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The '''A-40''', known as ''Autoroute 40'' and officially named ''Autoroute Félix-Leclerc'' and ''Autoroute de la Rive-Nord'' runs on one stretch from the border of [[Ontario]] to the West and finishes just East of [[Quebec city]]. The A-40 highway continues its path into [[Ontario]] as the [[H-417 (Ontario)|H-417]], which goes towards [[Ottawa]], the provincial border in Rigaud. It also runs parallel to the St-Lawrence River on its northern bank crossing the main urban areas on [[Montreal]] Island, [[Trois-Rivières]] before finally reaching [[Quebec city]] where the highway finally merge with the National Route 138 continuing further East. In between these three main cities, you cross a long rural landscape going from farmland to a big nothing in these rural areas it could be feasible to hitch along the highway itself at some point. This gets impossible the nearer of [[Montreal]] you get.
The A-40 is part of the [[Trans-Canada Highway|Transcanadian Highway]] between [[Montreal]] and the [[Ontario|ontarian]] border.
=== Section West - [[Ontario]] border and [[Montreal Metropolitan]] ===
==== In [[Montérégie]], [[Montreal Metropolitan]], [[Lanaudière]] Regions ====
In [[Montreal Metropolitan]], the A-40 runs in the northern part of the [[Montreal]] island and is known as ''Autoroute Metropolitaine'' until it reaches the St-Lawrence North Shore at the 'Charles-De-Gaulle Bridge' in Repentigny. The A-40 highway also includes two peripheral By-Pass branches meant to avoid the urban traffic of downtown [[Montreal]] and facilitate the transport towards the northern regions of [[Laurentides/Lanaudières]]. From Repentigny, the A-440 and the A-640 aim to By-Pass [[Montreal]] Island, the A-440 goes through and finishes in [[Laval]] while the A-640 follows the Northern shore before finishing in the surrounding of Oka. Both connects with the [[A-13 (Quebec)|A-13]] that runs North-South back to the main A-40 on Montreal Island and the [[A-15 (Quebec)|A-15]] which also goes further north.
'''Autoroute 40''' as ''' 'Trans-Canada Highway' ''' - border '''[[Ontario]]''':
** Split Ramp, Entrance 1km further from Exit
* '''(32) {{junction}} Junction ''Autoroute 540'' '''
** Chance to join the [[A-20 (Quebec)|A-20]] Eastwards for certain [[Montreal Metropolitan]] destinations or Westwards towards [[Ontario]] [[H-401|Highway 401]]
* '''(35) {{Ramp}} Vaudreuil-Dorion''' (Avenue Saint-Charles)
* '''(36) {{Ramp}} ''' (Chemin des Chenaux)
* '''(60) {{junction}} Junction ''Autoroute Chomedey'' [[A-13 (Quebec)|A-13]] '''
** Chance to get to [[Montreal]] [[Dorval Airport]]
** Chance to get onto the [[A-20 (Quebec)|A-20]] or other [[Montreal Metropolitan]] destinations
** Chance to get onto the A-440 and A-640 **Chance to head north towards Ottawa on the [[A-50 (Quebec)|A-50]] or Route 148
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* '''(70) {{junction}} Junction ''Autoroute Laurentienne'' [[A-15 (Quebec)|Autoroute 15 North]] '''
** Chance to get to other north bank destinations
** Chance to get onto the A-440 and A-640 **Chance to head north towards Ottawa on the [[A-50 (Quebec)|A-50]] or towards northern region and the [[Trans-Taiga]] Route
* '''(71) {{Ramp}} [[Montreal]]''' (Route 335 Saint-Laurent blvd., Saint-Denis St.)
