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Everything about Quebec Autoroute 20 totally explained
Autoroute 20 (also called Autoroute Jean-Lesage, Autoroute du Souvenir or the Two and Twenty (External Link )) is an important Autoroute in Quebec, Canada. 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, separated by a gap of 82 km (51 mi), expected to be connected by 2015.
The first (main) section begins at the Ontario-Quebec boundary near Riviere-Beaudette as it's the continuation of Ontario Highway 401 and ends east of Rivière-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'Île-Perrot remains a congested 4-lane urban arterial road. The maximum speed is 50 km/h (30 mph) in Dorion and 70 km/h (45mph) in L'Île-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's 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 mi) long; it'll be 42 km (26 m) 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're 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 Route 138 and the Turcot Interchange, the carriageways on Autoroute 20 are reversed, making it one of the only stretches of roadway in Canada where traffic drives on the left side of the road.
Between Autoroute 25 in Longueuil and Autoroute 85 in Rivière-du-Loup, A-20 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Remembrance Highway or Autoroute du Souvenir
In November 2007, Premier Jean Charest announced that the portion of A-20 from the Ontario- Quebec border (west of Riviere-Beaudette, Quebec) to exit 39 near Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec will be renamed as the Remembrance Highway or Autoroute du Souvenir in honour of fallen soldiers. This section of highway will connect with another road named for fallen soldiers, the Highway of Heroes in Ontario.
The idea for renaming the section of Autoroute 20 came from World War II navy veteran, Ivan Robertson of Gaspé, and a committee from the Quebec Command of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Signage of this stretch will consist of a green sign with a red poppy and the words Autoroute du Souvenir.
Exit list
| Location |
# |
Destinations |
Notes |
| Riviere-Beaudette |
0 |
|
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 2 |
|
| Saint-Zotique |
6 |
Chemin Saint-Thomas |
| 9 |
Saint-Zotique, Saint-Polycarpe, Saint-Télesphore |
| Les Coteaux |
12 |
Les Coteaux |
| Coteau-du-Lac |
14 |
|
| 17 |
|
| 19 |
Chemin Saint-Emmanuel |
| Les Cèdres |
22 |
Chemin Saint-Dominique |
| 26 |
Saint-Lazare, Les Cèdres |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion |
29 |
, Ottawa, Montréal |
|
|
At-grade intersection |
|
|
At-grade intersection |
|
Avenue Saint-Henri |
At-grade intersection |
| Ottawa River - South Arm |
| Pincourt, Terrasse-Vaudreuil |
35 |
Boulevard Cardinal-Lèger - Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Pincourt |
| L'Île-Perrot |
|
Boulevard Don-Quichotte |
At-grade intersection |
|
Boulevard Perrot |
At-grade intersection |
|
L'Île-Claude, Île-Bellevue |
Westbound exit and entrance |
| Galipeault Bridge, Ottawa River - North Arm |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |
39 |
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |
| Baie-d'Urfe |
42 |
Rue Morgan |
| Beaconsfield |
45 |
Avenue Woodland |
| 48 |
Boulevard Saint-Charles |
| Pointe-Claire |
49 |
Avenue Cartier |
| 50 |
Boulevard Saint-Jean |
Signed as exits 50S (south) and 50N (north) westbound |
| 51 |
Chemin du Bord-du-Lac |
Eastbound exit and entrance |
| Dorval |
53 |
Boulevard des Sources |
| 54 |
Boulevard Pine Beach, Boulevard Fénelon |
| 56 |
|
| Montréal |
58 |
55e Avenue |
| 60 |
|
| 61 |
Rue Norman |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 62 |
1re Avenue, Rue St-Jacques - Saint-Pierre |
Westbound exit is via exit 63 |
| 63 |
|
| 64 |
|
| 67 |
Rue Notre Dame, Boulevard Angrignon |
Eastbound exit is via exit 64 |
| 68-N |
|
West end of A-15 overlap |
| 63 |
|
| 62 |
Boulevard de la Vérendrye - Verdun |
| 61 |
Avenue Atwater, Rue Saint-Patrick |
| 60 |
|
| 58 |
|
West end of A-10 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 57 |
Île des Soeurs |
|
| Champlain Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River |
| Brossard |
0 |
, Vermont |
East end of A-10 overlap |
| Boulevard Rome |
Eastbound exit is via A-15 south exit |
| , New York |
East end of A-15 overlap; west end of Route 132 overlap |
| Boulevard Marie-Victorin |
Eastbound exit only |
| Saint-Lambert |
1 |
Boulevard Simard |
| 3 |
|
|
| 6 |
Avenue Notre-Dame |
|
| Longueuil |
7 |
Boulevard Lafayette |
Eastbound exit and entrance |
| 8 |
|
| 11 |
Boulevard Roland-Therrien |
|
|
East end of Route 132 overlap |
|
Boulevard Marie-Victorin |
No westbound entrance |
| 15-O |
|
West end of TCH overlap |
| 91 |
Boulevard Industriel, Rue Métropole |
| Boucherville |
92 |
Boulevard Mortagne |
| 93 |
Rue Nobel |
Eastbound exit only |
| 95 |
Boulevard Montarville, Rue de Touraine |
| 98 |
, USA |
| Sainte-Julie |
102 |
Sainte-Julie, Saint-Amable, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville |
| 105 |
|
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, Beloeil |
109 |
Rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste - Beloeil, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil |
