Quebec Autoroute 20
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| Autoroute 20 |
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| Autoroute Jean-Lesage | |
| Length: | Main section: 517 km (321 mi) Rimouski part: 31 km (19 mi) |
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| Formed: | 1964 |
| Direction: | East/West |
| From: | Ontario/Quebec border near Rivière-Beaudette, Quebec |
| To: | Mont-Joli, Quebec |
| Major cities: | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Montreal, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Drummondville, Lévis, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski |
Autoroute 20 (also called Autoroute Jean-Lesage) is a very long and important Autoroute in Quebec. It is one of the two main freeway connections between Montreal and Quebec City (the other being Autoroute 40), and provides important connections to the west and east of the two main cities as well. A-20 is currently 548 km (340 miles) long, making it the longest Autoroute in Quebec.
There are actually two distinct sections of A-20, broken by a gap of 82 km (51 miles) which is intended to be eliminated by 2015.
The first (main) section begins at the Ontario-Quebec boundary near Riviere-Beaudette as it is the continuation of Highway 401 and ends east of Riviere-du-Loup at Route 132. The first section is 517 km (321 miles) long, and is a complete 4 to 6-lane freeway, with two short exceptions:
- An at-grade railroad crossing remains near Saint-Hyacinthe; several others had existed but were abandoned or grade-separated.
- A short section through Dorion and L'Ile-Perrot remains a congested 4-lane urban arterial road. The speed limit is 50 km/h (30 mph) in Dorion and 70 km/h (45 mph) in L'Ile Perrot. It is planned to be upgraded to Autoroute standards, despite the fact that Autoroute 30 will provide a bypass around the Greater Montreal Area by 2009.
The second section currently begins at Route 132 in Le Bic and ends at Route 298 in Luceville after recent extensions were completed in 2003. In 2006 it is expected that A-20 will be extended further, to Mont-Joli. The original part of the second section was to provide a bypass of Rimouski. This section is currently 31 km (19 miles) long; it will be 42 km (26 miles) long after the extension to Mont-Joli is completed, and is currently a two-lane freeway for its entire length.
It is expected that the two segments will be joined up by 2015 according to the Bas-Saint-Laurent official plan. Once they are joined up, the length of A-20 will be 641 km (398 miles). It is unclear whether the gap will be filled by a two- or four-lane freeway. No further eastward extensions are currently planned.
Between Autoroute 25 in Longueuil and Autoroute 85 in Riviere-du-Loup, A-20 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
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[edit] Trivia
Between the Quebec Route 138 junction and Autoroute 15 junction, vehicles travel on left side of the highway instead of usual right side, divided by a section of railroad.
[edit] Interchanges from west to east
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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Continues as  Highway 401 in Ontario |
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| Riviere-Beaudette | 2 | Rue Principale ( Quebec route 325) |
| Saint-Zotique | 6 | Chemin St-Thomas / 69e Avenue |
| Saint-Zotique | 9 | Chemin Ste-Catherine / 34e Avenue |
| Les Coteaux | 12 | Montee de Comte / Rue Sauve |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 14 |  Quebec route 201 South |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 17 | Rue Principale (Quebec route 201 North) |
| Coteau-du-Lac | 19 | Chemin St-Emmanuel |
| Les Cedres | 22 | Chemin St-Dominique |
