Autoroute 410 (or A-410) is a short peri-urban multilane highway in

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...

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. It is currently a branch from Autoroute 10 (Autoroute des Cantons-de-l'Est) to its terminus east of

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. The road was named for Jacques O'Bready, the former mayor of Sherbrooke and president of the

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, in March 2007. Before then, the road was known as the Autoroute University.

History

The initial segment was opened from A-10 to Boulevard Bourque ( Route 112) in 1971 as a

two-lane freeway A two-lane expressway or two-lane freeway is an expressway or freeway with only one lane in each direction, and usually no median barrier. It may be built that way because of constraints, or may be intended for expansion once traffic volumes ri ...

. The route was opened to Boulevard de l'Université in 1978, and the entire A-410 became a 4-lane divided highway in 1981. In May 2009, work started on Phase 1 of the A-410 extension to

. An interchange was built over Boulevard de l'Université, another over Belvédère Street, south of Mont-Bellevue and the last one at R-108/ R-143 south of Lennoxville. The project was expected to be completed in 2014. Due to delays, the Belvédère Street interchange was opened in November 2014, with the 108/143 interchange opened in November 2015. Construction of Phase 2, which started in summer 2018 and opened to traffic in December 2020, bypasses Lennoxville, with a bridge built over the Massawippi river and culminating at R-108 near Glenday Road,

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and the Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre. This phase completes the southern bypass road for Sherbrooke, mirroring the role of A-610 as northern bypass.

Exit list

References

External links

Transports Quebec Map
{{Quebec Autoroutes 10-4 Transport in Sherbrooke