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Laval Autoroute
Laval Autoroute cuts Jesus Island in an East-West Axis. It links every freeway or expressway that connects
Montreal to North Shore.
Otherwise, it would have run in the des Bois Ave. corridor and crossed Des Prairies River on Bigras and Bizard islands.
On these islands, the ROW is actually a public park. In Montreal, A-440 ROW is just west of Château-Pierrefonds
Boulevard. Laval Freeway would have ended at Sainte-Marie interchange.
Status : In service
Years in service
: 1974 - present
Location : Laval city, Laval region.
Western terminus : Av. Des Bois (Laval / Secteur Laval-Ouest) (km 16)
Eastern terminus : Boulevard Pie-IX (R-125) (Laval / Secteur St-Vincent-de-Paul) (km 27)
Length
: 13.2 kilometres
Other names : Boulevard 440
Lowest AADT : 13 500 vpd (between R-117 and Avenue des Bois) (2000)
Highest
AADT : 131 000 vpd (between Boulevard des Laurentides and Boulevard
Industriel) (2000)
| A-440 near A-19 junction |
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| Picture from www.exitlists.com |
Charest and Dufferin-Montmorency Autoroutes
Route 440 serves Québec midtown. It is cut in two pieces by St-Roch and Limoilou areas. Both Charest and
Dufferin-Montmorency Autoroutes would have been connected by a tunnel wich was never built (note the ghost ramps
on the picture below). Dufferin-Montmorency autoroute runs so close to the St. Lawrence river (Beauport bluffs) that
building interchange at François-de-Laval was impossible. MTQ raised traffic lights instead.
Status : In service
Years in service
: 1962 - present
Location : Québec city, Capitale-Nationale region.
Western terminus
: Aut. Henri-IV (A-73) (Québec Arr. Ste-Foy-Sillery III) (km 12)
Eastern terminus
: Autoroute Félix-Leclerc (A-40) (Québec Arr. Beauport V) (km 29)
Missing link
: Between Avenue Saint-Sacrement (Québec Arr. de La Cité I) (km 17) and Rue du Pont (Québec) (km 21)
Length : 12.5 kilometres
Other names :
Lowest AADT : 56 000 vpd (between A-73 and A-740) (2000)
Highest AADT
: 21 800 vpd (between Boul. des Chutes and A-40) (2000)
| D.-Montmorency Western Terminus (A-440 Exit 21) |
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| Picture taken by Webfil on 11/09/2004 |
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