Autoroute 440 (or A-440, also known as Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie and previously as Autoroute Laval) is a provincial highway that runs across the city of

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from Autoroute 13 to Autoroute 25. It is currently long and proceeds across

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on an east–west axis. It links every highway or expressway that connects

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to the North Shore. Originally, it was supposed to have continued west in the Avenue des Bois corridor and crossed

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on Bigras and Bizard Islands. On the latter island, the

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is actually a public park. On the

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, the A-440 right-of-way is just west of Boulevard Chateau-Pierrefonds. The autoroute would have ended at the Chemin Sainte-Marie interchange (Exit 49), on Autoroute 40.

History

A-440 was built over the following timeline: Note: Only

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s were originally built from A-13 to Boulevard Industriel (Exit 24), but they were signed as Autoroute 440 until the autoroute was completed in 1994.

Exit list

The entire route is in

. The exit numbers do not correspond with the km marker because the highway is never fully completed.

References

External links

Transport Quebec websiteTransport Quebec Map

Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: Laval Autoroute (A-440)
{{Quebec Autoroutes 40-4 Laval Roads in Laval, Quebec