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'Autoroute 13' (or 'A-13', also known as 'Autoroute Chomedey' with sections formerly known as 'Autoroute Mirabel'), is a
freeway in the urban region of
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. Its southern end is at the junction of
Autoroute 20 on the
Island of Montreal near
Trudeau International Airport. Its northern terminus is at the junction of
Autoroute 640 near
Boisbriand. The road traverses through
Laval.
Autoroute 13 was built as a
toll highway in
1975 with a goal to connect the two international airports,
Mirabel and Dorval (now
Trudeau International Airport). Currently, the freeway is mostly six-laned and tolls no longer apply.
The designation of Autoroute Chomedey refers to the community of
Chomedey in
Laval, through which A-13 passes. Formerly, common usage was to refer to the autoroute as Autoroute Chomedey south of the
Milles-ÃŽles river, and Autoroute Mirabel north of that point. In recent usage, however, the Autoroute Chomedey name is generally used for the full length of the autoroute. Boulevard Pitfield is routed as a parallel service road to A-13 in
St-Laurent.
The Quebec provincial government was planning to extend Autoroute 13 north of
A-640 in the late
1990s as an alternate route for
A-15 (Autoroute Décarie/Autoroute des Laurentides). It is speculated this extension is less of a priority since Mirabel ceased passenger operations in
2004 and since the Mirabel site is presently served by
A-15 and
A-50.
Interchanges from south to north

Exit to A-13 from A-640
★ Lowest Annual Average Daily Traffic: 38 000 (between
R-344 and
A-640 in 2000)
★ Highest Annual Average Daily Traffic: 140 000 (between
A-40 and
A-440 in 2000)
External links
★
Transport Quebec website
★
A-13 at Exitlists.com
★
A-13 at Quebec Autoroutes
★
Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: Chomedey Autoroute (A-13)