| Les Cedres | 26 | Chemin St-Fereol |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 29 |  Autoroute 540 / future  Autoroute 30 |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 31* | Boulevard Harwood ( Quebec route 342) (at-grade intersection, future interchange) [1] |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 33* | Avenue St-Henri (at-grade intersection, future interchange) |
| Ottawa River | ||
| Pincourt - Terrasse-Vaudreuil Boundary | 35 | Boulevard Cardinal-Leger |
| L'Ile-Perrot | 37* | Boulevard Don-Quichotte (at-grade intersection, future interchange) |
| L'Ile-Perrot | 38* | Boulevard Perrot (at-grade intersection, future interchange) |
| Galipeault Bridge | ||
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | 39 | Rue St-Pierre / Boulevard des Ancients-Combattants |
| Baie-d'Urfe | 42 | Rue Morgan |
| Beaconsfield | 45 | Avenue Woodland |
| Beaconsfield | 48 | Boulevard St-Charles |
| Pointe-Claire | 49 | Avenue Cartier |
| Pointe-Claire | 50 | Boulevard St-Jean |
| Pointe-Claire | 51 | Chemin Bord-du-Lac (eastbound only) |
| Dorval | 53 | Avenue Lakebreeze / Boulevard des Sources |
| Dorval | 54 | Chemin Herron (eastbound) / Boulevard Fenelon (westbound) |
| Dorval | 56 | Boulevard Fenelon (eastbound) / Avenue Dorval /  Autoroute 520 (Autoroute Côte de Liesse) |
| Montreal | 58 | 55e Avenue |
| Montreal | 60 | 32e Avenue /  Autoroute 13 (Autoroute Chomedey) |
| Montreal | 61 | 14e Avenue (eastbound) / Rue Norman (westbound) |
| Montreal | 62 | 1ère Avenue / Rue St-Jacques / Saint-Pierre (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 63 |  Quebec route 138 West / Pont Mercier / Lasalle (eastbound) / Quebec route 138 West / Pont Mercier / Lasalle / Saint-Pierre (westbound) |
| Montreal | 64 | Quebec route 138 East / Rue St-Jacques / Boulevard Angrignon (eastbound only) |
| Montreal | 67 | Boulevard Angrignon (westbound only) |
| Montreal | 68 |  Autoroute 15 North (Autoroute Decarie) (eastbound only exit 68-N) /  Autoroute 720 (Autoroute Ville-Marie) (eastbound only, no exit number) / Autoroute 15 South /  Autoroute 20 East / Pont Champlain / U.S.A (eastbound only exit 68-S) |
| Montreal | 62 (69*) | Boulevard de la Verenydre (A-15 multiplex begins) |
| Montreal | 61 (70*) | Avenue Atwater |
| Montreal | 60 (71*) | Verdun Rue Wellignton (westbound) /  Autoroute 10 West (Autoroute Bonaventure) / Rue Wellington (eastbound) (A-10 multiplex with A-15 and A-20 begins) |
| Montreal | 58 (73*) | Autoroute 10 West (Autoroute Bonaventure) (westbound only) |
| Saint Lawrence River Champlain Bridge | ||
| Montreal | 57 (74*) | Île des Soeurs (Nun's Island) |
| Saint Lawrence River Saint Lawrence Seaway Champlain Bridge | ||
| Longueuil | 53 (77*) | Autoroute 15 South / Autoroute 20 East (Autoroute Jean-Lesage) (A-15 multiplex ends, A-10 is not an exit, A-15 and A-20 are. If you keep going straight, you are on A-10) |
| Longueuil | 1 (78*) | Boulevard Simard ( Quebec route 132 multiplex begins) |
| Longueuil | 3 (79*) | Rue Riverside (eastbound) / Boulevard Wilfred-Laurier / Pont Victoria ( Quebec route 112) (westbound) |
| Longueuil | 6 (82*) | Avenue Notre-Dame |
| Longueuil | 7 (83*) | Boulevard Lafayette (eastbound only) |
| Longueuil | 8 (84*) | Boulevard Taschereau ( Quebec route 134) |
| Longueuil | 11 (87*) | Boulevard Roland-Therrien |
| Longueuil | 90 |  Autoroute 25 / Quebec route 132 (multiplex ends) |
| Longueuil | 91 | Rue Lauzon / Rue Trans-Canada |
| Longueuil | 92 | Boulevard de Mortagne |
| Longueuil | 93 | Rue Nobel (eastbound only) |
| Longueuil | 95 | Boulevard de Montarville |
| Longueuil | 98 | Autoroute 30 |
| Sainte-Julie | 102 | Chemin du Fer-a-Cheval |
| Sainte-Julie | 105 | Rue Bernard-Pilon |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil - Beloeil Boundary | 109 | Montee St-Jean-Baptiste |
