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.
 Autoroute 440 | ||||
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| Autoroute Charest Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 12.9 km (8.0 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1962[1]–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 derived from Boulevard Charest, which is the street continuation east of this segment of A-440.
Route description
editThe 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.[1] 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 8.5 km (5.3 mi) long. It begins at Côte de la Potasse, one block north of Route 175 (corner of Avenue Dufferin and Côte d'Abraham), and ends at the junction with A-40 in Beauport.[1] 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
editThe entire route is located in Quebec City, Québec TE.
| km[2] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | – | A-40 west (Autoroute Félix-Leclerc) – Montréal | Signed as exits 12S (south) and 12N (north); A-40 east exit 307; A-73 / A-40 west exit 139; continues as A-40 west | |||
| 12 | A-73 / A-40 east (Autoroute Henri-IV) – Pont Pierre-Laporte, Saguenay | ||||||
| 1.3– 2.9 | 0.81– 1.8 | 15 | A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) / Avenue Dalton / Avenue Watt / Rue Einstein | A-740 exit 4 | |||
| 4.2 | 2.6 | – | Rue Cyrille-Duquet / Rue Frank-Carrel | At-grade intersection | |||
| 4.5 | 2.8 | – | Avenue Saint-Sacrement Boulevard Charest | At-grade intersection | |||
| Gap in A-440; connection made via Boulevard Charest | |||||||
| −0.1 | −0.062 |  Avenue Honoré-Mercier / Rue d'Abraham (R-175) | Continues as Avenue Honoré-Mercier | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | – | Côte de la Potasse | At-grade intersection | |||
| 0.8 | 0.50 | 21 | Boulevard Charest | Left exit; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
| 0.9 | 0.56 | Crosses the Saint-Charles River | |||||
| 1.2 | 0.75 | 22 | Boulevard des Capucins / Boulevard Jean-Lesage (R-136 west) | No eastbound exit to Boulevard Jean-Lesage; westbound exit part of exit 23 | |||
| 2.0 | 1.2 | 23 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | ||||
| 3.2 | 2.0 | 24 | Avenue d'Estimauville | Eastbound exit part of exit 23 | |||
| 4.7 | 2.9 | – | Boulevard François-de-Laval | At-grade intersection | |||
| 6.1 | 3.8 | 27 | Boulevard des Chutes / Rue du Manège | To R-138 (Boulevard Sainte-Anne) | |||
| 8.5 | 5.3 | 29 |  A-40 west – Montréal, Aéroport Jean-Lesage | A-40 exit 323; continues as A-40 east | |||
| – |   A-40 east to R-138 / R-368 – Île d'Orléans, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec - Transports et Mobilité durable Québec". Ministère des Transports (in Canadian French). Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ "Quebec Autoroute 440" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
External links
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- A-440 at Quebec Autoroutes
- Transports Quebec Map (in French)