A-55 (Quebec)

Hitching the A-55
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The A-55, known as Autoroute 55 or Autoroute Transquébécoise, is a major North-South highway connecting the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Region in the north to the State of Vermont in the south. It goes straight through the mid-part of the province passing next to or through the cities of Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Trois-Rivières where it crosses the St-Lawrence River on the Pont Laviolette.

In Estrie and Centre-du-Québec Regions
Autoroute 55 - border Stanstead - Vermont USA
 * Continues Southward as the Interstate I-91


 * Border Crossing Stanstead
 * Crossroad  (Route 247)
 * (2)  (Route 143 – Stanstead)
 * Crossroad (Chemin Curtis)
 * ''' (Northbound only)
 * (21)  (Route 141 – Ayer's Cliff, Coaticook)
 * (29)  (Route 108 – Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, North Hatley, Lennoxville)
 * (32)  (Rue-Saint-Patrice, Boulevard Industriel)
 * (33)  (Route 112 – Magog, Omerville


 * (34/121) Junction A-10
 * Chance to get onto the A-10 Westward to Montreal

Overlap A-10


 * (123)  (Route 112 to Route 249 – Omerville, Magog, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton)
 * Presence of a 'Frontage road' with access to the A-10/A-55 (Eastbound Exit/Westbound Entrance and Exit)
 * Eastbound, with access to (128)
 * (128) Sherbrooke (Route 112 - Boulevard Bourque; Deauville; Rock Forest; Sherbrooke)
 * Westbound Exit has no access to Westbound Entrance
 * (133) Sherbrooke (Rock Forest; St-Élie-d'Orford)
 * (137) Sherbrooke (Route 220 - Boulevard Industriel; St-Élie-d'Orford)
 *  '' (Westbound Only)
 * (140) Junction Autoroute 410 Sherbrooke
 * Chance to access to Sherbrooke University
 * (141) Sherbrooke (Chemin St-Joseph)
 *  Junction Autoroute 610 Sherbrooke (Fleurimont, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic)
 * (58)  (Route 222 – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Valcourt)
 * (60)  (Bromptonville)
 * (71)  (Route 249 – Windsor, Saint-Grégoire-de-Greenlay, Saint-François-Xavier)
 * (85)  (Route 243 – Racine, Valcourt, Melbourne)
 * (88)  (Route 116 – Acton Vale, Richmond, Asbestos)


 * Rest Area with toilets and Touristical information (summer only)
 * Rest Area with toilets and Touristical information (summer only)


 * (98)  (Chemin Mooney)
 * (103)  (Lefebvre, L'Avenir, Ulverton, Durham-Sud)
 * (111)  (Route Caya)
 * (116)  (Route 139 – Wickham, Acton Vale, Granby, Saint-Nicéphore)
 * (122)  (Boulevard Jean-de-Brébeuf - Drummondville)
 * (125)  (Route 122 – Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Drummondville)


 * (128) Junction A-20
 * Chance to get onto the A-20 Westward (Montreal) or Eastward (Quebec city)

Overlap with A-20

In Region

 * (128/173) Junction A-20/A-55 South 
 * Continue Southwards on A-55 to Sherbrooke and Vermont
 * Change Westwards on A-20 towards Montreal
 * (175)  (Route 143 north (Boulevard Lemire) – Saint-Bonaventure, Saint-François-du-Lac)
 * (177)  (Route 143 south – Saint-Majorique, Drummondville)
 * (179)  (Chemin du Golf)
 * (181)  (Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Drummondville, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval)
 * (185)  (Route 255 – Baie-du-Febvre, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey)
 * (191)  (Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults)
 * (196)  (Route 259 – Nicolet, Sainte-Perpétue, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil)
 * (200)  (Route 155 - Saint-Léonard-d'Aston)
 * (202)  (Rang du Moulin-Rouge)
 * (204)  (Rang des Cédres, Rang des Plaines)


 * (145/210)  Junction A-20/A-955/A-55  North 
 * Continue Northwards on A-55 to Trois-Rivières
 * Continue Eastwards on A-20 towards Quebec city

Gap
 * End of A-20 overlap
 * Overlap with Route 161 Northwards

As Route 161
 * Crossroad (Rang des Érables)
 * Access to current northern end of A-955
 * Crossroad (11e Rang)
 * Crossroad (10e Rang)
 * Crossroad (9e Rang)
 * Access to current southern end of A-55 through 9e Rang
 * Access to St-Léonard-d'Aston and Route 155