| Beloeil |
112 |
|
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire |
113 |
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| 115 |
La Grande-Allée - Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Saint-Damase |
| Sainte-Madeleine |
120 |
|
| La Présentation |
123 |
La Présentation, Saint-Hyacinthe |
| Saint-Hyacinthe |
130 |
|
Signed as exits 130-S (south) and 130-N (north) eastbound |
| 133 |
Rue Girouard - Saint-Hyacinthe |
| 134 |
Rue Yamaska - Saint-Hyacinthe |
| 138 |
, Saint-Simon |
| Saint-Simon |
141 |
|
West end of Route 116 overlap |
| 143 |
Saint-Valérien-de-Milton |
Eastbound exit is via exit 143 |
| Saint-Simon, Saint-Liboire |
145 |
Saint-Simon, Saint-Liboire |
| 147 |
|
East end of Route 116 overlap |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot |
150 |
Saint-Hugues |
| 152 |
Sainte-Hélène |
| Saint-Eugène, Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton |
157 |
Saint-Nazaire, Wickham |
| Saint-Eugène |
160 |
|
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham |
166 |
10e Rang de Saint-Germain |
| 170 |
|
| Drummondville |
173 |
, Vermont |
West end of A-55 overlap |
| 175 |
|
West end of Route 143 overlap |
| 177 |
|
East end of Route 143 overlap |
| 179 |
Chemin du Golf |
| Saint-Charles-de-Drummond |
181 |
Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Drummondville, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover |
185 |
|
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil |
191 |
Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults |
| 196 |
|
| 200 |
Saint-Léonard-d'Aston |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston |
| 202 |
Rang du Moulin-Rouge |
| Sainte-Eulalie |
204 |
Rang des Cédres, Rang des Plaines |
| 210 |
, Trois-Rivières, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-Valère |
East end of A-55 overlap |
| 215 |
Rang des Épinettes |
| Sainte-Anne-du-Sault |
220 |
|
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford |
228 |
|
| 235 |
|
| Manseau |
243 |
|
| Villeroy |
253 |
, Thetford Mines |
| 256 |
15e et 16e Rangs de Villeroy |
| Val-Alain |
261 |
Val-Alain |
| 266 |
4e et 5e Rangs de Val-Alain |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly |
271 |
Joly |
| Laurier-Station |
278 |
|
| Saint-Apollinaire |
285 |
Issoudun |
| 291 |
|
| 296 |
Route du Cap |
| Lévis |
305 |
|
| 311 |
|
| 312 |
|
Signed as exits 312-S (south) and 312-N (north); westbound exit is part of exit 314 |
| 314 |
|
| 318 |
|
Signed as exits 318-S (south) and 318-N (north) eastbound |
| 321 |
Chemin des Îles |
| 325 |
|
Signed as exits 325-S (south) and 325-N (north) eastbound |
| 327 |
Route Monseigneur-Bourget |
| 330 |
Route Lallemand |
| Beaumont |
337 |
|
| 341 |
Beaumont, Saint-Charles |
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse |
348 |
|
| Saint-Vallier |
356 |
Saint-Vallier, Saint-Raphaël |
| Berthier-sur-Mer, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud |
364 |
Berthier-sur-Mer, Saint-François |
| Montmagny, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud |
369 |
Saint-Pierre |
| Montmagny |
376 |
|
| 378 |
|
| Cap-Saint-Ignace |
388 |
Cap-Saint-Ignace |
| L'Islet |
400 |
|
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli |
414 |
|
| Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies |
430 |
|
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière |
436 |
|
| La Pocatière |
439 |
La Pocatière, Saint-Onésime |
| 444 |
|
| Rivière-Ouelle, Saint-Pacôme |
450 |
Rivière-Ouelle, Saint-Pacôme, Saint-Gabriel |
| Saint-Philippe-de-Néri |
456 |
|
| Saint-Pascal |
465 |
Kamouraska, Saint-Pascal, Saint-Bruno |
| Sainte-Hélène |
474 |
Saint-Germain, Sainte-Hélène |
| Saint-André |
480 |
Saint-André, Saint-Joseph |
| Saint-André, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska |
488 |
|
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage |
496 |
Notre-Dame-du-Portage |
| 499 |
, Edmundston, Notre-Dame-du-Lac |
East end of TCH overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| Rivière-du-Loup |
503 |
|
| 507 |
, Edmundston NB |
| Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna Paroisse |
514 |
Cacouna, Saint-Arsène |
Proposed interchanges on central gap (exit numbers assumed)
No clear plans yet between km 548 and 599
Segment 2
| Municipality |
Exit Number |
Intersecting Roads |
| Le Bic |
599* |
Montee Brilliant / Route 132 (currently an at-grade intersection) |
| Rimouski |
606 |
Rue de Lausanne |
| Rimouski |
610 |
Chemin Ste-Odile (Route 232) |
| Rimouski |
614 |
Montée Industrielle |
| Rimouski |
621 |
Avenue Père-Nouvel / Rue de la Gare |
| Sainte-Luce |
630 |
Route 298 (current terminus) |
| Mont-Joli |
641 |
Route Jacques-Cartier / Boulevard Gaboury (Route 132) (interchange under construction) |
Looking east
Image:14th-ave-east.jpg|14th Ave, Lachine
Image:1st-ave-east.jpg|1st Ave, Lachine
Image:Interchange-with-138-132-east.jpg|Interchange with 138, Lachine
Image:20-138-merge-east.jpg|Merge with 138, Lasalle
Image:Turcot-yards-east.jpg|Turcot yards
Resources
A-20 at Exitlists.com
A-20 at Quebec Autoroutes
Transports Quebec Map
Veteran from Gaspé behind idea to rename Quebec highway to remember war deadFurther Information
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