Quebec Autoroute 40
Template: Infobox trunk road / Maintenance / CA / QC -A
Region:
- Montérégie
- Montréal
- Lanaudière
- Mauricie
- Capitale-Nationale
The Autoroute 40 in the eastern Canadian province of Quebec belongs partly to the Trans-Canada Highway system. It is the continuation of Ontario Highway 417 and has a length of 341 km.
Route description
The Route begins at the border of the neighboring province of Western Ontario and sets the local Highway 417 continues, she is now part of the Trans-Canada Highway. Like all Autoroutes in Quebec and this is expanded highway-like. The auto route runs south of the Ottawa River to Vaudreuil - Dorion. There impinges on the Autoroute 40 Autoroute 540, which represents a connection to Autoroute 20. The Autoroute 40 leads to the Pont de l' Île aux Tourtes over the Lac des Deux- Montagnes and thus comes to the big city Montréal.
The road runs north of the airport Montréal- Trudeau, east of the airport crossing Autoroute 13 in Saint -Laurent district shall take the Autoroute 15 to the 40 and extends over 4 km together. In the Anjou district crosses Route 25, which takes over the award as Trans-Canada Highway to the east from this section. The route is based now on the barrel of the St. Lawrence River and runs parallel to the north shore. In Trois- Rivières crosses Route 55 and has 3.5 km for a common route. The Autoroute follows further to the northeast and into the provincial capital of Quebec. This is north-west bypass, back at the Saint - Lawrence River ends the Autoroute.
Expansion projects
Besides smaller modernization measures in the Greater Québec no expansion projects are planned.