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*'''(122) {{Ramp}} {{Junction}} Autoroute Antonio-Barrette [[A-30 (Quebec)|A-30]]''' (Joliette - Autoroute A-30/Route 131) | *'''(122) {{Ramp}} {{Junction}} Autoroute Antonio-Barrette [[A-30 (Quebec)|A-30]]''' (Joliette - Autoroute A-30/Route 131) | ||
*'''(130) {{Ramp}} ''' (Chemin de Joliette) | *'''(130) {{Ramp}} ''' (Chemin de Joliette) | ||
− | *'''(141) {{Ramp}} (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) | + | *'''(141) {{Ramp}} ''' ''(Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance)'' (Rang Ste-Philomène) |
*'''(144) {{Ramp}} [[Berthierville]]''' (Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve) | *'''(144) {{Ramp}} [[Berthierville]]''' (Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve) | ||
**Chance to get to the St-Lawrence south shore through the [[Sorel]] bridge | **Chance to get to the St-Lawrence south shore through the [[Sorel]] bridge |
Revision as of 18:28, 18 January 2008
Contents
Hitching the A-40
Legend: (very good) | (good) | (average) | (bad) | (senseless)
Section West - Ontario border and Montreal Metropolitan
Autoroute 40 as 'Trans-Canada Highway' - border Ontario:
- Continues Westward as the Highway 417 (Queensway)
As Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
- (1) Ontario/Quebec border (Route 342 (Qc)/ Prescott and Russell County Road 14 (Ont))
- (2) (Montee Wilson)
- (6) (Montee Baie St-Thomas)
- (9) (Chemin de la Baie (Route 342))
- (12) Route Harwood ( Route 342) / Chemin de la Mairie
- (Eastbound Only)
- (17) (Route 201)
- (22) (Cote du St-Charles)
- (26) (Chemin Daoust / Route Harwood ( Route 342))
- Splitted Ramp, Entrance 1km further from Exit
- (32) Junction Autoroute 540
- Chance to join the A-20 Eastwards for certain Montreal Metropolitan destinations or Westwards towards Ontario Highway 401
- (35) (Avenue Saint-Charles)
- (36) (Chemin des Chenaux)
Pont de l'Île-aux-Tourtes
- (40) (Autoroute 40 turnaround (westbound only))
- Westbound Exit and Eastbound Entrance
- (41) (Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants / Chemin Sainte-Marie)
- (44) (Boulevard Morgan)
- Eastbound Exit onto a 'Frontage road'
- (49) (Chemin Sainte-Marie)
- Exit onto a 'Frontage road'
- (50) (Boulevard Saint-Charles)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (52) (Boulevard Saint-Jean)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (55) (Boulevard des Sources)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (58) (Henri-Bourassa Blvd./ Hymus Blvd.)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (60) Junction Autoroute Chomedey A-13
- Chance to get to Montreal Dorval Airport
- Chance to get onto the A-20 or other Montreal Metropolitan destinations
- Chance to get onto the A-440 Laval and A-640 North Shore
- Chance to head north towards Ottawa on the A-50 or Route 148
As Route Transcanadienne
- (62) Montreal (Cote-Vertu Blvd.)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (63) Montreal (Cavendish Blvd.)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (65) Junction Côte-de-Liesse Expressway A-520
- Chance to get to Montreal Dorval Airport
- Chance to get onto the A-20 or other southern Montreal Metropolitan destinations
- (66) Junction Decarie Expressway Autoroute 15 South
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System and Montreal downtown West End
- Chance to get onto the A-20 or other south bank Montreal Metropolitan destinations
- Chance to get onto the A-10 towards Sherbrooke or
- Chance to get towards New York through 'Pont Champlain' Autoroute 15 South
As Autoroute Metropolitaine
- (67) Montreal (westbound exit / eastbound entrance)(Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (Route 117))
- (68) Montreal (eastbound only) (De L'Acadie Blvd., Stinson St.)
- (70) Junction Autoroute Laurentienne Autoroute 15 North
- Chance to get to other north bank Montreal Metropolitan destinations
- Chance to get onto the A-440 Laval and A-640 North Shore
- Chance to head north towards Ottawa on the A-50 or towards Abitibi northern region and the Trans-Taiga Route
- (71) Montreal (Route 335 Saint-Laurent blvd., Saint-Denis St.)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Ouest)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- (73) Montreal (Papineau Ave.(to Autoroute 19) Saint-Hubert St., Christophe-Colomb Ave., Papineau Ave.)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Est)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- Chance to get to Laval and the A-440 by-pass
- Chance to get to Montreal downtown East End or South Bank Montreal Metropolitan destinations through Pont Jacques-Cartier
- (74) Montreal (Iberville St.)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Est)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- (75) Montreal (Saint-Michel Blvd)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Est)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- (76) Montreal (Pie-IX Blvd.(Route 125) / Viau Blvd)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Est/Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- Chance to get to East Montreal and Olympic District destinations
- (77) Montreal (Lacordaire Blvd.)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (78) Montreal (Langelier Blvd., Des Galeries-d'Anjou Blvd)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- (80) Junction Autoroute Louis H. Lafontaine Autoroute 25 North
- Chance to get to East Montreal destinations
- Chance to get to South Shore
- Chance to head East towards Quebec on the A-20 (Trans-Canada)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
End of A-40 as Trans-Canada Highway
- (82) Montreal (Roi-René Blvd./ Ray-Lawson Blvd.)
