Quebec Autoroute 610

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Autoroute 610

Autoroute Louis-Bilodeau
Quebec Autoroute 610
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length10.3 km [1] [2]  (6.4 mi)
Existed1988 [2] –present
Major junctions
West endQuebec Autoroute 10.svgQuebec Autoroute 55.svg A-10  / A-55 in Sherbrooke
East endQc112.svg R-112 in Sherbrooke
Location
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Major cities Sherbrooke
Highway system
Quebec Autoroute 573.svg A-573 Quebec Autoroute 640.svg A-640

Autoroute 610 (A-610), also known as Autoroute Louis Bilodeau, is a short spur autoroute serving the eastern and northern suburbs of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It bypasses Sherbrooke's city centre to the north and connects the A-55 and A-10 to Route 112, a primary regional link to East Angus, Thetford Mines, and Lac-Mégantic.

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History

The first section of Highway 610 was opened to traffic in 1988 as an extension of the A-10. The eastern part (east of Exit 7, formerly Exit 150), opened in 1992, is a two-lane freeway. Original plans for the A-10 called for it to continue east to Thetford Mines, but this section was never built. On 29 September 2006, Transports Québec announced plans to redesignate the section of A-10 east of the A-55 as Autoroute 610. The MTQ's rationale was that the new route number is more consistent with the Quebec road numbering plan and would be less confusing to motorists travelling through and beyond the region. [3] As a result, Autoroute 10 (multiplexed with the A-55 east of km 121) reaches its terminus at the interchange with A-610.

In January 2008, A-610 was renamed in honour of Louis Bilodeau  [ fr ], a longtime broadcaster on CHLT-TV.

A proposal to build the East-West Highway across central and northern Maine calls for the A-610 (its original numbering as A-10 restored) to be extended to the U.S. border at Coburn Gore where it would meet the new highway. Doing so would create a new and more direct limited-access highway link between Maine, the Maritimes, and Montreal.

Exit list

The entire route is in Sherbrooke.

mikmExitDestinationsNotes
0.000.00Quebec Autoroute 10.svgQuebec Autoroute 55.svg A-10 west / A-55  Magog, Montréal, Drummondville, Québec Exit 143 on A-10 / A-55; eastern terminus of A-10
3.302.053Boulevard Saint-François Sherbrooke Centre-Ville
7.004.357Qc216.svg R-216  Fleurimont, Stoke
11.307.02Qc112.svg R-112 (Rue King) East Angus, Thetford Mines, Lac-Mégantic Traffic circle with slip ramps
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Autoroute Louis Bilodeau Autoroute Louis Bilodeau - panoramio.jpg
Autoroute Louis Bilodeau

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References

  1. Ministère des transports: "Distances routière", page 12, Les Publications du Québec, 2005 (Distance between Route 112 and exit 143)
  2. 1 2 "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010.
  3. News Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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