A-40 (Quebec)
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Hitching the A-40
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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)
Autoroute 640 (Montreal North Shore)
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) Autoroute Charest/Autoroute 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'
- 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
(senseless)
As Autoroute Duplessis
- (5)
(Chemin Ste-Foy)
- (6/7)
(Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois)
- (8)
(Boul. Hochelaga)
- (9) Mega
'Entrée des Ponts' Autoroute Henri IV A-73
(senseless)
- 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
Begins Quebec city University District Crossroad 'Boulevard Laurier'
- Crossroad (Boulevard Hochelaga)
- (2)
Université Laval (Rue du Peps, Av. de la Terrasse)
- (3)
(Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois/Chemin Ste-Foy)
Tunnel
- (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)
- Access through 'Frontage road'
- (7/7o)
(Boul. Wilfrid-Hamel)
- (8)
(Boul. Père-Lelièvre)
- (9e/9o)
Overlap A-40/A-73 (Autoroute de la Capitale)
- Crossroad (Boulevard Lebourgneuf
As Boulevard Robert-Bourassa
- Crossroad (Avenue Chauveau)
- Crossroad (Boulevard Bastien)
End of A-740 (Wendake)