Autoroute 955 is a short two-lane highway which links
Autoroute 20 in
Sainte-Eulalie with
Saint-Albert.
This short section of Autoroute was destined to become part of a much longer section of freeway, as
Autoroute 55 was supposed to follow this route south towards
Warwick
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and
Richmond
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* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
, as opposed to its current configuration through
Drummondville
Drummondville () is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste.
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; however, this was never completed, but the short route still remains. The route has a posted speed limit of despite at-grade four-way stop intersections such as
Route 122.
Its current northern interchange with
Autoroute 20 also connects it to parent route
Autoroute 55, which was extended south to A-20 in October 2006.
Hydro-Québec
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's HVDC
Quebec - New England Transmission circuit runs parallel alongside A-955 through most of the road's length.
Major intersections
References
External links
A-955 at motorways-exits.comTransports Quebec Map
55-9
Roads in Centre-du-Québec
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