| Autoroute 10 | ||||
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| Autoroute Bonaventure, Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est | ||||
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| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length: | 145.1 km[2][1] (90.2 mi) | |||
| Existed: | 1962[1] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: | A-720 in Montreal | |||
| A-15 / A-20 / A-30 in Brossard A-35 near Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu |
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| East end: | A-55 / A-610 in Sherbrooke | |||
| Location | ||||
| Major cities: | Montreal, Brossard, Granby, Magog, Sherbrooke | |||
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Autoroute 10 (also called Bonaventure Expressway / Autoroute Bonaventure between the Ville-Marie Expressway and the Champlain Bridge in Montreal and the Eastern Townships Expressway / Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est outside of Montreal) is an Autoroute in southern Quebec, Canada. It is the main route to the Eastern Townships / Estrie region of Quebec, particularly to the Sherbrooke area. A-10 is 147 km (91 mi) long.
A-10 begins at the Ville-Marie Expressway as the southbound continuation of University Street in Downtown Montreal, but immediately elevates above ground. A-10 then joins A-15 and A-20 in a three-route concurrency across the Champlain Bridge, but soon branches to its own route until it joins up with A-55 in Magog, where it continues as a concurrency until its new terminus at A-610. (A-55 continues north to Drummondville.)
The portion east of Autoroute 55 (linking that autoroute with Route 112) was renumbered as Autoroute 610 on September 29, 2006. [1]
Until 1985, the entire portion east of Montreal was a toll road, tolls being $0.25 payable at booths at what originally were mileposts 18, 37, 52 and 67. The toll at Mile 9 was $.50, thus a trip to Sherbrooke was $1.50 for a car. In addition, the toll on the Champlain Bridge was $0.25 payable in cash or bridge tokens at a toll booth located on Nun's Island.
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