Autoroute

Autoroute is a French word meaning, literally, a 'motor road', and corresponding to the words "motorway" or "freeway" in English. It is the name used in the francophone world for highways constructed exclusively for high-speed motor traffic, usually connecting one or more cities.

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:see main article: Autoroute (Quebec)

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The Autoroute system in the province of Quebec, Canada, is a network of freeways which operate under the same principle of controlled-access as the Interstate freeway system in the United States or the 400-Series Highways in neighbouring Ontario. The Autoroutes are the backbone of Quebec's highway system, which spans more than 20,000 km of roads. The speed limit on Quebec's Autoroutes is generally 100 km/h (65 mph) in rural areas and 70-90 km/h (45-55 mph) in urban areas.

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Motorway: A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. Motorways may also be regarded as highways designed to carry a large volume of traffic where a normal road would not suffice or would be unsafe, usually between cities....

Freeway: :For other uses, see Freeway (disambiguation)....