Quebec Autoroute 40

Autoroute 40
Autoroute Félix-Leclerc Metropolitan Expressway Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length:	347.0 km (215.6 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
Major cities:	Vaudreuil-Dorion, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Pointe-Claire, Montreal, Terrebonne, Charlemagne, Repentigny, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways ← A-35 A-50 →

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.

Autoroute 40 and Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse

Autoroute 40 at Boulevard des Sources in Dorval/Pointe-Claire, looking east into Dorval

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. 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	Route 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.
	2	Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune
Rigaud
	6	Montée Baie Saint-Thomas
	9	Route 342 – Rigaud
	12	Route 342
	17	Route 201 (Montée Lavigne) – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Saint-Lazare	22	Hudson, Saint-Lazare
Vaudreuil-Dorion	26	Route 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	Montreal	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance (U-turn ramp)
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	41	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Île-Perrot
	44	Boulevard Morgan
Kirkland	49	Chemin Sainte-Marie
	50	Boulevard Saint-Charles
Pointe-Claire	52	Boulevard Saint-Jean
	55	Boulevard des Sources
Dorval
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
	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, Route 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, Route 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
		Route 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	Route 125 (Boulevard Pie-IX) / Boulevard Viau
	77	Boulevard Lacordaire	Westbound exit is via exit 76
	78	Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard Les Galeries-d'Anjou
	80	A-25 (TCH) east / Boulevard Henri-Bourassa – Tunnel Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine	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
Montreal	87	Boulevard Tricentenaire	Westbound exit is via exit 85
	89	Route 138 (Rue Sherbrooke) / Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Eastbound exit is via exit 87
	92	Boulevard Gouin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Terrebonne	94	Route 344 – Lachenaie
	96	A-640 – Laval, Saint-Eustache, Charlemagne	Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west)
Charlemagne
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	Route 341 / Route 343 – L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption, Saint-Sulpice
Lavaltrie	118	Point-du-Jour Service Area
	122	A-31 / Route 131 – Joliette, Lavaltrie
Lanoraie	130	Lanoraie
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	141	Rang Sainte-Philomène
Berthierville	144	Route 158 – Saint-Gabriel, Berthierville
Saint-Cuthbert	151	Route 138 – Saint-Cuthbert
Saint-Barthélemy	155	Saint-Bathélémy, Maskinongé
Maskinongé	160	Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est
		Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area
Maskinongé - Louiseville Boundary	166	Louiseville, Maskinongé
Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary	174	Route 138 – Louiseville, Yamachiche
Yamachiche	180	Route 153 – Yamachiche
Trois-Rivières	187	Route 138 – Yamachiche, Pointe-du-Lac
	189	Rang St-Charles
	192	Chemin des Petites-Terres
	196	A-40 east / A-55 / Route 155 – Shawinigan, Trois-Rivières, Quebec	(3.5 km concurrency does not count in exit numbering)
	197	A-40 east / A-55 / Route 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	Route 157 (Rue Thibeau) – Saint-Louis-de-France, Shawinigan-Sud
	205	Boulevard des Prairies, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap
Saint-Maurice	210	Route 352 – Saint-Maurice
Champlain	220	Route 359 – Champlain, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Grand-Mère
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	229	Route 361 – Narcisse, Batiscan, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade	236	Route 159 – Saint-Prosper, Saint-Casimir, Saint-Tite, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Deschambault-Grondines	250	Chemin de St-Casimir
Deschambault-Grondines	254	Route 363 – Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Deschambault-Grondines
	257	Saint-Gilbert / Deschambault
Portneuf	261	Portneuf, Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf	(Rue Provencher)
Cap-Santé	269	Route 358 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Basile, Cap-Santé
Donnacona	274	Donnacona
Neuville	281	Route 365 – Pont-Rouge, Saint-Raymond, Neuville
	285	Neuville
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	295	Route 367 (Route de Fossambault) – Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
	298	Route 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) / Route de l'Aéroport – 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	Route 371 (Boulevard Masson, Boulevard de l'Ormière)
	310	Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud
	311	A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) / Boulevard Saint-Jacques
	312	Route 358 (Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand) – Vanier
	313	A-73 north / Route 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	Route 138 / Route 368 – Île d'Orléans

See also

• List of crossings of the Ottawa River
• List of bridges in Montreal

External links

Template:Attached_KML/Quebec Autoroute 40

• A-40 at Exitlists.com
• A-40 at Quebec Autoroutes
• Virtual tour of A-40
• Transports Quebec Map (French)

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