Quebec Autoroute 440 (Quebec City)
Autoroute 440 (or A-440) is a superhighway located in Quebec City. It includes two separate segments, respectively named Autoroute Charest and Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency. Originally meant to be connected and form a single continuous highway via a tunnel under the city centre (unused ramps were torn down at the western terminus of the Dufferin-Montmorency section in the late 2000s), these plans were shelved years ago and are not expected to be revived.
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| Autoroute Charest Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1962[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   A-40 / A-73 in Québec | |||
 A-740 in Québec | ||||
| East end | A-40 in Québec | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Major cities | Quebec City | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The designation of Autoroute Charest is likely derived from Boulevard Charest, which is the street continuation east of this segment of A-440.
Route description
The Autoroute Charest segment is 4.5 km (2.8 mi) long. It begins at the junction of A-73 and A-40 and ends at Saint-Sacrement Avenue. Originally built as a two-lane freeway in 1962, it was twinned in 1967.
The roadway continues as Boulevard Charest into downtown Quebec, where A-440 traffic is directed along Rue Monseigneur-Gauvreau to reach the Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency at its westernmost interchange (exit 21).
The Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency is 8 km (5.0 mi) long. It begins at Route 175 (Corner of Avenue Dufferin and Côte d'Abraham) and ends at the junction with A-40 in Beauport. The portion from Route 175 to Boulevard Henri-Bourassa. (Exit 23) was built in 1976 and the rest of the segment (Exits 23 to 29) was built in 1982.
The autoroute was designated Dufferin-Montmorency because it extends former Avenue Dufferin (now Avenue Honoré-Mercier) in Quebec City and ends near the Montmorency Falls in Beauport. Lord Dufferin was a Governor General of Canada and had significant ties to Quebec City.
Exit list
The entire route is located in Québec City, Capitale-Nationale.
| km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | – | A-40 west (Autoroute Charest) – Montréal | ||||
| 12 | A-73 / A-40 east (Autoroute Henri-IV) – Pont Pierre-Laporte, Saguenay | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 12S (south) and 12N (north) | |||||
| 15 | A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) / Avenue Dalton / Avenue Watt / Rue Einstein | Exit 4 on A-740 | |||||
| – | Rue Cyrille-Duquet / Rue Frank-Carrel / Boulevard Charest east | At-grade intersection | |||||
| Gap in route; connection made via Boulevard Charest | |||||||
| 21 |  Route 175 (Grande-Allée) / Boulevard René-Lévesque / Rue d'Abraham | ||||||
| 22 | Boulevard des Capucins / Boulevard Champlain (Route 136) | ||||||
| 23 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | ||||||
| 24 | Avenue d'Estimauville | Eastbound exit is part of exit 23 | |||||
| – | Boulevard François-de-Laval – Beauport | At-grade intersection | |||||
| 27 | Boulevard des Chutes / Rue du Manège | ||||||
| 29 |  A-40 west – Montréal, Aéroport Jean-Lesage | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||
| – | A-40 east – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | Exit 323 on A-40 | |||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
References
- Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quebec Autoroute 440 (Quebec City). |
- A-440 at Quebec Autoroutes
- Transports Quebec Map (in French)