Autoroute 13 marker

Autoroute 13

Autoroute Chomedey
A-13 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length21.9 km[1] (13.6 mi)
Existed1975[2]–present
Major junctions
South end A-20 in Montréal
Major intersections A-520 in Dorval
A-40 (TCH) in Montreal
A-440 in Laval
North end A-640 in Boisbriand
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesMontréal, Laval, Boisbriand, Dorval
Highway system
← A-10→ A-15
Highway 13 north to St. Jerome

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 Laval. A-13 is mostly six-laned and tolls were removed.

Autoroute 13 was originally built as a toll highway in 1975, ultimately to connect the two international airports, Mirabel and Dorval (now Trudeau International Airport). However A-13 was not built beyond its interim terminus at A-640, leaving only A-15 to connect Mirabel with Montréal island.

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).

Exit list

RCMLocationkm[1]miExitDestinationsNotes
MontréalMontréal0.00.01 A-20 (Autoroute du Souvenir) / 32 Avenue / rue Victoria – Centre-Ville Montréal, Aéroport P.-E.-Trudeau, TorontoExit 60 on A-20
1.71.12Rue Hickmore / Rue Louis-A.-Amos
Montréal–Dorval3.22.03 A-520 (Autoroute de la Côte-de-Liesse) – Aéroport P.-E.-TrudeauSigned as exits 3E (east) and 3O (west); exit 4 on A-520
3.8–
4.2		2.4–
2.6		Tunnel under Montréal–Trudeau International Airport
Montréal6.13.86 A-40 (TCH) – Ottawa, Gatineau, QuébecExit 60 on A-40
7.5–
8.8		4.7–
5.5		8Boulevard Henri-Bourassa / Boulevard Gouin
Rivière des Prairies9.1–
9.6		5.7–
6.0		Pont Louis Bisson
Laval10.16.312Boulevard Samson / Boulevard Notre-Dame / Boulevard Saint-MartinNorthbound exit; south end of collector/distributor lanes
13.38.3Boulevard Samson / Boulevard Notre-DameSouthbound exit
14.0–
16.5		8.7–
10.3		15 A-440 (Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie) to R-148 (Avenue des Bois)Exit 17 on A-440
Boulevard DagenaisNorthbound exit
Boulevard Saint-MartinSouthbound exit
16.810.417Boulevard Sainte-RoseNorthbound exit
18.411.417Boulevard Dagenais / Boulevard Sainte-RoseSouthbound exit; north end of collector/distributor lanes
Rivière des Mille Îles18.6–
19.4		11.6–
12.1		Pont Vachon
Thérèse-De BlainvilleBoisbriand20.212.620 R-344 (Chemin de la Grande-Côte) – Boisbriand, Saint-Eustache
21.913.622 A-640 – Repentigny, Saint-Eustache, OkaSigned as exits 22E (east) and 22O (west); exit 16 on A-640
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  • Lowest Annual Average Daily Traffic: 38 000 (between R-344 and A-640 in 2000)
  • Highest Annual Average Daily Traffic: 140 000 (between A-40 and A-440 in 2000)

References

  1. 1 2 Google (November 10, 2020). "Autoroute 13" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
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