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Section West - Ontario border and Montreal Metropolitan

Autoroute 40 as 'Trans-Canada Highway' - border Ontario:


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
  • (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

As Route Transcanadienne



As Autoroute Metropolitaine


  • (67)   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   (65)
      • Entrance   Westbound at   (62), Eastbound through   (66)
  • (68)   Montreal (eastbound only) (De L'Acadie Blvd., Stinson St.)
    • Presence of a 'Frontage road' (Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse)
    • Chance to Access other destinations in Montreal Nord through 'Frontage road' (Chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse)
    • Chance to get to 'Mont-Royal Train Station'
    • Chance to get to Montreal Underground System, Station 'Acadie'
  • (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

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
    •   Temporary Seasonnal Snack
    • Major Summer Halt/Pic-Nic 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




Saint-Maurice River bridge



Pont Rivière Batiscan


  • (236)   (2e Avenue ( Route 159))

Pont Rivière Ste-Anne






Section East Greater Quebec Region

As Autoroute de la Rive-Nord and Autoroute Félix-Leclerc

  • (236)   (2e Avenue (Route 159))

Pont Rivière Ste-Anne


  • (250)   (Chemin de St-Casimir)
  • (254)   (Route Dussault (Route 363))
    •   (Westward)
  • (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)
    •   (Eastward)
  • (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)
    • Chance to go onto the A-73 North/South, chance to join the A-20 on the St-Lawrence South shore
    • Chance to go towards the South shore destinations
    • Chance to continue by the A-40 By-pass
    • Chance to go towards the northern destinations


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)
    • Chance to go onto the A-73 North/South, chance to join the A-20 on the St-Lawrence South shore
    • Chance to go towards the South shore destinations
    • Chance to continue by the A-40 By-pass
    • Chance to go towards the northern destinations
  • (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


As Autoroute de la Capitale Overlap - A-40 (East)/ A-73 (North)


  • (308)   (Boulevard de l'Ormiere (Route 371))

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)
    • Exit through 'Frontage road'   (23)
  • (23)   (Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
  • (22)   (Boulevard des Capucins, Boulevard Champlain (Route 136))

Pont Rivière





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' 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
    •   (senseless) - Fast lanes

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
    •   (senseless) - Dangerous for pedestrians
  • Crossroad (Rue Lavigerie)
    •   (bad) - Westwards, drivers are too busy finding their right lane before the Junction

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'
    • Access to Local Bus Network
    •   (senseless) - This crossroad is busy and cars can not pull over, you may though
  • 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)
    •   (average) - It might be possible to ask driver in the parking of the mall or waiting at the light
    • This might be exclusive to a short distance destination
  • (2)   Université Laval (Rue du Peps, Av. de la Terrasse)
    • Access to Local Bus Network
    •   (very good) - On on the on-ramp from the University, before the cars are accelerating
  • (3)   (Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois/Chemin Ste-Foy)
    • Northbound Exit / Southbound Entrance
    • Access to Local Bus Network
    •   (senseless) - People will just be confused to see you there

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)
    •   (bad) - Southbound only local - Northbound, you better go directly to further to the 'Jean-Talon Crossroad' and try to hitch there to get to Boulevard Charest A-40
  • (6)   A-440 (Autoroute Charest) (Avenue Dalton, Avenue Watt, Rue Einstein, Charest Ouest A-440)
    •   (senseless) - Dangerous corner
  • (6/4o)   (Rue Lavoisier, Parc Industriel Est, Charest Ouest A-440)
    • Access through 'Frontage road'
    •   (senseless) - Industrial Estates only
  • (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)