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Autoroute 15 really could be classified as three separate roads, but I have traveled on only two of these sections. On a personal note, this was the first section of highway that I traveled on in Canada, way back in 1978.
The first section between the U.S.-Canadian border and the Champlain border traverses mostly flat, rural land. It is only north of Candiac (A-30 and QC 132) that things get interesting on A-15. Mont-Royal and the Montreal skyline come into full view at this point. Be sure not to miss the "incomplete interchange" and ghost ramps around kilometer-post 51 (possibly for the unbuilt A-6). The A-15 connection to the Champlain Bridge could be better, since motorists have to use service roads and one-lane ramps to travel between A-15 and the bridge.
After a short multiplex with A-20 over the Champlain Bridge and through the city of Verdun (which can get congested), A-15 continues north as the Decarie Autoroute. Sometimes called "the Decarie ditch," the depressed six-lane expressway is built to modern standards. However, soon after construction of the expressway in the 1960's (in preparation for Expo 67), neighborhoods along its route began to decline, prompting some to call for construction of a cover along the depressed sections.
At the "Decarie Interchange," A-15 joins A-40 for a short jaunt on the always-congested Metropolitan Autoroute. It parts ways with A-40 to become the Laurentian Autoroute. I have not been on this section of A-15.
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