Quebec Autoroute 40

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 near Pointe-Fortune
	A-30 in Vaudreuil-Dorion; A-13 and A-520 in Dorval ; A-15/TCH, A-19, A-25/TCH in Montreal; A-640 in Charlemagne ; A-31 in Lavaltrie; A-55 in Trois-Rivières; A-73, A-540, A-573, A-740, A-973 in Quebec City
East end	Route 138/368 near Boischatel
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Major cities	Vaudreuil-Dorion, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Terrebonne, Charlemagne, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City
Highway system
	Quebec provincial highways; Autoroutes; List; Former;

Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Autoroute/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal, is a freeway 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

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 Sainte-Foy (now in the west end of Quebec City) south of Jean Lesage International Airport (the existing 12 km (7 mi) segment of Autoroute 40 between St-Augustin 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.

Some discussion of eastward extensions of A-40 into the Charlevoix region and beyond have taken place, most likely to Route 360 in Beaupré or even as far as Route 362 in La Malbaie since tourism in the region is increasing; however, that appears unlikely in the short term.

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 St. Charles Boulevard, was used during the 1976 Summer Olympics for the men's road team time trial cycling race.^[3] 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.

Exit list

Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Continues as Highway 417 in Ontario
Pointe-Fortune	1	R-342 – Pointe-Fortune	Eastbound Exit 1 accesses Route 342 via Montée Jansson / Concession Road 1 and Montée La Grande (Prescott-Russell County Road 14). A sign approaching this exit on Highway 417 in Ontario also includes the sign for County Road 14.
Pointe-Fortune	2	Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune
Rigaud	2	Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune
	6	Montée Baie Saint-Thomas
	9	R-342 – Rigaud
	12	R-342
	17	R-201 (Montée Lavigne) – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Saint-Lazare	22	Hudson, Saint-Lazare
Vaudreuil-Dorion	26	R-342 – Hudson, Saint-Lazare
	32	A-30 to A-20 / Highway 401 – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Toronto
	35	Avenue Saint-Charles – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
	36	Chemin Dumberry, Chemin des Chenaux	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Senneville	40	Chemin de Senneville	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, new ramps provide access to Senneville, as well as a U-turn ramp to A-40 East
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	41	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Île-Perrot
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	44	Boulevard Morgan
Kirkland	49	Chemin Sainte-Marie
Kirkland	50	Boulevard Saint-Charles
Pointe-Claire	52	Boulevard Saint-Jean
Pointe-Claire	55	Boulevard des Sources
Dorval	55	Boulevard des Sources
Dollard-des-Ormeaux	58	Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Alfred-Nobel, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Westbound exit is via exits 60 (Boulevard Alfred-Nobel) and 62 (Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
Montreal	58
	60	A-13 – Lachine, Downtown Montreal, Laval, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport, Montréal–Mirabel International Airport
	62	Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu
	64	Boulevard Cavendish
	65	A-520 west (Autoroute Côte-de-Liesse) – Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport, R-117 north (Boulevard Marcel-Laurin)	Westbound exit for R-117 is via exit 70.
Montreal Mount Royal	66-S	A-15 south to A-10 – Downtown Montreal, Champlain Bridge	West end of A-15 overlap
	68	Rue Stinson, Chemin Rockland	Westbound exit is via exit 70
	70	A-15 (TCH) north – Laval, Saint-Jérôme, R-117 north (Boulevard Marcel-Laurin)	East end of A-15 overlap. Eastbound exit for R-117 is via exit 65.
Montreal		Boulevard de l'Acadie	Eastbound exit is via exit 68; westbound exit is via exit 71
	71	Boulevard Saint-Laurent
		R-335 (Rue Saint-Denis)	Eastbound exit is via exit 71; westbound exit is via exit 73
	73	Rue Saint-Hubert, Avenue Christophe-Colomb
		A-19 (Avenue Papineau)	Eastbound exit is via exit 73; westbound exit is via exit 75
	74	Rue d'Iberville	Westbound exit is via exit 75
	75	Boulevard Saint-Michel
	76	R-125 (Boulevard Pie-IX)
	77	Boulevard Lacordaire	Westbound exit is via exit 76
	78	Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard Les Galeries-d'Anjou
	80	Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a nil value).	East end of TCH overlap. Signed as exits 80-S (south) and 80-N (north)
	82	Boulevard Roi-René, Boulevard Ray-Lawson
	83	Boulevard Bourget, Avenue Marien, Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste	(eastbound)/(westbound)
Montréal-Est	83		(eastbound)/(westbound)
Montreal	87	Boulevard Tricentenaire	Westbound exit is via exit 85
	89	R-138 (Rue Sherbrooke)	Eastbound exit is via exit 87
	92	Boulevard Gouin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Terrebonne	94	R-344 – Lachenaie
Terrebonne	96	A-640 – Laval, Saint-Eustache, Charlemagne	Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west)
Charlemagne	96	A-640 – Laval, Saint-Eustache, Charlemagne	Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west)
Repentigny	97	Boulevard Pierre-Le Gardeur – Le Gardeur, Charlemagne	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	98	Repentigny / Le Gardeur
	100	Boulevard Industriel, Rue Valmont
	102	Rue Valmont (westbound only)
L'Assomption	108	R-341 / R-343 – L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption, Saint-Sulpice
Lavaltrie	118	Point-du-Jour Service Area
Lavaltrie	122	A-31 / R-131 – Joliette, Lavaltrie
Lanoraie	130	Lanoraie
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	141	Rang Sainte-Philomène
Berthierville	144	R-158 – Saint-Gabriel, Berthierville
Saint-Cuthbert	151	R-138 – Saint-Cuthbert
Saint-Barthélemy	155	Saint-Bathélémy, Maskinongé
Maskinongé	160	Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est
Maskinongé		Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area
Maskinongé - Louiseville Boundary	166	Louiseville, Maskinongé
Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary	174	R-138 – Louiseville, Yamachiche
Yamachiche	180	R-153 – Yamachiche
Trois-Rivières	187	R-138 – Yamachiche, Pointe-du-Lac
	189	Rang St-Charles
	192	Chemin des Petites-Terres
	196	A-40 east / A-55 / R-155 – Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières, Quebec	(3.5 km concurrency does not count in exit numbering)
	197	A-40 east / A-55 / R-155 – Bécancour, Montreal, Shawinigan
	198	Boulevard des Récollets
	199	Boulevard des Forges (indicated as Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville)
	201	Boulevard des Chenaux
Trois-Rivières	202	Boulevard des Estacades
	203	R-157 (Rue Thibeau) – Saint-Louis-de-France, Shawinigan-Sud
	205	Boulevard des Prairies, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap
Saint-Maurice	210	R-352 – Saint-Maurice
Champlain	220	R-359 – Champlain, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Grand-Mère
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	229	R-361 – Narcisse, Batiscan, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade	236	R-159 – Saint-Prosper, Saint-Casimir, Saint-Tite, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Deschambault-Grondines	250	Chemin de St-Casimir
Deschambault-Grondines	254	R-363 – Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Deschambault-Grondines
Deschambault-Grondines	257	Saint-Gilbert / Deschambault
Portneuf	261	Portneuf, Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf	(Rue Provencher)
Cap-Santé	269	R-358 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Basile, Cap-Santé
Donnacona	274	Donnacona
Neuville	281	R-365 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Raymond, Neuville
Neuville	285	Neuville
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	295	R-367 (Route de Fossambault) – Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	298	R-138 – Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, L'Ancienne-Lorette
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures - Quebec City boundary	300	Chemin du Lac
Quebec City	302	Route Jean-Gauvin, Cap Rouge
	304	Avenue Le Gendre
	305	A-540 (Autoroute Duplessis) – Jean Lesage International Airport
	306	Avenue Blaise-Pascal
	307	A-73 south (Pont-Pierre-Laporte) / A-540 east / A-573 – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
	308	R-371 (Boulevard Masson, Boulevard de l'Ormière)
	310	Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud
	311	A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa)
	312	R-358 (Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand) – Vanier
	313	A-73 north / R-175 – Saguenay, Alma, Québec CENTRE-VILLE
	315	1ère Avenue
	316	Boulevard Henri-Bourassa
	318	Avenue du Bourg-Royal
	319	Avenue Saint-David
	320	Rue Seigneuriale, Beauport CENTRE-VILLE
	321	Rue Labelle
	322	Boulevard des Chutes
	323	A-440 - Quebec
	325	R-138 / R-368 – Île d'Orléans

