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The Décarie Interchange is a highway interchange located on the island of
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Geography

It is one of the busiest interchanges in Montreal as it connects Autoroute 40 ( Metropolitan Boulevard; also
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) with Autoroute 15 south (
Decarie Autoroute Autoroute 15 (also called the Décarie Expressway (English) or Autoroute Décarie (French) between the Turcot and Décarie Interchanges in Montreal and the Laurentian Autoroute (English) or Autoroute des Laurentides (French) north of Autorout ...
) and also provides access to Boulevard Marcel-Laurin ( Route 117) and
Decarie Boulevard Autoroute 15 (also called the Décarie Expressway (English) or Autoroute Décarie (French) between the Turcot and Décarie Interchanges in Montreal and the Laurentian Autoroute (English) or Autoroute des Laurentides (French) north of Autorout ...
in the borough of Saint-Laurent. Slightly to the west of the interchange is another interchange that is the eastern terminus of Autoroute 520 (Cote-de-Liesse Expressway) which merges into Autoroute 40 with a traffic circle, and sometimes considered part of the extended Decarie Interchange region, and marks the western terminus of the Metropolitan Boulevard elevated expressway, which falls to ground level to the west of this.


History

The Decarie Interchange was constructed from 1960-1964 along the