Quebec Autoroute 55

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Autoroute 55
Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Autoroute de l'Énergie
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length: 247.0 km[2][1] (153.5 mi)
Existed: 1964[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: I‑91 at the Canada–United States border in Stanstead, Quebec
  A-10 in Magog
A-410 in Sherbrooke
A-10 / A-610 in Sherbrooke
A-20 (TCH) in Drummondville
A-20 (TCH) / A-955 in Sainte-Eulalie
A-30 / Route 132 in Bécancour
Route 138 in Trois-Rivières
A-40 in Trois-Rivières
North end: Route 155 in Shawinigan, Quebec
Location
Major cities: Sherbrooke, Drummondville, Trois-Rivières, Shawinigan
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways
← x20px A-50 A-70 x20px →

Autoroute 55 (also called Autoroute de l'Énergie north of the Autoroute 20 and Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier south of it) is an important north–south Autoroute and the only one running in that direction in central Quebec. It is the longest north-south Autoroute, beginning as the continuation of I-91 at the Canada–United States border near Stanstead and continuing to Shawinigan, where it downgrades to Route 155. The total length of A-55 is currently 247 km (153.5 mi) long, including concurrencies with Autoroute 10, Autoroute 20 and Autoroute 40.

Route description

Autoroute 55 connects the mid-sized communities of Sherbrooke, Drummondville, Trois-Rivières, and Shawinigan and the smaller communities in between. The most notable feature on A-55 is the Laviolette Bridge between Trois-Rivières and Bécancour, which is one of the longest bridges in Quebec and in Canada.

A-55 had a short "gap" between Bécancour and Drummondville until October 2006. The gap resulted from Transports Quebec's original intention of bringing A-55 southeast towards Victoriaville along what is now Autoroute 955 before shifting southwest to rejoin existing A-55 near Richmond. However, plans changed in the 1970s, and the present routing was chosen. The southern section was originally supposed to be Autoroute 51 and was intended to continue to the planned extension of Autoroute 30 in Pierreville. A-55 was signed along Route 155 (which is not an Autoroute-standard highway) until the new route was completed.

All of the southern portion of A-55 became a full four-lane freeway by the end of October 2006. The gap being filled in the northern portion will initially be a two-lane freeway for about 20 km (12.4 mi), but it is intended to ultimately be four lanes.

The designation Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier is in honour of Quebec businessman Joseph-Armand Bombardier, who lived in Valcourt, near where A-55 passes and who invented the snowmobile there. His company, Bombardier Inc., started by building snowmobiles and eventually grew into a major international manufacturer of transit vehicles and aircraft.

The designation Autoroute de l'Énergie means "Energy Highway" since it provides access to the Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station in Bécancour and the hydroelectric facilities in Shawinigan and the Haut-Saint-Maurice area, but the section north of A-30 is likely to remain at its comparatively short length to Shawinigan for the foreseeable future.