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (83)/(85) Montreal (Frontage Access only) (Marien Ave.(eastbound)/Saint-Jean-Baptiste Blvd.(westbound))
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (87) Montreal (eastbound only) (du Tricentenaire Blvd. / Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (eastbound only))
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (89) Montreal (westbound only) (Henri-Bourassa Blvd.)
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- Frontage Road turnaround (Boulevard Metropolitan Est) - (Westbound)
- (92) Montreal (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) (Gouin Blvd. / Autoroute 40 turnaround (eastbound only))
Pont Charles-de-Gaulle
As Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
- (94) (Lachenaie (Route 344))
- Chance to get onto East Montreal destinations through local road
- (96) Junction Autoroute 640 By-pass
- Montreal Northern By-pass (note: incomplete)
- Chance to get to North Shore
- Chance to get to Laval through By-pass A-440
- Chance to get onto East Montreal destinations through local road
- Chance to head north towards Ottawa on the A-50 or towards Abitibi northern region and the Trans-Taiga Route
- (97) (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) (Boulevard Pierre-Legardeur (eastbound only))
- Chance to get onto East Montreal destinations through local road
Pont Benjamin-Moreau
- (98)/(100) Frontage road access (Boulevard Larochelle (eastbound)/Boulevard Brien;Boulevard Industriel (westbound))
- (102) (Westbound exit) (Rue Valmont)
- Access through 'Frontage road'
- (108) (Route 341 / Route 343)
- Access through 'Frontage road'
- (118) Point-du-Jour Services
Autoroute 440 (Laval)
Western end as Avenue des Bois in Laval As Autoroute Laval
- Continue westward as Avenue des Bois
- (17) Autoroute Chomedey A-13
- Chance to head north towards Laurentides
- Chance to head south towards Montreal West End and Dorval Airport]]
- Access through a Frontage road
- (19) (Route 117 (Boulevard Curé-Labelle) / Boulevard Chomedey)
- (22) Autoroute des Laurentides A-15
- Chance to head north towards Laurentides
- Chance to head south towards Montreal West End and Dorval Airport]]
- Access through a Frontage road
- (24) (Boulevard Industriel)
- Access through a Frontage road
- (25) (Route 335 South (Boulevard des Laurentides)/Boulevard René-Laennec) (Eastbound)
- (27) Autoroute Papineau A-19
- (30) A-25 Boulevard Pie-IX (Eastbound)
- (12) A-25 Boulevard Pie-IX (Westbound)
- End of A-440
- Continue Eastward merged as A-25
Autoroute 640 (Montreal North Shore)
Western end as Chemin des Collines/Chemin d'Oka (Route 344) in Oka As Autoroute 640
- Continue westward as Chemin des Collines
- Crossroad Route 344 - Chemin d'Oka
- (2) (Chemin Principal Saint-Joseph-du-Lac)
- Eastbound Entrance / Westbound Exit
- (8) (Boulevard des Promenades/Avenue 20e)
- (11) (Boulevard Arthur-Sauve, Route 148)
- (14) (25e Avenue)
- (16) Autoroute Chomedey A-13
- Chance to head south towards Montreal West End and Dorval Airport
- Northern end of A-13
- (19) (Boul. de la Grande-Allée) (Eastbound)
- Westbound access through Frontage road at previous exit
- (20) Autoroute des Laurentides A-15
- Chance to head north towards Laurentides
- Chance to head south towards Montreal West End and Dorval Airport]]
- Access through a Frontage road
- (22) (Boul. du Curé Labelle/Route 117)
- (22/23) (Boul. Robert Abbott) (Westbound only)
- (24) (Chemin du Bas-de-Ste-Thérèse)
- (26) (Boul. de Gaulle)
- (28) (Boulevard des Laurentides/Route 335)
- (35) (Boul des Entreprises)
- (38) (Chemin Gascon/Route 337)
- (42) A-25
- Access Westward to A-440 Autoroute Laval
- Chance to head north towards further Lanaudières destinations
- (44) (Chemin Charles-Aubert/Rue Louis-Hébert Montréal/Mascouche Airport)
- (45) (Montee Dumais/Chemin de la Cabane-Ronde)
- (53) A-40 Autoroute de la Rive-Nord
- Chance to go eastward towards Quebec city and Trois-Rivières
- Crossroad Rue Émile-des-Pins/Route 344
- Crossroad Rue Notre-Dame/Route 138
- End of A-640
Section Centre Trois-Rivieres
As Autoroute de la Rive-Nord and Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
- (118) Point-du-Jour Services
