 Autoroute 50 | ||||
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| Autoroute Guy-Lafleur | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 158.3 km[1][2] (98.4 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1975[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Rue Montcalm in Gatineau | |||
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| East end |  R-117 in Mirabel | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Major cities | Gatineau, Mirabel, Lachute, Brownsburg-Chatham, L'Ange-Gardien | |||
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Autoroute 50 (Autoroute Guy-Lafleur) is an Autoroute in western Quebec, Canada. It links Canada's National Capital Region (Gatineau) and the Greater Montreal area (Mirabel).
Until November 2012, there were two distinct sections of A-50: one section running eastward from Hull and the other westward from Mirabel. The gap in the highway was filled on November 26, 2012, and the two-lane freeway opened for traffic on the full 159 km (98.8 mi) length.[3][4]
The route provides an east-west freeway alternative to Route 148 that does not require travelling in Ontario, unlike the main Trans-Canada Highway route (A-40 / Hwy 417).
Originally named Autoroute de l'Outaouais, it was announced on April 28, 2023, that A-50 would be renamed to Autoroute Guy-Lafleur in honor of the former Montreal Canadiens player who died of lung cancer a year earlier.[5] The Quebec government officially announced the name change on May 4 in Thurso, Lafleur's birthplace.[6]
- ^ a b "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec - Transports et Mobilité durable Québec". Ministère des Transports (in Canadian French). Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
googlewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ouverture du dernier tronçon de l'autoroute 50 | Ottawa–Gatineau" (in French). Radio-Canada. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "L'autoroute 50 est bel et bien une autoroute, soutient le MTQ | Ottawa–Gatineau" (in French). Radio-Canada. 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ "Highway 50 to be renamed after hockey legend Guy Lafleur". CBC News. April 30, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ Boulay, Mathieu (May 4, 2023). "L'autoroute 50 devient l'autoroute Guy-Lafleur" [Autoroute 50 becomes Autoroute Guy-Lafleur]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved May 4, 2023.