QUEBEC AUTOROUTE 40

'Autoroute 40' (officially called 'Autoroute Félix-Leclerc' [outside Montreal] and 'Metropolitan Expressway/Autoroute Métropolitaine' [within Montreal]) is a major highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. It is one of the two main 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 (216 miles) long.
Autoroute 40 begins at the Ontario-Quebec border where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa, and ends in Boischatel where it transitions into Route 138 at the end of the freeway.
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 simply A-55). In addition, a different route was originally planned around Sainte-Foy (now in the west end of Quebec City) north of Jean Lesage International Airport (the existing Autoroute 40 would have been the western end of Autoroute 440. 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 Beaupre 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.
The portion of Autoroute 40 from the Ontario border to the Autoroute 25 interchange is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
The highway, apart from the portion served by the Metropolitan Expressway, was renamed 'Autoroute Félix-Leclerc' in 1997, after the late Quebec artist and political activist (see article: Félix Leclerc). However, most people (especially those living in Montreal) continue to refer to the highway by its numbered designation.

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Interchanges from West to East

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Interchanges from West to East

Municipality	Exit Number	Intersecting Roads
'Continues as Highway 417 in Ontario'
East Hawkesbury - Pointe-Fortune Boundary (Ontario-Quebec Border)	1	Route 342 / Prescott and Russell County Road 14 (also Exit 1 on Highway 417)
Pointe-Fortune - Rigaud Boundary	2	Montee Wilson
Rigaud	6	Montee Baie St-Thomas
Rigaud	9	Chemin de la Baie ( Route 342)
Rigaud	12	Route Harwood ( Route 342) / Chemin de la Mairie
Rigaud	17	Route 201
Saint-Lazare	22	Cote du St-Charles
Vaudreuil-Dorion	26	Chemin Daoust / Route Harwood ( Route 342)
Vaudreuil-Dorion	32	Autoroute 540 (future Autoroute 30)
Vaudreuil-Dorion	35	Avenue Saint-Charles
Vaudreuil-Dorion	36	Chemin des Chenaux
Ottawa River - Île aux Tourtes Bridge
Senneville	40	Autoroute 40 turnaround (westbound only)
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	41	Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants / Chemin Sainte-Marie
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 - Dorval Boundary	55	Boulevard des Sources
Montreal	58	Henri-Bourassa Blvd./ Hymus Blvd.
Montreal	60	Autoroute 13 (Autoroute Chomedey)
Montreal	62	Cote-Vertu Blvd.
Montreal	63	Cavendish Blvd.
Montreal	65	Autoroute 520 (Côte-de-Liesse Expressway)
Montreal	66	Autoroute 15 South (Autoroute Décarie / Decarie Expressway)
Montreal	67	Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin ( Route 117)(westbound only)
Montreal	68	De L'Acadie Blvd., Stinson St. (eastbound only)
Montreal	70	Autoroute 15 North (Laurentian Autoroute)
Montreal	71	Route 335Saint-Laurent blvd., Saint-Denis St.
Montreal	73	Papineau Ave.( Autoroute 19) Saint-Hubert St., Christophe-Colomb Ave., Papineau Ave.
Montreal	74	Iberville St.
Montreal	75	Saint-Michel Blvd.
Montreal	76	Pie-IX Blvd.( Route 125) / Viau Blvd.
Montreal	77	Lacordaire Blvd.
Montreal	78	Langelier Blvd., Des Galeries-d'Anjou Blvd
Montreal	80	Autoroute 25 (Autoroute Louis H. Lafontaine)
Montreal	82	Roi-René Blvd./ Ray-Lawson Blvd.
Montreal	85	Marien Ave.(eastbound) / Saint-Jean-Baptiste Blvd. (westbound)
Montreal	87	du Tricentenaire Blvd. / Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (eastbound only)
