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Hitching the A-55

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The A-55, known as Autoroute 55 or Autoroute Transquébécoise, is a major North-South highway connecting the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Region in the north to the State of Vermont in the south. It goes straight through the mid-part of the province passing next to or through the cities of Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Trois-Rivières where it crosses the St-Lawrence River on the Pont Laviolette.

Section South - Vermont border to Drummondville Area

In Estrie and Centre-du-Québec Regions

Autoroute 55 - border Stanstead - Vermont USA


  • Border Crossing Stanstead
  • Crossroad (Route 247)
  • (2)   (Route 143 – Stanstead)
  • Crossroad (Chemin Curtis)
  •   (Northbound only)
  • (21)   (Route 141 – Ayer's Cliff, Coaticook)
  • (29)   (Route 108 – Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, North Hatley, Lennoxville)
  • (32)   (Rue-Saint-Patrice, Boulevard Industriel)
  • (33)   (Route 112 – Magog, Omerville

Overlap A-10


  • (123)   (Route 112 to Route 249 – Omerville, Magog, Saint-Denis-de-Brompton)
    • Presence of a 'Frontage road' with access to the A-10/A-55 (Eastbound Exit/Westbound Entrance and Exit)
      • Eastbound, with access to   (128)
  • (128)   Sherbrooke (Route 112 - Boulevard Bourque; Deauville; Rock Forest; Sherbrooke)
    • Westbound Exit has no access to Westbound Entrance
  • (133)   Sherbrooke (Rock Forest; St-Élie-d'Orford)
  • (137)   Sherbrooke (Route 220 - Boulevard Industriel; St-Élie-d'Orford)
  •   (Westbound Only)
  • (140)   Junction Autoroute 410 Sherbrooke
  • (141)   Sherbrooke (Chemin St-Joseph)
  •   Junction Autoroute 610 Sherbrooke (Fleurimont, East Angus, Lac-Mégantic)
  • (58)   (Route 222 – Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Valcourt)
  • (60)   (Bromptonville)
  • (71)   (Route 249 – Windsor, Saint-Grégoire-de-Greenlay, Saint-François-Xavier)
  • (85)   (Route 243 – Racine, Valcourt, Melbourne)
  • (88)   (Route 116 – Acton Vale, Richmond, Asbestos)
  •  
    • Rest Area with toilets and Touristical information (summer only)
  • (98)   (Chemin Mooney)
  • (103)   (Lefebvre, L'Avenir, Ulverton, Durham-Sud)
  • (111)   (Route Caya)
  • (116)   (Route 139 – Wickham, Acton Vale, Granby, Saint-Nicéphore)
  • (122)   (Boulevard Jean-de-Brébeuf - Drummondville)
  • (125)   (Route 122 – Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Drummondville)

Overlap with A-20





Section Centre - Drummondville to Trois-Rivières

In Region

  • (128/173)   Junction A-20/A-55 South
  • (175)   (Route 143 north (Boulevard Lemire) – Saint-Bonaventure, Saint-François-du-Lac)
  • (177)   (Route 143 south – Saint-Majorique, Drummondville)
  • (179)   (Chemin du Golf)
  • (181)   (Saint-Charles-de-Drummond, Drummondville, Saint-Joachim-de-Courval)
  • (185)   (Route 255 – Baie-du-Febvre, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey)
  • (191)   (Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults)
  • (196)   (Route 259 – Nicolet, Sainte-Perpétue, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil)
  • (200)   (Route 155 - Saint-Léonard-d'Aston)
  • (202)   (Rang du Moulin-Rouge)
  • (204)   (Rang des Cédres, Rang des Plaines)

Gap

  • Overlap with Route 161 Northwards

As Route 161

  • Crossroad (Rang des Érables)
    • Access to current northern end of A-955
  • Crossroad (11e Rang)
  • Crossroad (10e Rang)
  • Crossroad (9e Rang)
    • Access to current southern end of A-55 through 9e Rang
    • Access to St-Léonard-d'Aston and Route 155