** 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 destinations through Pont Jacques-Cartier
* '''(80) {{junction}} Junction ''Autoroute Louis H. Lafontaine'' [[A-25 (Quebec)|Autoroute 25 North]] '''
** Chance to get to East [[Montreal]] destinations
** Chance to get to [[Montreal Metropolitan]] South Shore**Chance to head East towards Quebec on the [[A-20 (Quebec)|A-20]] (Trans-Canada)
** Chance to get to [[Montreal]] Underground System
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* '''(96) {{junction}} Junction ''Autoroute 640'' By-pass'''
** Montreal Northern By-pass ''(note: incomplete)''
** Chance to get to [[Montreal Metropolitan]] 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 (Quebec)|A-50]] or towards [[Abitibi]] northern region and the [[Trans-Taiga]] Route
* '''(97) {{Ramp}} Charlemagne (Eastbound exit/Westbound entrance)''' (Blvd Pierre-Legardeur (eastbound only))
** Chance to get onto East [[Montreal]] destinations through local road
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==== '''Autoroute 440 ''' ([[Laval]]) ====
Western end as ''Avenue des Bois'' in [[Laval]]As ''Autoroute Laval''
** Continue westward as ''Avenue des Bois''
* '''(17) {{junction}} [[A-13 (Quebec)|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) {{Ramp}} ''' (Route 117 (Boulevard Curé-Labelle) / Boulevard Chomedey)
* '''(22) {{junction}} [[A-15 (Quebec)|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) {{Ramp}} ''' (Boulevard Industriel)
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==== '''Autoroute 640 ''' ([[Laurentides]]/[[Lanaudières]]) ====
Western end as ''Chemin des Collines''/Chemin d'Oka (Route 344) in Oka
* '''(14) {{Ramp}} ''' (25e Avenue)
* '''(16) {{junction}} [[A-13 (Quebec)|Autoroute Chomedey A-13]]'''
** Chance to head south towards [[Montreal]] West End and Dorval Airport
** Northern end of [[A-13 (Quebec)|A-13]]
* '''(19) {{Ramp}} ''' (Boul. de la Grande-Allée) ''(Eastbound)''
* '''(20) {{junction}} [[A-15 (Quebec)|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
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==== ''Autoroute 540 ([[Monteregie]])'' ====Short Connector between the A-40 and the [[A-20 (Quebec)|A-20]] west of [[Montreal Metropolitan]].*'''(32) {{junction}} A-40 Autoroute Félix-Leclerc'''
* '''(3) {{Ramp}} ''' (Route 340 - Boul. de la Cité-des-Jeunes - Vaudreuil)
* ''' {{Ramp}} ''' ''(Northbound only)'' (Rue Henry-Ford/Route Harwood (Route 342))
=== Section Centre [[Trois-Rivières|Trois-Rivieres]] ===
==== In [[Lanaudière]] and [[Mauricie]] Regions ====
In [[Trois-Rivières]], the By-Pass project was never built. Therefore, the highway runs directly into downtown and requires that you overlap onto the [[A-55 (Quebec)|A-55]] for a few km on the western part of the city. Note that the southern junction between the A-40 and [[A-55 (Quebec)|A-55]] would be a dangerous hitching spot, the northern junction (leading to [[Montreal]] westbound) would even enable you to hitch directly on the highway viaduc itself. The distance to travel on the [[A-55 (Quebec)|A-55]] is about 4km.
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=== Section East [[Greater Quebec]] Region ===
==== In [[Greater Quebec]] Region ====
In [[Quebec city]], the A-40 (known as 'Autoroute de la Capitale') act as a By-Pass north of the city while the A-440 (known as 'Boulevard Charest') goes directly into downtown. Both the A-40 and A-440 terminates in the vicinity of [[Quebec city]] crossing the path of the [[A-73 (Quebec)|A-73]] (northwards to [[Chicoutimi]] and Southwards to [[Maine]]), to continue on a journey further East, you would have to follow the National Road [[Route 138 (Quebec)|138]] toward [[Charlevoix]]. West of Quebec city, in the region of [[Portneuf]], it could be feasible to hitch along the highway itself at some point.
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