Quebec Autoroute 13
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| Autoroute Chomedey | ||||
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| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 21.4 km[1][2] (13.3 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1975 [2] – present | |||
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| Major cities | Montréal, Laval, Boisbriand | |||
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Autoroute 13 (or A-13, also known as Autoroute Chomedey with sections formerly known as Autoroute Mirabel), is a freeway in the urban region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its southern end is at the junction of A-20 on the Island of Montreal near Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Its northern terminus is at the junction of A-640 near Boisbriand. The road traverses through Laval.
Autoroute 13 was built as a toll highway in 1975 with a goal to connect the two international airports, Mirabel and Dorval (now Trudeau International Airport). The freeway is mostly six-laned and tolls no longer apply.
The designation of Autoroute Chomedey refers to the community of Chomedey in Laval, through which A-13 passes. Formerly, common usage was to refer to the autoroute as Autoroute Chomedey south of the Milles-Îles river, and Autoroute Mirabel north of that point. In recent usage, however, the Autoroute Chomedey name is generally used for the full length of the autoroute. Boulevard Pitfield is routed as a parallel service road to A-13 in St-Laurent.
Boulevard Pitfield derives its name from the origin of the actual route. In the 1920s, the actual route was a Polo Pony Trail leading from the various estates of the Saraguay Village residents to their Polo Fields, now where the area of St. Laurent Blvd and Bois Franc merge. In the late 1930s the path became an unpaved local road. Over the next several decades Saraguay Farms, owned by Mrs. W.C. Pitfield, was paid to clear the road in the winter by the municipality of St. Laurent. The road was developed into a two-lane highway in the 1960s.
The Quebec provincial government was planning to extend Autoroute 13 north of A-640 in the late 1990s as an alternate route for A-15 (Autoroute Décarie/Autoroute des Laurentides). It is speculated this extension is less of a priority since Mirabel ceased passenger operations in 2004, and the Mirabel site is well-served by A-15 and A-50.
Exit list
| Region | Location | km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Montréal | Montréal | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | | |
| 1 |  | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit 60 on A-20 | ||||
| 2 | Rue Hickmore / Rue Louis-A.-Amos | |||||
| Montréal–Dorval | 3 | | Signed as exits 3E (east) and 3O (west); exit 4 on A-520 | |||
| Montréal | 6 | | Exit 60 on A-40 | |||
| 8 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa / Boulevard Gouin | |||||
| Rivière des Prairies | Pont Louis Bisson | |||||
| Laval | 12 | Boulevard Samson / Boulevard Notre-Dame / Boulevard Saint-Martin | Southbound access to Boulevard Saint-Martin is via exit 15 | |||
| 15 |  | Exit 17 on A-440 | ||||
| 17 | Boulevard Dagenais / Boulevard Sainte-Rose | Northbound access to Boulevard Dagenais is via exit 15 | ||||
| Rivière des Mille Îles | Pont Vachon | |||||
| Laurentides | Boisbriand | 20 |  | |||
| 22 | | Signed as exits 22E (east) and 22O (west); exit 16 on A-640 | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
References
- ↑ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- 1 2 "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
External links
Route map:
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quebec Autoroute 13. |
- Transport Quebec website
- Transport Quebec map (in French)
- A-13 at Exitlists.com
- A-13 at Quebec Autoroutes
- Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: Chomedey Autoroute (A-13)
