Quebec Autoroute 40

Autoroute 40
	Autoroute Félix-Leclerc; Metropolitan Expressway; Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
	Maintained by Transports Québec
Length:	347 km (216 mi)
Existed:	1959 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Highway 417 / TCH at the Ontario border near Pointe-Fortune
	<templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/> A-9 in Pointe-Fortune; A-30 in Vaudreuil-Dorion; A-13 in Montreal; A-520 in Montreal; A-15 (TCH) in Montreal; A-19 in Montreal; A-25 (TCH) in Montreal; A-640 in Charlemagne; A-31 in Lavaltrie; A-55 in Trois-Rivières; A-540 in Quebec City; A-73 in Quebec City; A-440 in Quebec City; A-573 in Quebec City; A-973 in Quebec City;
East end:	Route 138 / Route 368 in Quebec City
Location
Major cities:	Montreal, Terrebonne, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City
Highway system

Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Autoroute/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal, is an Autoroute on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is one of the two major connections between Montreal and Quebec City, the other being Autoroute 20 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. Autoroute 40 is currently 347 km (215.6 mi) long. Between the Ontario–Quebec boundary and the interchange with Autoroute 25, the route is signed as part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

Route description

The western terminus of Autoroute 40 is located at the Ontario–Quebec border, where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa; the eastern terminus is in Boischatel, where it transitions into Route 138 at the end of the freeway.

The portion of Autoroute 40 from the Ontario border to Autoroute 25 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. The Metropolitan Autoroute portion in Montreal is the busiest highway in Quebec, the busiest section of the Trans-Canada Highway, as well as the second busiest highway section overall in Canada after Highway 401 in Toronto.

History

File:Québec City – Autoroute Felix-Leclerc - Boulevard des Chutes - panoramio.jpg

Autoroute 40 (Autoroute Felix-Leclerc) in Quebec City

Two sections of Autoroute 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 concurrency with Autoroute 55 would have been simply A-55). In addition, a different route was originally planned around Quebec City south of Jean Lesage International Airport (the existing 12 km (7 mi) segment of Autoroute 40 between Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Autoroute 73 would have been the western end of Autoroute 440, thus explaining the exit numbering starting at 12). 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.

A 25 km (16 mi) stretch of the highway in Pointe-Claire, from roughly St. John's Boulevard, near Fairview Pointe-Claire Shopping Centre, to the turnaround loop, Senneville Road was used during the 1976 Summer Olympics for the men's road team time trial cycling race.^[4]

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A-40 eastbound near the interchange with A-73 in Quebec City

In 1997, the highway (apart from the portion served by the Metropolitan Autoroute) was renamed Autoroute Félix-Leclerc after the late Quebec artist and political activist Félix Leclerc.

Prior to 1997, Autoroute 40 east of Montreal had four different names, the first section was named Autoroute de la Rive-Nord (North Shore Autoroute) between Montréal and Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures (km 87 to 196, 209 to 296). A segment in Trois-Rivières east of Autoroute 55 that was named Autoroute de Francheville (Francheville Autoroute) (km 196 to 207). Between Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures and Autoroute 73 in Quebec City (km 296 to 307) it was called Autoroute Charest. Finally, between the junction of Autoroute 73 and Autoroute 573 and its eastern end at Route 138 it was known as Autoroute de la Capitale, a name that is still commonly used by Quebec City residents.

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Direction to Autoroute 40/15 road signs photographed in Montreal

