Quebec Autoroute 10

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Montréal
Major intersections	A-15 / A-20 from Montréal to Brossard A-30 in Brossard A-35 in Chambly A-55 in Magog A-410 in Sherbrooke
East end	A-55 / A-610 in Sherbrooke
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Major cities	Montreal, Sherbrooke, Brossard, Granby, Chambly
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← A-5 → A-13

Autoroute 10 (A-10) is an Autoroute of Quebec in Canada that links greater Montreal to key population centres in Montérégie and Estrie, including Brossard, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Granby, and Sherbrooke.

The A-10 also provides access to popular winter resorts at

The road's main material is asphalt concrete, many parts of the highway are bordered with gravel.

Autoroute Bonaventure

The A-10 begins in

At km 8, the A-10 crosses Taschereau Boulevard. Bus lanes run in both directions along the median for four kilometers between the southern end of the Champlain Bridge and Milan Boulevard. Crossing Brossard, the A-10 runs along the northern edge of the Quartier DIX30 shopping complex before reaching interchanges with the A-30 at km 11 and the A-35 at km 22. The A-10 crosses the Richelieu River at km 28 and enters a rich agricultural region.

Between Bromont (km 74) and Magog (km 121) the A-10 passes through a mountainous region, close to two of Quebec's major ski centres (Mont Orford and Mont Brome). Near the northern end of Lake Memphremagog, the A-10 reaches an interchange with the A-55 at km 121. The A-10 continues east as a concurrency with A-55. Between km 123 and 128, Route 112 functions as a frontage road.

A-10 and A-55 bypass the city of Sherbrooke to the east and north, reaching interchanges with spur routes A-410 at km 140 and A-610 at km 143. The A-10 reaches its terminus at the junction with A-610, while A-55 continues north to Drummondville.

The portion east of Autoroute 55 (linking that autoroute with Route 112) was renumbered as Autoroute 610 on September 29, 2006. [1]

History

The 116 km (72 mi) long Autoroute de l'Est (Eastern Expressway) was opened to traffic in December 1964. Extending from the southern end of the Champlain Bridge to Magog, the highway replaced the old Quebec Route 1 (now Route 112) as the main road link between the two points. An official opening for the highway came one year later, in 1965. The A-10 was the second autoroute, after the

The Autoroute Bonaventure through Montreal opened in 1967 to link approach roads to Expo 67 with the Champlain Bridge.

The Autoroute des Cantons de l'Est was the first autoroute in Quebec to use exit numbers based on distance instead of in sequential order, as had previously been the case. As Canada had not yet adopted the

The A-10 did not originally have a route number. Instead,

In 1985, the toll system was abolished, and the use of the triangular shields was discontinued. Blue directional signs have gradually been converted to standard green signs used elsewhere in North America. In 2013, motorists could still see blue signs at entrances to and exits of the autoroute.

Between 1988 and 2006, A-10 departed its multiplex with A-55 at km 143 and continued eastward for 11 km to a final terminus with Route 112. In October 2006, that section of A-10 was renumbered as A-610.

The city of Montreal announced in January 2013 that it would take over the SHM's responsibilities, citing concerns over transparency.^[3] The Société du Havre de Montréal (SHM) transformed the autoroute into an urban thoroughfare as part of a broader project to redevelop Montreal's harbourfront.^[4] Demolition of the autoroute’s elevated stretch began in July 2016 and the new Bonaventure Park was completed in September 2017.^[5]

Proposal

A proposal to build the

, and Quebec.

Exit list

This section is missing kilometre posts for junctions. Please help by adding them.

RCM	Location	km	mi	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Montréal	0.00	0.00		–	R-136 east (Autoroute Ville-Marie)	R-136 exit 5; no access to R-136 West
	0.80	0.50		–	Boulevard Robert-Bourassa	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
					To R-112 east / Rue Wellington – Pont Victoria	At-grade
	2.12	1.32		2	Avenue Pierre-Dupuy / Rue Carrie-Derick– Port de Montréal
	2.75	1.71		3	Rue Carrie-Derick	Westbound exit is via exit 2
	4.01– 4.62	2.49– 2.87		5	Île des Sœurs	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				58	Aéroport Mirabel	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of end of A-15 / A-20 concurrency; exit 58 on A-15 / A-20
Pont Champlain
Brossard	6.12	3.80		6	A-15 south / A-20 east / R-132 to I-87 – Longueuil, Varennes, New York	East end of end of A-15 / A-20 concurrency; exit 53 on A-15 north; exit 75 on A-20 west
	8.47	5.26	1	8	Taschereau Interchange
	8.90	5.53		9	Boulevard Milan	No westbound exit
	12.21	7.59		11	Aéroport Saint-Hubert	Eastbound exit also serves Boulevard de Quartier; exit 67 on A-30
				13	Boulevard Rome	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance Brossard station
La Vallée-du-Richelieu	Carignan–Chambly	22.44	13.94	9	22	A-35 south to I-89 – Chambly, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Vermont	Exit 55 on A-35
Richelieu River				Pont Michel-Chartrand
Rouville	Richelieu	28.44	17.67	13	29	R-133 (Chemin des Patriotes) – Richelieu
	Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir
Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville
Ange-Gardien, Farnham
Cowansville
Bromont	73.81	45.86	41	74	Route Pierre-Laporte–Centre-Ville Granby
Bromont	78.66	48.88	44	78	Boulevard de Bromont–Shefford
	Shefford–Waterloo	88.03	54.70		88	Boulevard de l'Horizon
		90.20	56.05	52	90	Lac-Brome
Brome-Missisquoi	No major junctions
Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton	Via R-112
	Bolton-Est
	Service Centre
		118.06	73.36		118	R-141 (Rue Merry) – Orford
		120.32	74.76	71	121	Coaticook, Stanstead, Vermont	Western terminus of concurrency with A-55; exit 34 on A-55
Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
Sherbrooke		127.68	79.34	41	128	R-112 (Boulevard Bourque)
		133.68	83.06	46	133	Chemin Saint-Roch Nord
		136.00	84.51	Catherine-Day Truck Stop (Eastbound)
		137.22	85.26	50	137	R-220 (Boulevard Industriel) / Chemin de Saint-Élie
		140.59	87.36	54	140	A-410 east (Autoroute Jacques-O'Bready) to R-108 / Rue King	Western terminus of A-410
		141.58	87.97	55	141	Boulevard de Monseigneur-Fortier
		143.33	89.06		143	A-610 east (Autoroute Louis-Bilodeau) to R-112 – Centre-Ville Sherbrooke, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic	Western terminus of A-610
					–	Québec	Eastern terminus of concurrency with A-55
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quebec Autoroute 10.

• A-10 at motorways-exits.com
• A-10 at Quebec Autoroutes
• Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: Bonaventure Autoroute (A-10)
• Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: Eastern Townships Autoroute (A-10)
• Transports Quebec Map Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine (in French)