Exit list

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Region RCM or ET Location km mi Old exit New exit Destinations Notes
Estrie Memphrémagog Stanstead 0.00 0.00 I‑91 south – St. Johnsbury Continues in Vermont
Canada–United States border
Derby Line–Rock Island Border Crossing
South end of Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier
0.27 0.17 Boulevard Notre-Dame (Route 247 west) At-grade intersection; traffic signals
2.17 1.35 2 Route 143 – Stanstead
Stanstead-Est Chemin Curtis At-grade intersection
5.71 3.55 25px Curtis Rest Stop (Northbound)
Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley 20.67 12.84 21 Route 141 – Ayer's Cliff, Coaticook
28.52 17.72 29 Route 108 – Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, North Hatley, Lennoxville
Magog 31.99 19.88 32 Rue-Saint-Patrice, Boulevard Industriel
33.14 20.59 33 Route 112 – Magog (Centre-Ville)
33.92 21.08 71[lower-roman 1] 34
121[lower-roman 1]		 A-10 west – Montréal A-55 branches east; south (west) end of A-10 concurrency; northbound signed as exits 34-E (east) and 34-O (west); southbound signed as 121
Memphrémagog / Magog – Sherbrooke boundary 35.80 22.25 72[lower-roman 1]
36		 123[lower-roman 1] Rue Sherbrook (Route 112) to Route 249 – Magog (Centre-Ville), Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
City of Sherbrooke 39.95 24.82 41 128[lower-roman 1] Boulevard Bourque (Route 112)
45.97 28.56 46 133[lower-roman 1] Chemin Saint-Roch Nord
50.55 31.41 50 137[lower-roman 1] Route 220 (Boulevard Industriel), Chemin de Saint-Élie
54.00 33.55 54 140[lower-roman 1] A-410 east (Autoroute Jacques-O'Bready) to Route 108 (Rue King)
54.99 34.17 55 141[lower-roman 1] Boulevard de Monseigneur-Fortier
56.50 35.11 143[lower-roman 1] A-610 east (Autoroute Louis-Bilodeau) to Route 112 – Centre-Ville Sherbrooke, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic A-55 turns north; north (east) end of A-10 concurrency
58.26 36.20 58 Chemin des Écossais (Route 222) – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Valcourt
59.81 37.16 60 Rue Laval
Le Val-Saint-François Windsor 71.02 44.13 71 Route 249 – Windsor, Saint-Grégoire-de-Greenlay, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Signed as exits 71N (north) and 71S (south) northbound
Melbourne 84.94 52.78 85 Route 243 – Racine, Valcourt, Melbourne 25px Melbourne Service Centre
88.68 55.10 88 Route 116 – Acton Vale, Richmond, Val-des-Sources
Ulverton 97.63 60.66 98 Chemin Mooney Northbound only
Centre-du-Québec Drummond L'Avenir 103.84 64.52 103 Lefebvre, L'Avenir, Ulverton, Durham-Sud
Drummondville 111.20 69.10 111 Route Caya
116.48 72.38 116 Route 139 – Wickham, Acton Vale, Granby, Saint-Nicéphore
121.96 75.78 122 Boulevard Jean-de-Brébeuf - Drummondville
125.06 77.71 125 Route 122 – Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Drummondville
127.57 79.27 128
173[lower-roman 2]		 A-20 (TCH) west – Montréal A-55 branches east; south (west) end of A-20 concurrency
North end of Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier
175[lower-roman 2] Boulevard Lemire (Route 143 north) – Saint-Bonaventure, Saint-François-du-Lac South (west) end of Route 143 concurrency
177[lower-roman 2] Route 143 south – Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham, Drummondville North (east) end of Route 143 concurrency
179[lower-roman 2] Chemin du Golf
Saint-Charles-de-Drummond 181[lower-roman 2] Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Drummondville, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval
Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover 185[lower-roman 2] Route 255 – Baie-du-Febvre, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil 191[lower-roman 2] Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
196[lower-roman 2] Route 259 – Nicolet, Sainte-Perpétue, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec
Drummond – Nicolet-Yamaska boundary Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil – Saint-Léonard-d'Aston boundary 200[lower-roman 2] Saint-Léonard-d'Aston
Nicolet-Yamaska Saint-Léonard-d'Aston 202[lower-roman 2] Rang du Moulin-Rouge
Sainte-Eulalie 204[lower-roman 2] Rang des Cédres, Rang des Plaines
145.74 90.56 210[lower-roman 2]
145		 A-955 south – Victoriaville, Saint-Albert, Warwick, Bécancour
A-20 (TCH) east to Route 161 – Quebec, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-Valère		 A-55 branches north; north (east) end of A-20 concurrency; A-955 exit 15
South end of Autoroute de l'Énergie
Saint-Wenceslas 153.86 95.60 153 9e Rang - Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Saint-Wenceslas
Saint-Célestin (Municipality) 164.88 102.45 Route 226 – Saint-Célestin (Village) At-grade intersection; traffic signals
Bécancour Bécancour 168.01 104.40 Rang Prince At-grade intersection
169.84 105.53 Chemin Forest - Précieux-Sang At-grade intersection
171.51 106.57 Chemin Thibodeau At-grade intersection
173.87 108.04 173 Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Wôlinak
176.35 109.58 176 A-30 to Route 132 – Bécancour, Sainte-Angèle Exit 209 on A-30
Saint Lawrence River Laviolette Bridge
Mauricie City of Trois-Rivières 181.24 112.62 181 Rue Notre-Dame, Boulevard Gene-H.-Kruger (Route 138)
182.51 113.41 182 A-40 east – Trois-Rivières Centre-Ville, Quebec South end of A-40 concurrency; exit 197 on A-40
183.38 113.95 183 Boulevard Jean-XXIII
186.10 115.64 186 A-40 west / Invalid type: road – Montreal North end of A-40 concurrency; exit 196 on A-40
190.59 118.43 191 Boulevard Industriel, Boulevard Saint-Michel
195.99 121.78 196 Boulevard des Forges - Saint-Thomas-de-Caxton
Maskinongé Saint-Étienne-des-Grès 201.85 125.42 202 Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Barnabé
204.36 126.98 25px Grès Rest Stop (Northbound, seasonal)
205.95 127.97 206 Saint-Boniface
Saint-Boniface 211.06 131.15 211 Route 153 – Saint-Boniface, Shawinigan
City of Shawinigan 216.00 134.22 216 Rue Burrill
216.98 134.83 217 Rue Garnier (Route 351) – Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc
219.49 136.38 220 Boulevard Hubert-Biermans, Boulevard Vallée-du-Parc
222.79 138.44 223 5e avenue, 25e rue
225.83 140.32 226 8e rue, 4e rue - Grand-Mère, Saint-Jean des Piles
To Route 153 / Invalid type: road – Saint-Tite
Route 155 north – Grandes-Piles, La Tuque		 Roundabout; A-55 northern terminus, continues north as Route 155
North end of Autoroute de l'Énergie
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 A-10 exit number
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 A-20 exit number

Gallery

  • Autoroute 55 southbound

  • Southbound view, showing super-2 undivided highway

  • Multiplex of Autoroutes 20 and 55

  • Southbound from Trois-Rivières at exit 181, approaching the Laviolette Bridge

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005

External links

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