| Beloeil | 112 | Rue Richelieu ( Quebec route 223) |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 113 | Chemin des Patriotes (Quebec route 133) |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 115 | Rue la Grande-Allee |
| Sainte-Madeleine | 120 |  Quebec route 227 |
| La Présentation | 123 | Grand Rang |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 130 |  Quebec route 137 /  Quebec route 235 |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 133 | Rue Girouard |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 134 | Chemin du Rapide Plat / Rue Yamaska |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 138 | 3e Rang ( Quebec route 224) |
| Saint-Simon | 141 |  Quebec route 116 West |
| Saint-Simon | 143 | Rang St-Georges (westbound only) |
| Saint-Simon - Saint-Liboire Boundary | 145 | Rang St-Edouard |
| Saint-Simon - Saint-Liboire Boundary | 147 | Quebec route 116 East / Rang Charlotte |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 150 | 2e Rang |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot | 152 | Rue Principale / 3e Rang |
| Saint-Eugène - Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton Boundary | 157 | Rue Brodeur |
| Saint-Eugene | 160 | Rang de l'Eglise ( Quebec route 239) |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | 166 | 10e Rang |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham | 170 | Chemin Yamaska ( Quebec route 122) |
| Drummondville | 173 |  Autoroute 55 South |
| Drummondville | 175 | Boulevard Lemire ( Quebec route 143 North) |
| Drummondville | 177 | Boulevard St-Joseph (Quebec route 143 South) |
| Drummondville | 179 | Chemin du Golf |
| Saint-Charles-de-Drummond | 181 | Boulevard Foucault |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | 185 | 5e Rang de Wendover / Rue St-Louis ( Quebec route 255) |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Paroisse | 191 | 9e Rang de Wendover |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Paroisse | 196 | 12e Rang de Wendover |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil Paroisse - Saint-Léonard-d'Aston Boundary | 200 | Autoroute 55 North /  Quebec route 155 |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston | 202 | Rang du Moulin-Rouge |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 204 | Rang des Cédres / Rang des Plaines |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 210 |  Quebec route 161 /  Autoroute 955 |
| Sainte-Eulalie | 215 | Rang des Épinettes |
| Sainte-Anne-du-Sault | 220 | Route Principale ( Quebec route 261) |
| Saint-Louis-du-Blandford | 228 |  Quebec route 165 |
| Saint-Louis-du-Blandford | 235 |  Quebec route 162 /  Quebec route 263 |
| Manseau | 243 |  Quebec route 218 |
| Villeroy | 253 | Rue Principale ( Quebec route 265) |
| Villeroy | 256 | 4e Rang / 5e Rang Villeroy |
| Val-Alain | 261 | Rue Principale |
| Val-Alain | 266 | 4e Rang / 5e Rang Val-Alain |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly | 271 | Route Village |
| Laurier-Station | 278 | Rue St-Joseph ( Quebec route 271) |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 285 | Rang de Pierriche |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 291 |  Quebec route 273 |
| Saint-Apollinaire | 296 | Route du Cap |
| Lévis | 305 | Route Lagueux ( Quebec route 171) |
| Lévis | 311 | Quebec route 116 |
| Lévis | 312 |  Autoroute 73 (eastbound only) |
| Lévis | 314 | Autoroute 73 (westbound) / Chemin de Sault (  Quebec route 175) |
| Lévis | 318 | 4e Avenue ( Quebec route 275) |
| Lévis | 321 | Chemin des Îles |
| Lévis | 325 | Route Président-Kennedy ( Quebec route 173) |
| Lévis | 327 | Route MGR-Bourget |
| Lévis | 330 | Chemin St-Roch / Route Lallemand |
| Beaumont | 337 | Rue de l'Anse ( Quebec route 279) |
| Beaumont | 341 | Route de Beaumont |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | 348 |  Quebec route 281 |
