Quebec Autoroute 610

Summary

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.

Autoroute 610 marker

Autoroute 610

Autoroute Louis-Bilodeau
Map
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length10.3 km[1][2] (6.4 mi)
Existed1988[2]–present
Major junctions
West end A-10 / A-55 in Sherbrooke
East end R-112 in Sherbrooke
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesSherbrooke
Highway system
A-573 A-640

History edit

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 edit

The entire route is in Sherbrooke.

mikmExitDestinationsNotes
0.000.00   A-10 west / A-55 – Magog, Montréal, Drummondville, QuébecExit 143 on A-10 / A-55; eastern terminus of A-10
3.302.053Boulevard Saint-François – Sherbrooke Centre-Ville
7.004.357  R-216 – Fleurimont, Stoke
11.307.02  R-112 (Rue King) – East Angus, Thetford Mines, Lac-MéganticTraffic circle with slip ramps
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
 
Autoroute Louis Bilodeau

References edit

  1. ^ Ministère des transports: "Distances routière", page 12, Les Publications du Québec, 2005 (Distance between Route 112 and exit 143)
  2. ^ a b "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

External links edit

Template:Attached KML/Quebec Autoroute 610
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  •   Media related to Quebec Autoroute 610 at Wikimedia Commons
  • Transport Quebec
  • Transports Quebec Map (in French)
  • A-610 at Quebec Autoroutes
  • News story on renaming of A-610 (Le Matin, French)