page_title: Laval, Quebec
section_title: Roads
hierarchical_section_title: Laval, Quebec / Transportation / Roads
caption_attribution_description: English: Papineau-Leblanc Bridge, in the North of Montreal. Français&#160;: Le pont Papineau-Leblanc au nord de Montréal.
context_page_description: Laval is a Canadian city in southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest city in Quebec, and the thirteenth largest city in Canada with a population of 422,993 in 2016.
  Laval is geographically separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.
  Laval forms its own administrative region in Quebec which constitutes the 13th region of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality and census division with geographical code 65. It also constitutes the judicial district of Laval.
context_section_description: Highways
  A-13 (Chomedey Highway) – Montreal to Boisbriand
  A-15 (Laurentian Highway) – New York state to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
  A-19 (Papineau Highway) – Montreal to Boulevard Dagenais, continues as Route 335 to Bois-des-Filion and beyond
  A-25 – Boucherville to Saint-Esprit via Montreal and the A-440 (Laval)
  A-440 (Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie) – Laval
  Provincial routes
  Route 117 – Montreal to Ontario Highway 66 past Rouyn-Noranda
  Route 125 – Montreal to Saint-Donat
  Route 148 – Laval to Pembroke, Ontario
  Route 335 – Montreal to the Lanaudière region past Saint-Calixte
  Incidents
  2000 Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse: On 18 June 2000, during renovations to the Souvenir Boulevard overpass over Highway 15, the southern section collapsed onto the highway, causing the death of one person.
  De la Concorde Overpass collapse: On 30 September 2006, the De la Concorde overpass over Autoroute 19 suddenly collapsed killing five people.
caption: The Papineau-Leblanc Bridge links Laval to the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal.
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