Quebec Autoroute 740

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Autoroute 740
Autoroute Robert-Bourassa
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Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length: 7.4 km[2][1] (4.6 mi)
Existed: 1975[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: Route 175 in Quebéc
  A-440 in Québec
A-40 / A-73 in Québec
North end: Boulevard Lebourgneuf in Québec
Location
Major cities: Quebéc
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways
A-720 A-955

Autoroute 740 is a Quebec Autoroute in metropolitan Quebec City, Canada. A spur route of Autoroute 40, the A-740 runs for 7.3 km (4.5 mi) on a north-south axis (parallel to the St. Lawrence River) through the boroughs of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge and Les Rivières, with interchanges at the A-440 at exit 4 and the A-40 at exit 9.

Originally named the Autoroute du Vallon for the 17th century road it replaced,[3] in 2006, the Quebec government under then-Premier Jean Charest renamed the highway Autoroute Robert-Bourassa, in honour of a long serving former Quebec Premier.

Route description

The A-740 begins at an intersection with Route 175 (Also called Boulevard Laurier) in suburban Sainte-Foy, tracing the western limits of Université Laval along the northbound lanes and Place Sainte-Foy (a regional shopping mall) along the southbound lanes. Once past the university, the A-740 enters a 300 m tunnel, passing under heavily travelled chemin Sainte-Foy and chemin Quatre-Bourgeois. Passing to the west of Cégep de Sainte-Foy, the A-740 approaches the interchange with the A-440 at exit 4. From here, motorists on the A-440 can travel east (which becomes Boulevard Charest) towards the city centre or west to an interchange with the A-40 and A-73, affording access to Jean Lesage International Airport and points south and west.

Continuing north, the A-440 passes to the west of an industrial park, meets Route 138 at exit 7, then crosses the Saint-Charles River to an interchange with Boulevard Père-Lelièvre at exit 8 on the north shore. The autoroute provides the eastern boundary for a municipal park before meeting the A-40/A-73 (a concurrent route) at a cloverleaf interchange. The A-740 ends shortly after the A-40/A-73 interchange, passing to the west of the Galeries de la Capitale (another regional shopping mall) to an intersection with Boulevard Lebourgneuf.

The original plans called for the A-740 to continue northward after the first section opened in 1982, and so the government preserved the autoroute's intended path. Instead, in 2006, an urban boulevard (Boulevard Robert-Bourassa) was opened on this right of way, running for 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from the northern terminus of the A-740 to Route 369 (Boulevard Bastien).[4] This new route was intended to provide an alternative to the heavily travelled Boulevard St. Jacques (which it parallels).

Exit list

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km mi Exit Destinations Notes
0.00 0.00 Route 175 (Boulevard Laurier) At-grade intersection
Boulevard Hachelaga At-grade intersection
2 Université Laval
3 Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois / Chemin Sainte-Foy
4E A-440 east (Boulevard Charest) / Boulevard du Versant – Québec Centre-Ville Exit 15 on A-440
4O A-440 west (Autoroute Charest) to A-40 west / Rue Cyrille-Duquet – Aéroport Jean-Lesage, Pont Pierre-Laporte Exit 15 on A-440
6 Rue Jacard / Rue Léon-Harmel / Rue Cyrille-Duquet Southbound exit and entrance
7 Route 138 (Boulevard Wilfred-Hamel)
8 Boulevard Pére Leliévre
9 A-40 / A-73 – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saguenay, Montréal, Pont Pierre-Laporte, Aéroport Jean-Lesage Signed as exits 9E (east) and 9O (west); exit 310 on A-40 and 73
Boulevard Lebourgneuf / Boulevard Robert-Bourassa north At-grade intersection; continues north without designation
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  2. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
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External links

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