QUEBEC AUTOROUTE 5

'Autoroute 5' (or 'A-5', also called 'Autoroute de la Gatineau') is a short Autoroute in the Outaouais region of western Quebec. It connects the central urban area of Gatineau (formerly Hull) with the recreational areas of Gatineau Park and the exurban/rural areas of Chelsea and La Pêche. Its southern terminus provides access to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge connecting Ottawa and Gatineau.
There are two segments of A-5:
# The main segment is a freeway that continues for 21 km (13 miles) from the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge through the Hull sector of Gatineau to a short access road to Route 105 in the northern part of Chelsea.
# The second segment, built in 1993, is a very short 4-lane at-grade expressway bypass of Wakefield, which is multiplexed with Route 105 and Route 366. It is generally expected that the two sections will eventually be linked up. Furthermore, it has been rumoured that the A-5 will even be extended all the way up to Alcove (about 7 km North of Wakefield).

★ The provincial and federal government announced on November 15, 2006 a 2,5 kilometre extension from the southern segment's end to past Tulip Valley, an area of Route 105 that has been the site of multiple fatal incidents in the past.[1]

★ The Autoroute generally has 4 lanes of traffic with the exception of the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge between exit 1 in Gatineau and the Sussex Drive exit in Ottawa in which it is 6 lanes.

Contents

Interchanges from South to North

Resources

Interchanges from South to North

RCM or ET	Municipality	#	Destination	Note
'Continues as King Edward Avenue in Ottawa
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge / Ottawa River
Gatineau	Gatineau	1	Boulevard Maisonneuve / Boulevard Fournier	Northbound only
		2	Autoroute 50 / Route 148 East	Southbound exit includes access to Boulevard Maisonneuve / South end of Route 148 Overlap
		3	Boulevard Saint-Raymond ( Route 148 West) / Boulevard du Casino	North end of Route 148 Overlap
		5	Boulevard Saint-Joseph( Route 105) / Boulevard Mont-Bleu	Signed as exits 5-N (North) and 5-S (South) northbound
		8	Boulevard des Hautes-Plaines
Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais	Chelsea	12	Chemin Old-Chelsea	Northbound only
		13	Chemin Scott
		21	Route 105	At-grade intersection, End of the current segment
	Future segment: Chelsea to La Pêche
	Chelsea	26	Chemin Carman (future interchange)
	North segment: La Pêche (Wakefield)
	La Pêche		Chemin Valley	At-grade intersection / South end of the Route 105 overlap
			Route Principale ( Route 366) West	At-grade intersection / South end of the Route 366 overlap
			Chemin MacLaren	At-grade intersection / North end of the Route 105 and Route 366 overlaps
'Continues as Route 105 North and Route 366 East

Resources

★ Google Maps: Autoroute 5 from Ontario border to Exit 21 (Chelsea)

★ A-5 at Exitlists.com

★ A-5 at Quebec Autoroutes