Quebec Autoroute 720
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| Autoroute 720 |
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| Ville-Marie Expressway | |
| Length: | 8.5 kilometres (13.7 miles) |
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| Formed: | 1972 |
| Direction: | East/West |
| From: | Montreal |
| To: | Montreal |
| Major cities: | Montreal |
| System: | City highway |
Autoroute 720 (or A-720, known as the Ville-Marie Expressway (English) or Autoroute Ville-Marie (French) is a mostly below-grade superhighway through downtown Montreal. Its western end starts at the Turcot interchange, a junction with Autoroute 15 and Autoroute 20. Its eastern terminus is at the Jacques Cartier Bridge (Route 134) where the highway merges with Notre-Dame St.
A-720's tunneled section begins from the west at Rue de la Montagne/Atwater (Exit 4) and remains a tunnel through its eastern end. Future plans from the provincial transport ministry (Le ministère des Transports du Québec, or MTQ) are to extend this tunnel to Autoroute 25 at its Avenue Souligny interchange.
The designation of Autoroute Ville-Marie is named after the downtown borough of Ville-Marie through which the expressway is routed.
[edit] Interchanges from South to North
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Montreal | 1N |  Highway 15 (Decarie Expressway) North (westbound only) |
| Montreal | 1S | Highway 15 /  Highway 20 East (westbound only) |
| Montreal | 2 | St-Jacques St.(westbound) / Atwater Ave.(eastbound) |
| Montreal | 3 | Guy St. (eastbound) |
| Montreal | 4 | De La Montagne St.(eastbound only) / Atwater Ave. (westbound only) |
| Montreal | 5 | Champlain Bridge via  Highway 10 (Bonaventure Expressway) / Rue University via Mansfield (westbound only - inside tunnel) |
| Montreal | 6 | St. Laurent Blvd./Berri St. |
| Montreal | 7 | Jacques Cartier Bridge/Papineau Ave./De Lorimier Ave. via Notre Dame St.(eastbound only - westbound at-grade intersection - eastern end of tunnel) |
| Montreal | 8* | Ville-Marie Boulevard / Notre-Dame St. |
- *Exit number not signed, based on kilometre post
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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 | ||
