Autoroute 20 is a major Quebec Quebec (English pronunciation: /kəˈbɛk/ or /kwɨˈbɛk/; French: Québec [keˈbɛk] ) is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely-populated parts of Canada Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area and its common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the world's longest, and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. It is, after the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, the world's third longest national highway, with the main route spanning 8,030 km (4,990 miles). The system was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1948, construction. At 548 km (340.5 mi), it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec. It is one of two main links between Montreal Montreal (pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeˈal] (help·info) in French, /ˌmʌntriˈɑːl/ (help·info) in English) is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie ('City of Mary'), the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose and Quebec City Quebec , French: Québec ([keˈbɛk] ( listen)), also Quebec City or Québec City (French: Ville de Québec) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in the province – after Montreal, about 233 kilometres (145 mi) to the southwest. As of the 2006; the other is the A-40.
There are two sections of A-20, separated by a 82 km (51.0 mi) gap which is to be filled in 2015 (according to the Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent region is located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec plan). The length of A-20 will then be 641 km (398 mi).
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