Exit list

Region	Location	km^[2]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Quebec / Ontario boundary		0.0	0.0	—	Highway 417 west – Ottawa	Continues west as Highway 417
Montérégie	Pointe-Fortune	0.0	0.0	1	Route 342 east – Pointe-Fortune	Straddles the Ontario border; also signed as Exit 1 for Hwy 417
	Pointe-Fortune – Rigaud boundary	2.7	1.7	2	Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune
	Rigaud	6.2	3.9	6	Montée de la Baie-Saint-Thomas
		9.4	5.8	9	Route 342 – Rigaud
		11.8	7.3	12	Route 342 – Rigaud	25px Rigaud Service Centre (Eastbound and Westbound)
		16.9	10.5	17	Route 201 (Montée Lavigne) – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
	Saint-Lazare	22.0	13.7	22	Hudson, Saint-Lazare
	Vaudreuil-Dorion	26.5	16.5	26	To Route 342 – Hudson, Saint-Lazare	Eastbound access to Route 342
		27.5	17.1	28	Route 342 – Hudson	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		32.6	20.3	32	A-30 east to A-20 / Highway 401 – Sorel-Tracy, Toronto	Exit 1 on A-30; former A-540
		34.7	21.6	35	Avenue Saint-Charles – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
		36.6	22.7	36	Chemin Dumberry, Chemin des Chenaux	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
Lake of Two Mountains (Lac des Deux Montagnes)		38.4– 40.3	23.9– 25.0	Pont de l’Île aux Tourtes
Montreal	Senneville	40.3	25.0	40	Chemin de Senneville	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	42.0	26.1	41	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Île-Perrot
	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	44.7	27.8	44	Boulevard Morgan
	Kirkland	47.8	29.7	49	Chemin Sainte-Marie
	Kirkland	50.0	31.1	50	Boulevard Saint-Charles
	Pointe-Claire	52.9	32.9	52	Boulevard Saint-Jean
	Pointe-Claire – Dorval boundary	56.0	34.8	55	Boulevard des Sources
	Dollard-des-Ormeaux – Montreal boundary	57.6	35.8	58	Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Alfred-Nobel, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Eastbound exit
	Montreal	59.9– 61.4	37.2– 38.2	60	A-13 – Montreal Centre-Ville, Laval, P.E. Trudeau Airport, Mirabel Airport	Exit 6 on A-13
		61.7– 63.1	38.3– 39.2	62	Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu
		Boulevard Henri-Bourassa, Boulevard Hymus	Westbound exit
		63.9	39.7	64	Boulevard Cavendish
		65.3	40.6	65	A-520 west (Autoroute Côte-de-Liesse) – P.E. Trudeau Airport
		Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (Route 117 north)	Eastbound exit
	Montreal – Mount Royal boundary	66.4– 67.1	41.3– 41.7	66	A-15 south (Autoroute Décarie) – Montreal Centre-Ville, Pont Champlain, New York	Décarie Interchange Exit 70 on A-15; west end of A-15 concurrency
		West end of Metropolitan Autoroute
		68.1	42.3	68	Rue Stinson, Chemin Rockland, Boulevard de l'Acadie	Eastbound exit
		69.2– 70.0	43.0– 43.5	70	A-15 (TCH) north (Autoroute des Laurentides) – Laval, Mirabel Airport	Exit 1 on A-15; east end of A-15 concurrency
		Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (Route 117 north), Chemin Rockland	Westbound exit
		71	Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Rue Saint-Denis (Route 335)	Eastbound exit
	Montreal	71.1	44.2	71	Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Boulevard de l'Acadie	Westbound exit
		72.4	45.0	73	Rue Saint-Hubert, Avenue Christophe-Colomb, Avenue Papineau (A-19 north)	Eastbound exit
		73.4	45.6	73	Avenue Christophe-Colomb, Rue Saint-Hubert, Rue Saint-Denis (Route 335)	Westbound exit
		74.2	46.1	74	Rue d'Iberville	Eastbound exit
		75.1	46.7	75	Boulevard Saint-Michel
		Avenue Papineau (A-19 north)	Westbound exit
		75.7	47.0	76	Boulevard Pie-IX (Route 125), Boulevard Viau	Eastbound exit
		77.1	47.9	77	Boulevard Lacordaire	Westbound exit
		78.2	48.6	76	Boulevard Lacordaire, Boulevard Viau, Boulevard Pie-IX (Route 125)	Westbound exit
		79.2	49.2	78	Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard des Galeries-d'Anjou
		80.3– 81.2	49.9– 50.5	80	A-25 (TCH) to A-20 – Laval, Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine	18px Trans-Canada Highway follows A-25 south Signed as exits 80-S (south) and 80-N (north); exit 8 on A-25
		81.7– 83.1	50.8– 51.6	82	Boulevard Roi-René, Boulevard Ray-Lawson
	Montréal-Est	82.9	51.5	83	Boulevard Bourget, Avenue Marien, Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
	Montreal	86.7	53.9	87	Boulevard Tricentenaire, Rue Sherbrooke (Route 138), Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Eastbound exit
		87.4	54.3	85	Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Boulevard Tricentenaire, Avenue Marien	Westbound exit
		88.9	55.2	89	Rue Sherbrooke (Route 138), Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Westbound exit
		East end of Metropolitan Autoroute
		91.9	57.1	92	Boulevard Gouin	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
Rivière des Prairies		92.3– 93.3	57.4– 58.0	Pont Charles-de Gaulle
Lanaudière	Terrebonne	94.1	58.5	94	Route 344 – Terrebonne
	Terrebonne – Charlemagne boundary	95.2– 96.2	59.2– 59.8	96	A-640 – Charlemagne, Laval, Saint-Eustache, Mirabel Airport	Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west); exit 52 on A-640
	Repentigny	97.0	60.3	97	Boulevard Pierre-Le Gardeur – Repentigny, Charlemagne	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		97.8	60.8	98	Boulevard Larochelle, Boulevard Brien – Repentigny	Eastbound exit; west end of collector/express lanes
		100.0	62.1	100	Boulevard Industriel, Rue Valmont	Eastbound exit
		102.0	63.4	100	Boulevard Industriel, Boulevard Larochelle, Boulevard Brien – Repentigny	Westbound exit; east end of collector/express lanes
		102.4	63.6	102	Rue Valmont	Westbound exit