End of Route 161 overlap


 * (153) Crossroad  (9e Rang - Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Saint-Wenceslas)
 * West to Route 155 / East to Route 161
 * End of current A-55


 * Crossroad (Route 226/Route 155 – Saint-Célestin)
 * Northern End of Route 161
 * Truck Weight Balance (Northbound only)
 * Crossroad (Chemin Forest - Précieux-Sang)
 * Crossroad (Chemin Thibodeau)
 * Crossroad (Route 132 – Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet)
 * (176) Junction A-30 Eastern Segment 
 * (177)  (Route 132 – Bécancour, Sainte-Angèle)

Pont Laviolette


 * (181)  (Route 138 (Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Boulevard Gene-H.-Kruger))
 * (182) Junction Autoroute Félix-Leclerc A-40 Eastward 
 * Chance to get onto the A-40 towards Quebec city

In Region
Pont Laviolette


 * (181)  (Route 138 (Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Boulevard Gene-H.-Kruger))
 * (182) Junction Autoroute Félix-Leclerc A-40 Eastward 
 * Chance to get onto the A-40 towards Quebec city
 * Overlap with A-40
 * (183)  (Boulevard Jean-XXIII)
 * (186) Junction Autoroute de la Rive-Nord A-40
 * Chance to get onto the A-40 towards Montreal
 * End of overlap with A-40
 * (186)  (A-40 west / Boulevard des Forges – Montréal)
 * Access through Frontage road
 * (191)  (Boulevard Industriel, Boulevard Saint-Michel)
 * (196)  (Boulevard des Forges - Saint-Thomas-de-Caxton)
 * (202)  (Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Barnabé)
 * (206)  (Saint-Boniface)
 * (211)  (Route 153 – Saint-Boniface, Shawinigan)
 * (216)  (Rue Burrill)
 * (217)  (Route 351 (Rue Garnier) – Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc)
 * (220)  (Boulevard Hubert-Biermans, Boulevard Vallée-du-Parc)
 * (223)  (5e avenue, 25e rue)
 * (226)  (8e rue, 4e rue)

St-Maurice River Bridge


 * Crossroad (95e Av.)


 * End of A-55 continue northward as Route 155

In Centre-du-Québec Region

 * Crossroad (A-55/Route 226/Route 161)
 * St-Célestin
 * Crossroad (8e Rang) Access to end of A-55
 * St-Léonard-d'Aston
 * (200) Junction A-20 Eastward 
 * Chance to get onto the A-20 Eastwards to Quebec city or Westwards to Montreal
 * Southern End of Route 155

In Mauricie and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Regions
St-Maurice River Bridge


 * Beginning of Autoroute A-55 Southwards
 * Crossroad (95e Av. east to Route 153/A-55)
 * Grand-Piles
 * Crossroad (Route 159) St-Roch de Mékinac
 * Crossroad (Chemin St-Joseph/To St-Joseph de Mékinac)
 * La Tuque
 * La Bostonnais
 * Lac des Commissaires
 * Lac Bouchette
 * St-François-de-Sales
 * Crossroad (Route 169)
 * Chambord


 * Northern End of Route 155
 * Continue Northward on Route 169 to Roberval
 * Continue Southward on Route 169 to Alma

Hitching the A-955

 * Crossroad (Rang des Érables)
 * Current northern end of A-955
 * Continue Nortwards through Route 161
 * (20/210)  Junction A-20/A-955/A-55  North 
 * Continue Northwards on A-55/Route 161 to Trois-Rivières
 * Continue Eastwards on A-20 towards Quebec city or Westwards to Montreal
 * Crossroad (Rang des Cèdres)
 * Lead westwards as Frontage road to A-20 (204)
 * Crossroad (Rang Ste-Hélène)
 * Lead to Route 161
 * Crossroad (2e Rang Est)
 * Lead to Route 161
 * Crossroad (3e Rang Est)
 * St-Samuel-de-Horton
 * Crossroad (12e Rang)
 * Lead to St-Valère / Route 161
 * Crossroad (10e Rang/Rang Landry)
 * Crossroad (Route 122/Boul. Industriel Ouest)
 * Lead Eastward to Victoriaville
 * Southern End of A-955
 * Crossroad (Rue Principale - St-Albert-de-Warwick)

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