End of Route 161 overlap


  • (153) Crossroad (9e Rang - Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Saint-Wenceslas)
    • West to Route 155 / East to Route 161
    • End of current A-55
  • Crossroad (Route 226/Route 155 – Saint-Célestin)
    • Northern End of Route 161
  • Truck Weight Balance (Northbound only)
  • Crossroad (Chemin Forest - Précieux-Sang)
  • Crossroad (Chemin Thibodeau)
  • Crossroad (Route 132 – Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet)
  • (176)   Junction A-30 Eastern Segment
    • (177)   (Route 132 – Bécancour, Sainte-Angèle)

Pont Laviolette





Section North - Trois-Rivières Northwards

In Region


Pont Laviolette


  • (181)   (Route 138 (Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Boulevard Gene-H.-Kruger))
  • (182)   Junction Autoroute Félix-Leclerc A-40 Eastward
  • (183)   (Boulevard Jean-XXIII)
  • (186)   Junction Autoroute de la Rive-Nord A-40
    • Chance to get onto the A-40 towards Montreal
    • End of overlap with A-40
    • (186)   (A-40 west / Boulevard des Forges – Montréal)
      • Access through Frontage road
  • (191)   (Boulevard Industriel, Boulevard Saint-Michel)
  • (196)   (Boulevard des Forges - Saint-Thomas-de-Caxton)
  • (202)   (Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, Saint-Barnabé)
  • (206)   (Saint-Boniface)
  • (211)   (Route 153 – Saint-Boniface, Shawinigan)
  • (216)   (Rue Burrill)
  • (217)   (Route 351 (Rue Garnier) – Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc)
  • (220)   (Boulevard Hubert-Biermans, Boulevard Vallée-du-Parc)
  • (223)   (5e avenue, 25e rue)
  • (226)   (8e rue, 4e rue)

St-Maurice River Bridge


  • Crossroad (95e Av.)
  • End of A-55 continue northward as Route 155




Hitching the Route 155

Route 155 Southwards (From A-55 to A-20)

In Centre-du-Québec Region

  • Crossroad (A-55/Route 226/Route 161)
    • St-Célestin
  • Crossroad (8e Rang) Access to end of A-55
  • St-Léonard-d'Aston
  • (200)   Junction A-20 Eastward
  • Southern End of Route 155

Route 155 Northwards (North End of A-55)

In Mauricie and Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean Regions


St-Maurice River Bridge


  • Beginning of Autoroute A-55 Southwards
  • Crossroad (95e Av. east to Route 153/A-55)
    • Grand-Piles
  • Crossroad (Route 159) St-Roch de Mékinac
  • Crossroad (Chemin St-Joseph/To St-Joseph de Mékinac)
  • La Tuque
  • La Bostonnais
  • Lac des Commissaires
  • Lac Bouchette
  • St-François-de-Sales
  • Crossroad (Route 169)
    • Chambord
  • Northern End of Route 155
    • Continue Northward on Route 169 to Roberval
    • Continue Southward on Route 169 to Alma




Hitching the A-955

  • Crossroad (Rang des Érables)
    • Current northern end of A-955
    • Continue Nortwards through Route 161
  • (20/210)   Junction A-20/A-955/A-55 North
  • Crossroad (Rang des Cèdres)
    • Lead westwards as Frontage road to A-20   (204)
  • Crossroad (Rang Ste-Hélène)
    • Lead to Route 161
  • Crossroad (2e Rang Est)
    • Lead to Route 161
  • Crossroad (3e Rang Est)
    • St-Samuel-de-Horton
  • Crossroad (12e Rang)
    • Lead to St-Valère / Route 161
  • Crossroad (10e Rang/Rang Landry)
  • Crossroad (Route 122/Boul. Industriel Ouest)
  • Southern End of A-955
    • Crossroad (Rue Principale - St-Albert-de-Warwick)