Quebec Autoroute 70

Autoroute 70 marker
Autoroute 70
Autoroute du Saguenay
Autoroute Alma-La Baie (future)
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length31.56 km[1][2] (19.61 mi)
Existed1983[2]–present
Major junctions
West end R-170 in Saguenay
Major intersections R-372 in Saguenay
R-175 in Saguenay
East end R-170 in Saguenay
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesAlma (future), Saguenay
Highway system
A-55 A-73

Autoroute 70, or A-70, is a short Autoroute located in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of northern Quebec. It is the only Autoroute that does not connect to any other Autoroutes, although other Autoroutes have discontiguous segments (such as A-20 and A-30). A-70 was first created in 1983, and has since been extended three times.

A-70 is 31.56 km (19.6 mi) long at present, however extensions are being proposed in both directions. A-70 is only partially completed; it acts primarily as a bypass route around the urban area of Saguenay. The route was slow to develop; until 2001 it was an extremely short stub, fewer than 6 km (3.7 mi) long.

A-70 will be extended westward to Alma and eastward to La Baie. A new alignment has already been determined for the westernmost section of A-70. The proposed route for the eastern section has also been determined and 7.29 km (4.5 mi) of it has been built – from the former eastern terminus of the original A-70 to the Saguenay-Bagotville Airport.

The ultimate length of A-70 will be around 72 km (44.7 mi).

  1. ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec". Retrieved 2020-07-06.