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== A'''Quebec Motorways''' signs have two (2) numbers listed according to their general orientation. Therefore, '''Odd''' numbers mark a highways oriented ''North-40 ==South'' while '''Even''' numbers mark a ''East-West'' highway. These highways are usually of limited access for automotive traffic only with on-ramp and exits on most of their length. The number counts starts from the West and South extending East and North according to the pattern.
The A-40, known as 'Autoroute 40' and officially named 'Autoroute Félix-Leclerc' runs from stretches from the border of [[Ontario]] to the West and finishes just East of [[Quebec city]]. The A-40 highway continues it's path into [[Ontario]] as the H-417 which goes to [[Ottawa]] at the provincial border in Rigaud. It also runs parallel to the St-Lawrence River on its northern bank crossing [[Montreal]] Island, [[Trois-Rivières]] before finally reaching [[Quebec city]] where the highway merge with the national 138 which goes further East.
In Hitch-hiking on [[MontrealQuebec]], the A-40 runs in the northern part of the island and expressways is known as 'Autoroute Metropolitaine' before reaching the North Bank at the de facto'Charles-De-Gaulle Bridge' illegal but tolerated in Repentignycertain areas, mainly rural. In the metropolitan area, the highway include two periphical branch meant It is recommended to avoid not hitch along the urban traffic and facilitate the transport towards the northern regions. From Repentigny, expressways in [[Montreal Metropolitan|Montreal Metropolitan Area]] including the [[A-40 (Quebec)|A-40 (A-440 and the )]], [[A-440 aim to by13 (Quebec)|A-pass 13]], [[MontrealA-15 (Quebec)|A-15]] Island, . Neither on the Amotorway junctions in [[Trois-440 goes directly and finishes into Rivières]] or [[LavalQuebec city]] while the [[A-40 (Quebec)|(A-40, A,640 follows the North Bank before finishing in the surrounding of Oka)]]/[[A-20 (Quebec)|(A-20)]] as these places are pretty dangerous and will less likely be tolerated.
In [[Trois-Rivières]], the by-pass highway project has never been built. Therefore, the highway runs directly into downtown and requires that you change into the A-55 on the western part of the city. While the west southern downtown junction between the A-40 and A-55 would be a hitching disaster (therefore do not hitch along the highway there!), the northern junction (leading to Montreal westbound) would even enable you to hitch directly on the highway viaduc. The distance to travel on the A-55 is about 4km in term of canadian distance its short enough to usually have a driver do the detour to drop you there.
In between these three main cities, you cross === Motorways ===Here is a long rural landscape going from farmland to a big nothing. West list of Quebec city, the various motorways in the region of [[Portneuf]], it could be feasable to hitch along the highway itself at some point. This gets impossible the nearer of [[MontrealQuebec]] you get.:
===== Services ====='''North-South Highways ''(odd numbers)'' '''* [[A-13 (Quebec)|A-13]]* [[A-15 (Quebec)|A-15]]* [[A-25 (Quebec)|A-25]]* [[A-35 (Quebec)|A-35]]Most of the Services along the * [[A-55 (Quebec)|A-55]]* [[A-73 (Quebec)|A-40 are off the motorway.73]]
Between '''East-West Highways ''(even numbers)'' ''' * [[A-10 (Quebec city)|A-10]] and * [[TroisA-Rivières20 (Quebec)|A-20]], in * [[Portneuf]] County, there is two exits that provides 24h Services in StA-Marc-des30 (Quebec)|A-Carrières and Donnacona ''(See [[Portneuf30]] for the details]]''.The only Highway rest area is also located in * [[PortneufA-40 (Quebec)|A-40]] at the border with * [[A-50 (Quebec city)|A-50]] Urban Community but only Eastbound, the rest area Westbound has been definitely closed in 2005.
The Eastern part of [[Trois=== Highways -Rivières]] offers also a off the highway Services, located at ExitNational and Regional Route ===
[http://enThe motorway system is completed by a vast network of National and Regional Routes, which serves other cities or regions at far distance of the major motorway network.wikipediaThe numbering system for these route follow the same rule of odd and even numbers with the variation of including three (3) numbers.org/wiki/Quebec_Autoroute_40 A-40 Wikipedia] == A-20 == == A-10 == == A-55 == == A-15 == == A-73 =={{IsIn|Quebec}}
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[[Quebec]] has a particular but very comprehensive road network.
In Quebec the [[Quebec cityTrans-Canada Highway]] does not have a full status as reflected in any other [[Canada|Canadian]]provinces, it is although still existing through parts of the [[A-40 (known as 'Autoroute de la Capitale'Quebec) act as a by|A-pass while 40]] around [[Montreal Metropolitan]] and most of the [[A-440 20 (known as 'Boulevard Charest'Quebec) goes directly into downtown. Both the |A-40 20]] and A-440 terminates in the vicinity northern part of the [[A-15 (Quebec city)|A-15]] crossing the path of throughout the province. The [[A-20 (Quebec)|A-75 85 (North to Route 185)]] complete the infrastructure with [[ChicoutimiNew Brunswick]]), to continue on a journey further East, you would have to follow the National Road 138 towards Charlevoix.
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