	L'Assomption	106.1	65.9	108	Route 341 (Boulevard Louis-Philippe Picard) – L'Assomption, L'Épiphanie	Formerly exit 106
	L'Assomption	109.6	68.1	110	Route 343 – L'Assomption, Saint-Sulpice	Formerly exit 108
	Lavaltrie	117.9	73.3	25pxPoint-du-Jour Rest Area (Eastbound and Westbound, exit 118)
	Lavaltrie	121.7	75.6	122	A-31 north / Route 131 – Joliette, Lavaltrie	Exit 1 on A-31
	Lanoraie	129.6	80.5	130	Lanoraie
	Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	140.7	87.4	141	Rang Sainte-Philomène	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
	Berthierville	143.1	88.9	144	Route 158 – Saint-Gabriel, Berthierville
	Saint-Cuthbert	150.1	93.3	151	Route 138 – Saint-Cuthbert
	Saint-Barthélemy	155.6	96.7	155	Saint-Barthélemy, Maskinongé
Mauricie	Maskinongé	161.0	100.0	160	Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est
	Maskinongé	163.0	101.3	25pxBaie-de-Maskinongé Service Centre (Eastbound) 25px Concession-de-la-Rivière Rest Stop (Westbound)
	Maskinongé – Louiseville boundary	167.5	104.1	166	Louiseville, Maskinongé
	Louiseville – Yamachiche boundary	175.3	108.9	174	Route 138 – Louiseville, Yamachiche
	Yamachiche	180.5	112.2	180	Route 153 north – Yamachiche
	Trois-Rivières	188.1	116.9	187	Route 138 (Rue Notre-Dame O) – Yamachiche
		190.3	118.2	189	Rang St-Charles
		192.6	119.7	192	Chemin des Petites-Terres
		197.4	122.7	196 186^{[lower-roman 1]}	A-55 north to Route 155 / Invalid type: road – Shawinigan	West end of A-55 concurrency; A-40 branches south
		199.9	124.2	183^{[lower-roman 1]}	Boulevard Jean-XXIII
		200.9	124.8	182^{[lower-roman 1]} 197	A-55 south – Pont Laviolette, Victoriaville, Drummondville, Vermont	East end of A-55 concurrency; A-40 branches east
		202.6	125.9	198	Boulevard des Récollets
		204.2– 205.2	126.9– 127.5	199	Boulevard des Forges – Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville
		207.3	128.8	201	Boulevard des Chenaux
		207.3– 207.7	128.8– 129.1	Pont Radisson crosses Saint-Maurice River
		207.7	129.1	202	Boulevard des Estacades
		209.4	130.1	203	Rue Thibeau (Route 157) – Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Shawinigan
		211.6	131.5	205	Boulevard des Prairies
	Saint-Maurice	218.5	135.8	210	Route 352 north – Saint-Maurice
	Champlain	227.9	141.6	220	Route 359 – Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Narcisse, Champlain
	Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	237.2	147.4	229	Route 361 – Batiscan, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade	246.5	153.2	236	Route 159 – Saint-Prosper, Saint-Casimir, Saint-Tite, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Capitale-Nationale	Deschambault-Grondines	260.4	161.8	250	Chemin de St-Casimir
		265.4	164.9	254	Route 363 – Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Deschambault-Grondines
		270.6	168.1	257	Route Proulx – Saint-Gilbert Portneuf, Quebec
	Portneuf	276.2	171.6	261	Portneuf
	Cap-Santé	284.5	176.8	269	Route 358 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Basile, Cap-Santé
	Donnacona	289.2	179.7	274	Donnacona
	Neuville	296.4	184.2	281	Route 365 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Raymond, Neuville
	Neuville	300.0	186.4	285	Neuville
	Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	304.8	189.4	25px Cap-de-Pierre Service Centre (Eastbound)
		310.2	192.7	295	Route 367 (Route de Fossambault) – Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
		314.4	195.4	298	Route 138 – Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, L'Ancienne-Lorette	Signed as exits 298-O (west) and 298-E (east)
		316.5	196.7	300	Chemin du Lac
	Quebec City	318.8	198.1	302	Route Jean-Gauvin, Cap Rouge
		320.3	199.0	304	Avenue Le Gendre
		321.4– 322.5	199.7– 200.4	305	A-540 (Autoroute Duplessis) to A-20 – Jean Lesage International Airport, Pont Pierre-Laporte	Signed as exits 305-S (south) and 305-N (north); exit 3 on A-540
		323.0	200.7	306	Avenue Blaise-Pascal
		323.6– 324.5	201.1– 201.6	307 139^{[lower-roman 2]}	A-73 south (Autoroute Henri-IV) to A-20 – Pont Pierre-Laporte Autoroute Charest (A-440) – Quebec Centre-Ville	West end of A-73 concurrency; A-40 branches north; signed as exits 307-S (south), 307-N (north), 139-O (west), 139-E (east); exit 4 on A-440
		324.8	201.8	140^{[lower-roman 2]}	Rue Einstein	Northbound right-in/right-out
		Rue John-Molson	Southbound right-in/right-out
		326.1	202.6	141^{[lower-roman 2]}	Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel (Route 138)
		327.0– 327.6	203.2– 203.6	142^{[lower-roman 2]} 307	A-573 north (Autoroute Henri-IV) – Shannon	A-40 / A-73 concurrency branches east
		328.0	203.8	308	Boulevard de l'Ormiere (Route 371)
		329.2– 330.9	204.6– 205.6	310	Boulevard Saint-Jacques
		A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa)	Exit 9 on A-740
		331.7– 332.4	206.1– 206.5	312	Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand (Route 358)
		332.9– 333.9	206.9– 207.5	313	A-73 north / A-973 south / Route 175 – Saguenay, Alma, Quebec Centre-Ville	East end of A-73 concurrency; signed as exits 313-S (south), 313-N (north); exit 148 on A-73 / A-973
		334.6	207.9	315	1ère Avenue
		335.6	208.5	316	Boulevard Henri-Bourassa
		337.5	209.7	318	Avenue du Bourg-Royal
		338.5	210.3	319	Avenue Saint-David
		339.8	211.1	320	Rue Seigneuriale
		341.1	211.9	321	Rue Labelle
		342.4	212.8	322	Boulevard des Chutes	A-40 turns south
		343.3	213.3	323	A-440 west (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency) – Quebec Centre-Ville	A-40 branches east; Exit 29 on A-440
		345.3	214.6	325	Boulevard Sainte-Anne (Route 138 west) / Route 368 south – Montmorency Falls, Île d'Orléans	A-40 eastern terminus
		Continues as Route 138 east – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition

