Quebec Autoroute 740

Infobox road
province=QC
type=Autoroute
route=740
highway_name = Autoroute 740
marker_

alternate_name = Autoroute Robert-Bourassa
length = 7.4 km (4.6 mi)
direction = North/South
starting_terminus = Boulevard Laurier (Université Laval)
junction =
ending_terminus =
cities = Quebec City, Quebec
established = 1975
system = City highway
previous_type=A
previous_route=720
next_type=A
next_route=955

Autoroute 740 (or A-740, also called Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) is a short connecting highway in Quebec City, Canada. Its southern end is at the Université Laval from Boulevard Laurier. Its northern end is at Autoroute 40 at the shopping mall "Les Galeries de la Capitale".

It goes under Chemin Ste-Foy and Chemin Quatre-Bourgeois via a 300 metre long tunnel.

It is an alternate link between Autoroute de la Capitale (A-40) and Autoroute Charest (A-440), when Autoroute Henri IV (A-73/A-40) has heavy traffic.

Du Vallon Extension Project

Construction is, as of April 2006, underway between Boulevard Lebourgneuf and Boulevard Bastien, crossing Avenue Chaveau for a planned November 2006 opening of an extension of A-740 in the shape of a "Urban Boulevard". It will be an alternate route to the heavily travelled Boulevard St. Jacques which travels in roughly the same direction.

Renaming of Autoroute 740

On November 3, 2006, a decision was made by the Quebec government and the City of Quebec to rename the Autoroute Du Vallon and its future extension to Autoroute Robert-Bourassa, in honour of the late Quebec Prime Minister.

External links

* [http://www.exitlists.com/exitlists/lists/autoroutes/A740.html A-740 at Existlists.com]
* [http://webfil_92.tripod.com/autoroutes_en/id27.html A-740 at Quebec Autoroutes]
* [http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Transports Quebec Map] fr icon