Montreal	89	Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (westbound only)
Montreal	92	Gouin Blvd. / Autoroute 40 turnaround (eastbound only)
Rivière des Prairies - Charles de Gaulle Bridge
Terrebonne	94	Lachenaie ( Route 344)
Terrebonne - Charlemagne Boundary	96	Autoroute 640
Repentigny	97	Boulevard Pierre-Legardeur (eastbound only)
Repentigny	98	Boulevard Larochelle
Repentigny	100	Boulevard Brien / Boulevard Industriel
Repentigny	102	Rue Valmont
L'Assomption	108	Route 341 / Route 343
Lavaltrie	118	Point-du-Jour Service Area
Lavaltrie	122	Autoroute 31 / Route 131
Lanoraie	130	Chemin de Joliette
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	141	Rang Ste-Philomène
Berthierville	144	Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve
Saint-Cuthbert	151	Route 138
Saint-Barthélemy	155	Montee St-Laurent
Maskinongé	160	Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est
Maskinongé - Louiseville Boundary	166	Route Livernoche
Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary	174	Route Pays-Brûlé
Yamachiche	180	Chemin St-Jacques ( Route 153)
Trois-Rivières	187	Rue Notre-Dame ( Route 138)
Trois-Rivières	189	Rang St-Charles
Trois-Rivières	192	Chemin des Petites-Terres
Trois-Rivières	196	Autoroute 55 North (3.5 km concurrency does not count in exit numbering)
Trois-Rivières	197	Autoroute 55 South
Trois-Rivières	198	Boulevard des Récollets
Trois-Rivières	199	Rue St-Roch / Boulevard des Forges (indicated as Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville)
Trois-Rivières	201	Boulevard des Chenaux
Trois-Rivières	202	Boulevard des Estacades
Trois-Rivières	203	Rue Thibeau ( Route 157)
Trois-Rivières	205	Rue des Prairies
Saint-Maurice	210	Rue Notre-Dame ( Route 352)
Champlain	220	Boulevard de la Visitation ( Route 359)
Saint-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	229	Rang Sud ( Route 361)
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade	236	2e Avenue ( Route 159)
Deschambault-Grondines (and St-Casimir in 2007)	250	Chemin de St-Casimir (rebuilt to St-Casimir for 2007)
Deschambault-Grondines	254	Route Dussault ( Route 363)
Deschambault-Grondines	257	Route Groulx
Portneuf	261	Rue Provencher
Cap-Santé	269	Rang St-Joseph ( Route 358)
Donnacona	274	Rue de l'Eglise / 2e Rang
Neuville	281	Route 365
Neuville	285	Route Gravel
Quebec City	295	Route de Fossambault ( Route 367)
Quebec City	298	Route 138
Quebec City	300	Chemin du Lac
Quebec City	302	Route Jean-Gauvin
Quebec City	304	Avenue Le Gendre
Quebec City	305	Autoroute 540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport
Quebec City	306	Avenue Blaise-Pascal
Quebec City	307	Autoroute 440 (Autoroute Charest) / Autoroute 73 South (eastbound) / Autoroute 573 (westbound)
Quebec City	308	Boulevard de l'Ormiere ( Route 371)
Quebec City	310	Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud
Quebec City	311	Autoroute 740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa)
Quebec City	312	Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand ( Route 358)
Quebec City	313	Autoroute 73 North / Route 175 (Autoroute Laurentienne)
Quebec City	315	1er Avenue
Quebec City	316	Boulevard Henri-Bourassa
Quebec City	318	Avenue du Bourg-Royal
Quebec City	319	Rue Cambronne (eastbound) / Rue Clemenceau (westbound)
Quebec City	320	Rue Seigneuriale
Quebec City	321	Rue Labelle
Quebec City	322	Boulevard des Chutes
Quebec City	323	Autoroute 440 (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency)
Quebec City	325	Boulevard Ste-Anne ( Route 138) / Route 368

External links

★ A-40 at Exitlists.com

★ A-40 at Quebec Autoroutes

★ Virtual tour of A-40