- (122) Autoroute Antonio-Barrette A-30 (Joliette - Autoroute A-30/Route 131)
- (130) (Chemin de Joliette)
- (141) (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) (Rang Ste-Philomène)
- (144) Berthierville (Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve)
- Chance to get to the St-Lawrence south shore through the Sorel bridge
- (151) (Route 138)
- (155) (Montee St-Laurent)
- (160) (Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est)
- (West) Include 'Frontage road' Eastbound exit and Westbound entrance
- Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area
- (166) (Route Livernoche)
- (174) (Route du Pays-Brûlé)
- (180) (Chemin St-Jacques/Boulevard Duchesne (Route 153))
- (187) (Rue Notre-Dame (Route 138))
- (189) (Rang St-Charles)
- (192) (Chemin des Petites-Terres)
- (196) Autoroute Transquebecoise A-55
- Possibility to hitch at this junction
- Chance to head north towards Lac-St-Jean Region
- Chance to head south towards Trois-Rivières or the south shore of the St-Lawrence through Pont Laviolette
A-40/A-55 Overlap for 3 km
- (197) Autoroute Transquebecoise A-55 (senseless)
- Chance to head north towards Lac-St-Jean Region
- Chance to head south towards the south shore of the St-Lawrence through Pont Laviolette
- (198) Trois-Rivières (Boulevard des Récollets)
- (199) Trois-Rivières Downtown (Rue St-Roch/Boulevard des Forges)
- (201) Trois-Rivières (Boulevard des Chenaux)
Saint-Maurice River bridge
- (202) Trois-Rivières (Boulevard des Estacades)
- (203) Trois-Rivières (Rue Thibeau (Route 157))
- (205) Trois-Rivières (Rue des Prairies)
- (210) (Rue Notre-Dame (Route 352))
- (220) (Boulevard de la Visitation (Route 359))
- (229) (Rang Sud (Route 361))
Pont Rivière Batiscan
Pont Rivière Ste-Anne
Section East Greater Quebec Region
As Autoroute de la Rive-Nord and Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
Pont Rivière Ste-Anne
- (250) (Chemin de St-Casimir)
- (254) (Route Dussault (Route 363))
- (257) (Route Groulx)
- (261) (Rue Provencher)
- (269) (Rang St-Joseph (Route 358))
Pont Rivière Jacques-Cartier
- (274) (Rue de l'Eglise/2e Rang)
- (281) (Route 365)
- (285) (Route Gravel)
- Capitale-Nationale Rest Area (Eastbound only)
- Portneuf Rest Area (Westbound only)
- Trucker Weight-Scale Balance
- (295) (Route de Fossambault (Route 367))
- (298) (Route 138)
- (300) (Chemin du Lac)
- (302) (Route Jean-Gauvin)
- (304) (Avenue Le Gendre)
- (305) A-540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport (senseless)
- (306) (Avenue Blaise-Pascal)
- (307) A-40 (Northbound)/Autoroute Henri-IV ( A-73 South/A-573 North)
Continue as A-440 West Autoroute Charest into downtown Quebec city
- (12) Autoroute Henri-IV - Overlap - A-40 (North) ( A-73 South/A-573 North)
- (15) A-740 (Autoroute du Vallon) (Rue Jean-Talon, Avenue Dalton, Avenue Watt, Rue Einstein)
- Chance to go towards Ste-Foy University district Centre
- Chance to continue by the A-40 By-pass
- Chance to go towards the northern destinations
- Crossroad 'Frontage road' (Rue Jean-Talon)
- Crossroad (Av. St-Sacrement)
End of Fast-lane A-440 West, continue downtown Quebec city as Boulevard Charest
Overlap - A-40 (East)/ A-73 (North)/A-573 North
- (140) (Rue Einstein)
- (141) (Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel (Route 138))
- (142) Autoroute Henri-IV (A-573) - Overlap - A-40 (East)/ A-73 (North)
As Autoroute de la Capitale Overlap - A-40 (East)/ A-73 (North)
Pont Rivière
- (310) (Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud)
- No direct access to the other side of the highway (2km)
- (311) A-740 (Autoroute du Vallon)
- Chance to go towards Ste-Foy University district Centre
- Chance to access the northern suburbs
- (312) (Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand (Route 358))
- (313) Autoroute Laurentienne (Route 175)
- Chance to change onto the A-73 northwards to the Saguenay region
- Chance to go to Quebec city Downtown
End of Overlap, continue as Autoroute de la Capitale A-40
- (315) (1er Avenue)
- (316) (Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
- (318) (Avenue du Bourg-Royal)
- (319) (Rue Cambronne (eastbound)/Rue Clemenceau (westbound))
- (320) (Rue Seigneuriale)