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References

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External links

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Metropolitan Expressway (Autoroute Metropolitaine) at Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com
A-40 at Exitlists.com Archived 2006-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
A-40 at Quebec Autoroutes
Virtual tour of A-40
Transports Quebec Map Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Script error: No such module "In lang".

Preceded by 15px ON Highway 417	15px Trans-Canada Highway Autoroute 40	Succeeded by 15px Autoroute 25
Preceded by 15px Autoroute 15

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v t e Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics
Montreal Olympic Park	Centre Pierre Charbonneau Maurice Richard Arena Montreal Botanical Garden Olympic Pool Olympic Stadium Olympic Velodrome Olympic Village
Greater Montreal	Centre Étienne Desmarteau Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Île Notre-Dame Molson Stadium, McGill University Montreal Forum Mount Royal Park Paul Sauvé Centre Quebec Autoroute 40 St. Michel Arena Streets of Montreal Winter Stadium, Université de Montréal
Football venues	Lansdowne Park (Ottawa) Sherbrooke Stadium Varsity Stadium (Toronto)
Handball venues	Pavillion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval (Quebec City) Sherbrooke Sports Palace
Other venues	Olympic Archery Field, Joliette Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont Olympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (Kingston, Ontario)

v t e Portions of the Trans-Canada Highway
British Columbia	Highway 1 Highway 5 Highway 16
Alberta	Highway 1 Highway 16
Saskatchewan	Highway 1 Highway 16
Manitoba	Highway 1 Highway 16 Highway 100
Ontario	Highway 17 Highway 69 Highway 400 Highway 12 Highway 7 Highway 71 Highway 11 Highway 66 Highway 417
Quebec	Autoroute 40 Autoroute 25 Autoroute 20 Autoroute 85 Route 185 Route 117 Autoroute 15
New Brunswick	Route 2 Route 16
	Confederation Bridge
Prince Edward Island	Route 1
Nova Scotia	Highway 104 Highway 105 Highway 106 Trunk 4 Sunrise Trail
Newfoundland	Route 1
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v t e Expressways of Quebec
Main Class Autoroutes 5 10 13 15 19 20 25 30 31 35 40 50 55 70 73 85 Spur Class Autoroutes 410 610 520 530 730 930 440 (Laval) 440 (Quebec City) 540 640 740 955 573 973
Former 51 430 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion) 550 720 755 Unbuilt 6 415 16 18 65 Other routes 112 116 117 132 134 136 (Montreal) 136 (Quebec City) 138 158 201 335
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