Autoroute 40 (officially called Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Expressway/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal) is a major highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It is one of the two main connections between Montreal and Quebec City (the other being Autoroute 20 on the south shore of the St. Lawrence). Autoroute 40 is currently long.

The western terminus of Autoroute 40 is located at the Ontario–Quebec border, where it continues as Highway 417 towards Ottawa; the eastern terminus is in Boischatel, where it transitions into Route 138 at the end of the freeway.

Two sections of Autoroute 40 were not part of the original plans: The original intention was to bypass Trois-Rivières to the north (the existing A-40 through downtown would have been Autoroute 755 and the concurrency with Autoroute 55 would have been simply A-55). In addition, a different route was originally planned around Sainte-Foy (now in the west end of Quebec City) north of Jean Lesage International Airport (the existing 12 km segment of Autoroute 40 between St-Augustin and Autoroute 73 would have been the western end of Autoroute 440, thus explaining the exit numbering starting at 12). While the right-of-ways of both bypasses still exist and may still be developed in the future as congestion increases, there are no immediate plans to renew construction.

Some discussion of eastward extensions of A-40 into the Charlevoix region and beyond have taken place, most likely to Route 360 in Beaupre or even as far as Route 362 in La Malbaie since tourism in the region is increasing; however, that appears unlikely in the short term.

The portion of Autoroute 40 from the Ontario border to Autoroute 25 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.

In 1997, the highway (apart from the portion served by the Metropolitan Expressway) was renamed Autoroute Félix-Leclerc after the late Quebec artist and political activist Félix Leclerc.

Of historical note, a several kilometre stretch of the highway in Pointe-Claire (from roughly St. John's Boulevard near Fairview Pointe-Claire Shopping Centre to St. Charles Boulevard) was used during the 1976 Summer Olympics for the men's cycling road races.

