Quebec Autoroute 410

Autoroute 410
Autoroute Jacques-O'Bready
(University Autoroute)
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length: 5.4 km[2][1] (3.4 mi)
Existed: 1971[1] – present
Major junctions
North end: A-10 and A-55 in Sherbrooke
South end: Boulevard de l'Université in Sherbrooke
Location
Major cities: Sherbrooke, Quebec
Highway system

Quebec provincial highways

Route 399 A-440

Autoroute 410 (or A-410) is a short urban multilane highway in Sherbrooke, Quebec. It is currently a branch from Autoroute 10 (Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est) to the Université de Sherbrooke district. Its future terminus will be east of Lennoxville.

Autoroute 410 is 5.4 km (3.4 mi) in length. The initial segment was opened from A-10 to Boulevard Bourque (Route 112) in 1971 as a two-lane freeway. The route was opened to Boulevard de l'Université in 1978, and the entire A-410 became a 4-lane divided highway in 1981.

In March 2007, A-410 was renamed after Jacques O'Bready, the former mayor of Sherbrooke and president of the Commission Municipale du Québec.

In May 2009, work started on Phase 1 of the A-410 extension to Lennoxville. An interchange will be built over Boulevard de l'Université, another over Belvédère Street, south of Mont-Bellevue and the last one at R-108/R-143 south of Lennoxville. The project is expected to be completed in 2014.[3]

Phase 2 will bypass Lennoxville, with a bridge built over the Massawippi river and culminating at R-108 near Glenday Road, Alexander Galt Regional High School and the Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre.[4] This phase will complete the southern bypass road for Sherbrooke, mirroring the role of A-610 as northern bypass.

Exit list

Municipality km No. Destinations Notes
Sherbrooke 0.0 A-10 / A-55 – Montreal, Magog, Drummondville
1.7 2 Route 220 / Boulevard de Portland – Saint-Élie-d'Orford
3.1 4-O Route 112 west (Boulevard Bourque) – Rock Forest
3.6 4-E Route 112 east (Rue King Ouest)
5.4 Boulevard de l'Université At grade intersection

References

  1. ^ a b "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. http://www1.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/repertoire_autoroute/autoroute.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  2. ^ Ministère des transport: "Distances routière", page 45, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
  3. ^ "Sherbrooke Record news article" (in English). http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/content/view/221449/1/. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 
  4. ^ "Agriculture Ministry Press Release" (in English). http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Agriculture-And-Agri-Food-Canada-990714.html. Retrieved 2009-05-27. 

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