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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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Ontario/Quebec border (Route 342 (Qc)/ Prescott and Russell County Road 14 (Ont)
- (2) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Montee Wilson)
- (6) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Montee Baie St-Thomas)
- (9) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin de la Baie (Route 342))
- (12) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Route Harwood ( Route 342) / Chemin de la Mairie
(Eastbound Only)- (17) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route 201)
- (22) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Cote du St-Charles)
- (26) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Avenue Saint-Charles)
- (36) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin des Chenaux)
Pont de l'Île-aux-Tourtes
- (40) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Autoroute 40 turnaround (westbound only))
- Westbound Exit and Eastbound Entrance
- (41) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants / Chemin Sainte-Marie)
- (44) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard Morgan)
- Eastbound Exit onto a 'Frontage road'
- (49) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin Sainte-Marie)
- Exit onto a 'Frontage road'
- (50) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard Saint-Charles)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (52) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard Saint-Jean)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (55) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard des Sources)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (58) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Cote-Vertu Blvd.)
- Exit and Entrance through a 'Frontage road'
- (63) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (westbound exit / eastbound entrance)(Boulevard Décarie / Boulevard Marcel-Laurin (Route 117))
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse)
- Eastbound Exit through 'Frontage road' (Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse at File:AB-AS-blau.svg (65)
- Entrance File:AB-AS-blau.svg Westbound at File:AB-AS-blau.svg (62), Eastbound through (66)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse)
- (68) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Iberville St.)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Est)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- (75) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Saint-Michel Blvd)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Crémazie-Est)
- Chance to get to Montreal Underground System
- (76) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Lacordaire Blvd.)
- Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (78) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Roi-René Blvd./ Ray-Lawson Blvd.)
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (83)/(85) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Frontage Access only) (Marien Ave.(eastbound)/Saint-Jean-Baptiste Blvd.(westbound))
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (87) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (eastbound only) (du Tricentenaire Blvd. / Henri-Bourassa Blvd. (eastbound only))
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- (89) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (westbound only) (Henri-Bourassa Blvd.)
- Access through 'Frontage road' (Boulevard Metropolitan Est)
- Frontage Road turnaround (Boulevard Metropolitan Est) - (Westbound)
- (92) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Montreal (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) (Gouin Blvd. / Autoroute 40 turnaround (eastbound only))
Pont Charles-de-Gaulle
As Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
- (94) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) (Boulevard Pierre-Legardeur (eastbound only))
- Chance to get onto East Montreal destinations through local road
Pont Benjamin-Moreau
- (98)/(100) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Frontage road access (Boulevard Larochelle (eastbound)/Boulevard Brien;Boulevard Industriel (westbound))
- (102) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Westbound exit) (Rue Valmont)
- Access through 'Frontage road'
- (108) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route 341 / Route 343)
- Access through 'Frontage road'
- (118) Point-du-Jour Services
Autoroute 440 (Laval)
Autoroute 640 (Montreal) (Montreal North Shore)
Section Centre Trois-Rivieres
As Autoroute de la Rive-Nord and Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
- (118) Point-du-Jour Services
- (122) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Autoroute Antonio-Barrette A-30 (Joliette - Autoroute A-30/Route 131)
- (130) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin de Joliette)
- (141) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance) (Rang Ste-Philomène)
- (144) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Berthierville (Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve)
- Chance to get to the St-Lawrence south shore through the Sorel bridge
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- (151) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route 138)
- (155) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Montee St-Laurent)
- (160) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est)
- (West) Include 'Frontage road' Eastbound exit and Westbound entrance
- Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area
- Temporary Seasonnal Snack
- Major Summer Halt/Pic-Nic Area
- (166) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route Livernoche)
- (174) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route du Pays-Brûlé)
- (180) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin St-Jacques/Boulevard Duchesne (Route 153))
- (187) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Notre-Dame (Route 138))
- (189) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rang St-Charles)
- (192) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin des Petites-Terres)
- (196) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg 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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Trois-Rivières (Boulevard des Récollets)
- (199) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Trois-Rivières Downtown (Rue St-Roch/Boulevard des Forges)
- (201) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Trois-Rivières (Boulevard des Chenaux)
Saint-Maurice River bridge
- (202) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Trois-Rivières (Boulevard des Estacades)
- (203) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Trois-Rivières (Rue Thibeau (Route 157))
- (205) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Trois-Rivières (Rue des Prairies)
- (210) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Notre-Dame (Route 352))
- (220) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard de la Visitation (Route 359))
- (229) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rang Sud (Route 361))
- (236) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (2e Avenue ( Route 159))
Section East Greater Quebec Region
As Autoroute de la Rive-Nord and Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
- (236) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (2e Avenue (Route 159))
Pont Rivière Ste-Anne
- (250) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin de St-Casimir)
- (254) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route Dussault (Route 363))
- (257) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route Groulx)
- (261) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Provencher)
- (269) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rang St-Joseph (Route 358))
Pont Rivière Jacques-Cartier
- (274) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue de l'Eglise/2e Rang)
- (281) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route 365)
- (285) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route Gravel)
- Capitale-Nationale Rest Area (Eastbound only)
- Portneuf Rest Area (Westbound only)
- Trucker Weight-Scale Balance
- (295) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route de Fossambault (Route 367))
- (298) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route 138)
- (300) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin du Lac)
- (302) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Route Jean-Gauvin)
- (304) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Avenue Le Gendre)
- (305) A-540 (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport (senseless)
- (306) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Einstein)
- (141) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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)
- (308) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard de l'Ormiere (Route 371))
Pont Rivière
- (310) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (1er Avenue)
- (316) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
- (318) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Avenue du Bourg-Royal)
- (319) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Cambronne (eastbound)/Rue Clemenceau (westbound))
- (320) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Seigneuriale)
- (321) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Labelle)
- (322) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard des Chutes)
- (323) A-440 East (Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency)
- Chance to get into Quebec city East End Downtown and Upper City
- (325) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard des Chutes, Rue du Manége)
- Crossroad (Boulevard François-de-Laval - Beauport)
- (24) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Westbound entrance and Exit/Eastbound entrance (Avenue d'Estimauville)
- Exit through 'Frontage road' File:AB-AS-blau.svg (23)
- (23) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
- (22) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boulevard des Capucins, Boulevard Champlain (Route 136))
Pont Rivière
- End of A-440 East, downtown Quebec city
A-440 (Quebec) Autoroute Charest (Ouest)/Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency (East)
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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin Ste-Foy)
- (6/7) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois)
- (8) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg Université Laval (Rue du Peps, Av. de la Terrasse)
- (3) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois/Chemin Ste-Foy)
Tunnel
- (4/4e) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Rue Lavoisier, Parc Industriel Est, Charest Ouest A-440)
- Access through 'Frontage road'
- (7/7o) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (Boul. Wilfrid-Hamel)
- (8) File:AB-AS-blau.svg (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)