Quebec Autoroute 30

Autoroute 30
Autoroute de l'Acier
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length:	132.7 km (82.5 mi)
Existed:	1968 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
	A-730 in Saint-Constant A-15 in Candiac A-10 in Brossard Route 116 / Route 112 in Longueuil (Saint-Hubert) A-20 in Sainte-Julie A-55 in Bécancour
East end:	Bécancour, Quebec
Location
Major cities:	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Châteauguay, Candiac, La Prairie, Boucherville, Brossard, Longueuil, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Sainte-Julie, Sorel-Tracy, Varennes, Bécancour
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways ← A-25 A-31 →

Autoroute 30 (or A-30, also known in French as Autoroute de l'Acier ["Steel Expressway"]) is a superhighway in Quebec, Canada.

There are three segments currently open for travel:

1. An 8.3 km bypass of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (which will become part of A-530 in 2012).
2. A 106 km segment from south of Châteauguay to Sorel-Tracy.
3. An 18.3 km super two segment in Bécancour, starting from Route 132 immediately west from a cloverleaf at Autoroute 55 (near Laviolette Bridge, south of Trois-Rivières). The segment proceeds east to the Industrial Park and Port of Bécancour.

A-30 serves as a bypass route for the city of Montreal. It is located on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River. When completed, it will allow vehicles traveling along Autoroute 20 and Autoroute 40 to bypass Montreal from Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec and then return to the A-20 in Sainte-Julie.

The original section of Autoroute 30 linked Sorel to Quebec Route 116. Later, in 1982, it was extended to Autoroute 10 in Brossard and then to Autoroute 15 in 1996.

Exit list from west to east

Municipality	No.		Destinations	Notes
	New	Old
Châteauguay	(38)	(80)	R-132 R-138 Saint-Jean-Baptiste boulevard, Downtown Châteauguay, Huntingdon, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Not signed yet
	41	83	Industriel boulevard / Sainte-Marguerite boulevard
Saint-Isidore	44	86	R-207 R-221 Kahnawake, Saint-Rémi, Saint-Isidore
Saint-Constant	(47)	(89)	A-730 East, Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine, Honoré-Mercier bridge	Not signed yet
Candiac	55		A-15 R-132, Montreal, New York I-87	Eastbound only
	58		A-15 R-132, I-87, Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine	West bound only
La Prairie	(62)	104	R-104, La Prairie, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Brossard	65	107	Boulevard Matte, Boulevard de Rome	Dual km on signage
	67	109	A-10 Boulevard de Rome Montreal, Sherbrooke
Brossard / Saint-Hubert	69	110	Grande-Allée
Saint-Hubert	73	115	R-112, Boulevard Cousineau, Chemin de Chambly
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	76	118	Route 116, Boulevard des Promenades, Belœil, Jacques-Cartier bridge
	78	120	Clairevue boulevard
	80	121	Montée Montarville
Boucherville	83	125	, Montreal, Quebec City
Boucherville / Sainte-Julie	87	128	Varennes, Sainte-Julie, Saint-Amable
Varennes	95	136	Montée de Picardie
	98	141	Montée de la Baronnie, Chemin de la Butte-aux-Renards
Verchères	105	147	Verchères
	107	149	Calixa-Lavallée
Contrecoeur	113	154	Montée Lapierre
	117	158	Montée de la Pomme-d'Or
	119	160	Rue Saint-Antoine
	126	168	Montée Saint-Roch
Sorel-Tracy	135	178	Chemin du Golf
	138	181	Boulevard de Tracy / Boulevard des Érables
	140	182	Boulevard Saint-Louis
	141	184	R-223, Chemin Saint-Roch
	(143)	(186)	R-133, Chemin des Patriotes / Boulevard Gagné

Autoroute 30 extension project

At the end of 2005, construction on the portion between Candiac and Châteauguay had begun, and opened to traffic in November 2010. This section was joined to the main part in November 2011.

The completion of the Montreal Bypass is set for November 2012. Autoroute 30 is being routed to the existing junction of Autoroute 20 and Autoroute 540.

The existing A-30 road bypassing Salaberry-de-Valleyfield west of the new junction with Autoroute 30 has been renamed Autoroute 530. Other former segments of A-30 that have been superseded have been renamed Autoroute 730 and Autoroute 930.

The westernmost portion is being financed in a joint partnership between the public and private sector, while other sections are funded only by the provincial government.

Exits on the existing A-30 will be renumbered upon completion of the Montreal Bypass, listed in the above table. The current numbering is a vestige of the original plans from the 1960s (cancelled by the 1980s) for the A-30 which envisaged the highway beginning at the U.S. border at Dundee.

There are currently no plans to close the A-30 gap between Sorel-Tracy and Bécancour, as the current average daily traffic levels on Route 132 are insufficient to justify such a project.

External links

• Map of future Autoroute 30
• The completion of Autoroute 30 (Autoroute 30 Official website)
• Transports Quebec Map (French)
• A-30 at Exitlists.com
• A-30 at Quebec Autoroutes