Quebec Autoroute 740

Autoroute 740
Autoroute Robert-Bourassa
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Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length:	7.4 km (4.6 mi)
Existed:	1975 – 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, 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). This new route was intended to provide an alternative to the heavily travelled Boulevard St. Jacques (which it parallels).

Exit list

The entire route is located in Québec City, Capitale-Nationale. 

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       Incomplete access

External links

• A-740 at Existlists.com
• A-740 at Quebec Autoroutes
• Transports Quebec Map