References

^ ^a ^b "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 156-8.

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

[A40-1] "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

[2] Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005

[3] 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 156-8.

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v t e Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal)
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 Olympic venues in cycling
19th century	1896 Marathon (city), Neo Phaliron Velodrome
20th century	1900 Vélodrome de Vincennes 1904 Francis Olympic Field 1908 White City Stadium 1912 Liljeholmen, Mälaren 1920 Antwerp, Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg 1924 Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Vélodrome de Vincennes 1928 Amsterdam, Olympic Stadium 1932 Los Angeles Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Vineyard Avenue 1936 Avus Motor Road, BSV 92 Field & Stadium 1948 Herne Hill Velodrome, Windsor Great Park 1952 Käpylä, Maunula, Pakila, Velodrome 1956 Broadmeadows, Velodrome 1960 Olympic Velodrome, Via Cassia, Via Flaminia, Via Cristoforo Colombo, Via di Grottarossa 1964 Hachioji City, Hachioji Velodrome 1968 Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, Satellite Circuit 1972 Bundesautobahn 96, Grünwald, Radstadion 1976 Mount Royal Park, Olympic Velodrome, Quebec Autoroute 40 1980 Krylatskoye Sports Complex Cycling Circuit, Krylatskoye Sports Complex Velodrome, Moscow-Minsk Highway 1984 Artesia Freeway, Olympic Velodrome, Streets of Mission Viejo 1988 Olympic Velodrome, Tongillo Road Course 1992 A-17 highway, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Sant Sadurní Cycling Circuit, Velòdrom d'Horta 1996 Cycling road course, Georgia International Horse Park, Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome
21st century	2000 Centennial Parklands, Dunc Gray Velodrome, Western Sydney Parklands 2004 Athens Olympic Velodrome, Kotzia Square, Parnitha Olympic Mountain Bike Venue, Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre 2008 Laoshan Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX) Venue, Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan Velodrome, Urban Road Cycling Course 2012 BMX Circuit, Hadleigh Farm, London Velodrome, Hampton Court Palace 2016 Fort Copacabana, Mountain Bike Centre, Olympic BMX Centre, Pontal, Rio Olympic Velodrome 2020 Izu Velodrome, Izu MTB Course, Fuji Speedway, Ariake Urban Sports Park 2024 Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Champs-Élysées, Colline d'Élancourt 2028 VELO Sports Center, Los Angeles Convention Center, Grand Park, Downtown Long Beach, Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park 2032 Sunshine Coast Region, Alexandra Headland, Queensland, Sleeman Centre, Victoria Park

v t e Routes of the Trans-Canada Highway system
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
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) 138 158 175 201 335
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