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.

Autoroute 440
Autoroute Charest Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length	12.5 km (7.8 mi) Charest: 4.5 km (2.8 mi) Dufferin-Montmorency: 8 km (5.0 mi) [1][2]
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
Major cities	Sainte-Foy, Québec, Beauport
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former ← A-440 → A-520

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).

West end of Autoroute Dufferin-Montmorency

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
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

1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
2. "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

External links

• A-440 at Quebec Autoroutes
• Transports Quebec Map (in French)