Exit list

Location	#	Destinations	Notes
Pointe-Fortune	1
	2	Montée Wilson – Pointe-Fortune
Rigaud
	6	Montée Baie Saint-Thomas
	9
	12
	17
Saint-Lazare	22	Hudson, Saint-Lazare
Vaudreuil-Dorion	26
	32	, Toronto
	35	Avenue Saint-Charles – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
	36	Chemin Dumberry, Chemin des Chenaux	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Senneville	40	Montréal	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance (U-turn ramp)
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue	41	Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Ile-Perrot
	44	Boulevard Morgan
Kirkland	49	Chemin Sainte-Marie
	50	Boulevard Saint-Charles
Pointe-Claire	52	Boulevard Saint-Jean
	55	Boulevard des Sources
Dorval
Dollard-des-Ormeaux	58	Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Alfred-Nobel, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Westbound exit is via exits 60 (Boulevard Alfred-Nobel) and 62 (Boulevard Hymus, Boulevard Henri-Bourassa)
Montreal
	60
	62	Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu
	64	Boulevard Cavendish
	65
Montreal Mount Royal	66-S	, Champlain Bridge	West end of A-15 overlap
	67		Eastbound exit is via exit 65
	68	Rue Stinson, Chemin Rockland	Westbound exit is via exit 70
	70		East end of A-15 overlap
Montreal		Boulevard de l'Acadie	Eastbound exit is via exit 68; westbound exit is via exit 71
	71	Boulevard Saint-Laurent
			Eastbound exit is via exit 71; westbound exit is via exit 73
	73	Rue Saint-Hubert, Avenue Christophe-Colomb
			Eastbound exit is via exit 73; westbound exit is via exit 75
	74	Rue d'Iberville	Westbound exit is via exit 75
	75	Boulevard Saint-Michel
	76
	77	Boulevard Lacordaire	Westbound exit is via exit 76
	78	Boulevard Langelier, Boulevard Les Galeries-d'Anjou
	80		Signed as exits 80-S (south) and 80-N (north)
	82	Boulevard Roi-René, Boulevard Ray-Lawson
	85	Boulevard Bourget, Avenue Marien, Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste	(eastbound)/(westbound)
Montréal-Est
Montreal	87	Boulevard Tricentenaire	Westbound exit is via exit 85
	89		Eastbound exit is via exit 87
	92	Boulevard Gouin	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Terrebonne	94
	96		Signed as exits 96-E (east) and 96-O (west)
Charlemagne
Repentigny	97	Boulevard Pierre-Le Gardeur – Le Gardeur, Charlemagne	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	98	Repentigny / Le Gardeur
	100	Boulevard Industriel, Rue Valmont
	102	Rue Valmont (westbound only)
L'Assomption	108	Route 341 / Route 343 L'Épiphanie, L'Assomption, Saint-Sulpice
Lavaltrie	118	Point-du-Jour Service Area
	122	Autoroute 31 / Route 131 Joliette / Lavaltrie
Lanoraie	130	Lanoraie
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier	141	Rang Sainte-Philomène
Berthierville	144	Route 158 Saint-Gabriel, Berthierville
Saint-Cuthbert	151	Route 138 Saint-Cuthbert
Saint-Barthélemy	155	Saint-Bathélémy, Maskinongé
Maskinongé	160	Rang de la Rivière Sud-Est
		Pointe-du-Lac Rest Area
Maskinongé - Louiseville Boundary	166	Louiseville, Maskinongé
Louiseville - Yamachiche Boundary	174	Route 138 Louiseville, Yamachiche
Yamachiche	180	Route 153 Yamachiche
Trois-Rivières	187	Route 138 Pointe-du-Lac
	189	Rang St-Charles
	192	Chemin des Petites-Terres
	196	Autoroute 40 East Autoroute 55 Route 155 Shawinigan / Trois-Rivières, Quebec	(3.5 km concurrency does not count in exit numbering)
	197	Autoroute 40 West Autoroute 55 Route 155 Bécancour / Montreal, Shawinigan
	198	Boulevard des Récollets
	199	Boulevard des Forges (indicated as Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville)
	201	Boulevard des Chenaux
Trois-Rivières	202	Boulevard des Estacades
	203	Route 157 Rue Thibeau, Saint-Louis-de-France, Shawinigan-Sud
	205	Boulevard des Prairies, Sainte-Marthe-du-Cap
Saint-Maurice	210	Route 352 Saint-Maurice
Champlain	220	Route 359 Champlain / Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes / Grand-Mère
Saint-Geneviève-de-Batiscan	229	Route 361 Narcisse / Bastiscan / Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade	236	Route 159 Saint-Prosper / Saint-Casimir / Saint-Tite / Sainte-Anne-de-La-Pérade
Deschambault-Grondines	250	Chemin de St-Casimir
Deschambault-Grondines	254	Route 363 Saint-Marc-des-Carrières / Deschambault-Grondines
	257	Saint-Gilbert / Deschambault
Portneuf	261	Portneuf, Notre-Dame-de-Portneuf	(Rue Provencher)
Cap-Santé	269	Route 358 Pont-Rouge / Saint-Basile / Cap-Santé
Donnacona	274	Donnacona
Neuville	281	Route 365 Pont-Rouge / Saint-Raymond / Neuville
	285	Neuville
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures	295	Route 367 Route de Fossambault, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier / Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
	298	Route 138 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures / L'Anceinne-Lorette
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures - Quebec City boundary	300	Chemin du Lac
Quebec City	302	Route Jean-Gauvin, Cap Rouge
	304	Avenue Le Gendre
	305	Autoroute 540 Autoroute Duplessis, Pont-Pierre-Laporte / Route de l'Aéroport
	306	Avenue Blaise-Pascal
	307	Autoroute 73 South (Pont-Pierre-Laporte) Autoroute 540 East Autoroute 573 Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
	308	Route 371 Boulevard Masson, Boulevard de l'Ormière
	310	Rue Letourneau / Rue Arnaud
	311	Autoroute 740 Autoroute Robert-Bourassa / Boulevard Saint-Jacques
	312	Route 358 Vanier; Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand
	313	Autoroute 73 North Route 175 Saguenay, Alma / Québec CENTRE-VILLE
	315	1ère Avenue
	316	Boulevard Henri-Bourassa
	318	Avenue du Bourg-Royal
	319	Avenue Saint-David
	320	Rue Seigneuriale, Beauport CENTRE-VILLE
	321	Rue Labelle
	322	Boulevard des Chutes
	323	Autoroute 440 in Quebec
	325	Route 138 Route 368 Ile-d'Orléans

See also

• List of crossings of the Ottawa River
• List of bridges in Montreal

References

External links

• A-40 at Exitlists.com
• A-40 at Quebec Autoroutes
• Virtual tour of A-40
• Transports Quebec Map