| Saint-Vallier | 356 | Montee de la Station |
| Berthier-sur-Mer - Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud Boundary | 364 | Route St-François |
| Montmagny - Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud Boundary | 369 | Route de St-Pierre |
| Montmagny | 376 | Chemin des Poirier ( Quebec route 228) |
| Montmagny | 378 | Rue St-Pierre ( Quebec route 283) |
| Cap-Saint-Ignace | 388 | Route Petit-Cap |
| L'Islet | 400 | 5e Avenue ( Quebec route 285) |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 414 | Route de l'Eglise ( Quebec route 204) |
| Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies | 430 | Route de la Seigneurie (Quebec route 132) |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | 436 | Access road to La Pocatière |
| La Pocatière | 439 | 2e Rue Guimond |
| La Pocatière | 444 | Avenue de la Grande-Anse (Quebec route 132) |
| Rivière-Ouelle - Saint-Pacôme Boundary | 450 | Chemin du Haut-SR-la Rivière |
| Saint-Philippe-de-Néri | 456 |  Quebec route 287 |
| Saint-Pascal | 465 | Route de Kamouraska / Rue Rochette |
| Sainte-Hélène | 474 | Rue de l'Eglise |
| Saint-André | 480 | Route de la Station |
| Saint-André - Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska Boundary | 488 |  Quebec route 289 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 496 | Côte de l'Aéroport / Côte de la Mer |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage | 499 |  Autoroute 85 (eastbound only) |
| Rivière-du-Loup | 503 | Route de la Montagne (Quebec route 132) |
| Riviére-du-Loup | 507 | Boulevard Cartier (Quebec route 132) |
| Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna Paroisse | 514 | Route de l'Eglise |
| Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna Paroisse | 520* | Route 132 (currently an at-grade intersection) |
- *Exit number not signed, based on kilometre post
- On multiplexed sections where another route's numbers are used, the posted exit number is shown followed by the A-20 kilometre post is in brackets
[edit] Proposed interchanges on central gap (exit numbers assumed)
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| L'Isle-Verte | 527 | Route des Coteau-des-Érables [2] |
| L'Isle-Verte | 531 | Route de St-Paul |
| L'Isle-Verte | 539 | Route de la Station |
| Trois-Pistoles | 548 |  Quebec route 293 |
- No clear plans yet between km 548 and 599
[edit] Segment 2
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Le Bic | 599* | Montee Brilliant / Route 132 (currently an at-grade intersection) |
| Rimouski | 606 | Rue de Lausanne |
| Rimouski | 610 | Chemin Ste-Odile ( Quebec route 232) |
| Rimouski | 614 | Montee Industrielle |
| Rimouski | 621 | Avenue de Père-Nouvel / Rue de la Gare |
| Sainte-Luce | 630 |  Quebec route 298 (current terminus) |
| Mont-Joli | 641 | Route Jacques-Cartier / Boulevard Gaboury (Route 132) (interchange under construction) |
[edit] Resources
[edit] See also
- West of Quebec, A-20 becomes Ontario provincial highway 401
| Preceded by:QC Autoroute 25 |
 Trans-Canada HighwayQC Autoroute 20 |
Succeeded by:QC Autoroute 85 |
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Autoroutes of Quebec
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| Principal Autoroutes: 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 85 | ||
| Spur Autoroutes: 410 | 440 (Laval) | 440 (Quebec City) | 520 | 530 (Future) 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion) | 540 (Quebec City) | 573 | 610 | 640 | 720 | 740 | 920 | 955 | 973 |
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| Routes partially built to Autoroute standards: 105 | 112 | 116 | 117 | 125 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 138 | 148 | 157 | 158 | 173 | 175 | 185 | 201 | ||
| See also: Routes | Autoroutes | ||
