up. Furthermore, it has been rumoured that the A-5 will even be extended all the way up to Alcove (about 7 km north of Wakefield).
- On November 15, 2006, the provincial and federal governments announced a 2.5 km extension of the southern segment past Tulip Valley, an area of Route 105 that has been the site of multiple fatal incidents in the past.[2]
- For a few years until completion of Boulevard des Allumettières from Autoroute 50 towards Aylmer, Route 148 overlapped Autoroute 5 from A-50 to the Saint-Raymond exit. As there are no exits from A-5 to westbound Route 148, motorists on A-5 heading towards Aylmer must still use the Saint-Raymond exit and travel a few kilometers to the south and west in order to access Route 148 westbound via an interchange in the Le Plateau community. Motorists from Ottawa can exit downtown at Boulevard Maisonneuve and access des Allumettières in which Route 148 joins that road at the A-50's western terminus.
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A-50 in Hull
Route 105 near Farm Point
A-50 east / Route 148 east – Montréal, Gatineau (downtown)
