# Quebec Autoroute 740

Autoroute 740 is a Quebec Autoroute in metropolitan Quebec City, Canada. A spur route of Autoroute 40, the A-740 runs for 7.3 km (4.5 mi) on a north-south axis (parallel to the St. Lawrence River) through the boroughs of Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge and Les Rivières, with interchanges at the A-440 at exit 4 and the A-40 at exit 9.
Originally named the Autoroute du Vallon for the 17th century road it replaced, in 2006, the Quebec government under then-Premier Jean Charest renamed the highway Autoroute Robert-Bourassa, in honour of a long serving former Quebec Premier.

## Route description

The A-740 begins at an intersection with Route 175 (Also called Boulevard Laurier) in suburban Quebec City, tracing the western limits of Université Laval along the northbound lanes and Place Sainte-Foy (a regional shopping mall) along the southbound lanes. Once past the university, the A-740 enters a 300 m tunnel, passing under heavily travelled chemin Sainte-Foy and chemin Quatre-Bourgeois. Passing to the west of Cégep de Sainte-Foy, the A-740 approaches the interchange with the A-440 at exit 4. From here, motorists on the A-440 can travel east (which becomes Boulevard Charest) towards the city centre or west to an interchange with the A-40 and A-73, affording access to Jean Lesage International Airport and points south and west.
Continuing north, the A-740 passes to the west of an industrial park, meets Route 138 at exit 7, then crosses the Saint-Charles River to an interchange with Boulevard Père-Lelièvre at exit 8 on the north shore. The autoroute provides the eastern boundary for a municipal park before meeting the A-40/A-73 (a concurrent route) at a cloverleaf interchange. The A-740 ends shortly after the A-40/A-73 interchange, passing to the west of the Galeries de la Capitale (another regional shopping mall) to an intersection with Boulevard Lebourgneuf.
The original plans called for the A-740 to continue northward after the first section opened in 1982, and so the government preserved the autoroute's intended path. Instead, in 2006, an urban boulevard (Boulevard Robert-Bourassa) was opened on this right of way, running for 4.5 km (2.8 mi) from the northern terminus of the A-740 to Route 369 (Boulevard Bastien). This new route was intended to provide an alternative to the heavily travelled Boulevard St. Jacques (which it parallels).

## Exit list

The entire route is located in Quebec City, Québec TE.
| km | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | – | Boulevard Laurier (R-175) | At-grade intersection; A-740 southern terminus |
| 0.4 | 0.25 | – | Boulevard Hachelaga | At-grade intersection |
| 0.8 | 0.50 | 2 | Université Laval | |
| 1.3 | 0.81 | 3 | Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois / Chemin Sainte-Foy | Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
| 1.3– 1.5 | 0.81– 0.93 | Robert Bourassa Tunnel | Robert Bourassa Tunnel | Robert Bourassa Tunnel |
| 1.5 | 0.93 | 3 | Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois / Chemin Sainte-Foy | Southbound exit and northbound entrance |
| 2.2– 3.4 | 1.4– 2.1 | 4-E | A-440 east (Boulevard Charest) / Boulevard du Versant – Québec Centre-Ville | A-440 exit 15 |
| 2.2– 3.4 | 1.4– 2.1 | 4-O | A-440 west (Autoroute Charest) to A-40 west – Aéroport Jean-Lesage, Pont Pierre-Laporte | A-440 exit 15 |
| 2.2– 3.4 | 1.4– 2.1 | 4-O | Rue Cyrille-Duquet | Northbound exit |
| 2.2– 3.4 | 1.4– 2.1 | 6 | Rue Jacard / Rue Léon-Harmel / Rue Cyrille-Duquet | Southbound exit |
| 4.2 | 2.6 | 7 | Boulevard Wilfred-Hamel (R-138) | |
| 4.8 | 3.0 | 8 | Boulevard Pére Leliévre | |
| 6.3 | 3.9 | 9 | A-40 / A-73 – Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Saguenay, Montréal, Pont Pierre-Laporte, Aéroport Jean-Lesage | Signed as exits 9-E (east) and 9-O (west); A-40 / A-73 exit 310 |
| 7.4 | 4.6 | – | Boulevard Lebourgneuf | At-grade intersection; A-740 northern terminus; becomes Boulevard Robert-Bourassa |
| 9.7 | 6.0 | – | Avenue Chauveau (R-358) | At-grade intersection |
| 11.6 | 7.2 | – | Boulevard Bastien (R-369) / Boulevard de la Colline | At-grade intersection; continues as Boulevard de la Colline |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access |||||