- (321) (Rue Labelle)
- (322) (Boulevard des Chutes)
- (323) A-440 East (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency)
- Chance to get into Quebec city East End Downtown and Upper City
- (325) (Boulevard Ste-Anne (Route 138)/Route 368, Île d'Orléans)
End of A-40 Continue eastward as Route 138
Continue as A-440 East Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency into downtown Quebec city
- (29) A-40 Autoroute de la Capitale
- Chance to go onto the A-73
- Chance to go towards eastern destinations onto Côte-de-Beaupré - Île d'Orléans - Charlevoix on Route 138
- Chance to continue by the A-40 By-pass
- Chance to go towards the northern destinations
- (27) (Boulevard des Chutes, Rue du Manége)
- Crossroad (Boulevard François-de-Laval - Beauport)
- (24) Westbound entrance and Exit/Eastbound entrance (Avenue d'Estimauville)
- (23) (Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
- (22) (Boulevard des Capucins, Boulevard Champlain (Route 136))
Pont Rivière
- End of A-440 East, downtown Quebec city
A-440 (Quebec) Autoroutes Charest & Dufferin-Montmorency
See the appropriate sections outlined and included in the A-40 description above
A-540 (Quebec) Autoroute Duplessis
Begins Quebec city Airport Southwards
- (Continue Northwards as country road until 'Val-Bélair' Borough)
- Joins Route 358 northwards
As Route de l'Aéroport
- Crossroad Aéroport de Québec (Rue Principale)
- Crossroad On-Grade
- Crossroad On-Grade
- Crossroad College
- Crossroad (Boul. Wilfrid-Hamel) (Route 138)
- Crossroad (Cinema Mega-Plex)
- Crossroad (Rue Jules-Verne, Rue Laberge)
- (3) A-540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport
As Autoroute Duplessis (senseless) (Do not walk or hitch along that highway)
- (senseless) - Do not venture as pedestrian along the fast lanes as it is narrowed without shoulder with many blinded corner for drivers.
- (5) (Chemin Ste-Foy)
- (6/7) (Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois)
- (8) (Boul. Hochelaga)
- (9) Mega 'Entrée des Ponts' Autoroute Henri IV A-73
- Crossroad (Rue Lavigerie)
End of A-540 continue eastward as 'Boulevard Laurier' (Route 175) towards Quebec city Downtown
A-740 (Quebec) Autoroute Du Vallon/Robert-Bourassa
- (senseless) - Do not venture as pedestrian along this highway until the fast lane stops as it is narrowed boulevard without shoulder, designed as a urban race track and often used as such by commuters!!
Begins Quebec city University District - 'Ste-Foy Borough'
- Crossroad 'Boulevard Laurier'
- Crossroad 'Mall Place Ste-Foy'
- It might be possible to ask drivers at the light or leaving the mall
- This might be exclusive to a short distance destination
- Crossroad (Boulevard Hochelaga)
- (2) Université Laval (Rue du Peps, Av. de la Terrasse)
- (3) (Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois/Chemin Ste-Foy)
Tunnel ( (senseless) - Do not venture on this tunnel as a foot pedestrian!)
- (3) (Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois/Chemin Ste-Foy)
- Southbound Exit / Northbound Entrance
- Access to Local Bus Network
- (good) - You might catch a ride at the on-ramp crossroad with 'Chemin Ste-Foy', do not venture too far near the highway. Also you can try to catch the students leaving the nearby college during the academic season - which gives direct on the on-ramp
- (4/4e) (Boul. Versant-Nord, Rue Jean-Talon, Boul. Charest Est)
- (6) A-440 (Autoroute Charest) (Avenue Dalton, Avenue Watt, Rue Einstein, Charest Ouest A-440)
- (6/4o) (Rue Lavoisier, Parc Industriel Est, Charest Ouest A-440)
- (7/7o) (Boul. Wilfrid-Hamel)
- (8) (Boul. Père-Lelièvre)
- (9e/9o) Overlap A-40/A-73 (Autoroute de la Capitale)
- Chance to the A-73 and A-573
- Chance to go onto northern destinations
- Chance to get on the A-40 By-pass eastwards
- (senseless) - Fast lane Cloverleaf Junction, possible only as last resort and not for every direction
- (average) - Southbound Exit towards Westbound (From the North: On 'rue Jean-Perrin' access to the A-40 Westwards)
- Crossroad (Boulevard Lebourgneuf)
As Boulevard Robert-Bourassa - End of Fast lane -
- Crossroad (Avenue Chauveau)
- Crossroad (Boulevard Bastien)
End of A-740 (Wendake)