Quebec Autoroute 35

Autoroute 35
Autoroute de la Vallée-des-Forts
A-35 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length50 km (31 mi)
Existed1966–present
Major junctions
South end R-133 in Saint-Armand
Major intersections
North end A-10 in Chambly
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Chambly, Carignan, Saint-Alexandre, Saint-Armand
Highway system
A-31 A-40

Autoroute 35 (A-35) is an Autoroute in the region of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. With the first section constructed in the 1960s, the A-35 links Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu with Montreal via the A-10. The A-35 is also the primary route for traffic between Montreal, Canada and Boston, Massachusetts, although it ends 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) north of the Canada–United States border. South of its current terminus in Saint-Armand, the A-35 continues as Route 133, which is a four-lane, divided highway for 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) to the border. An extension of A-35 to meet Interstate 89 at Saint-Armand would have completed a nearly 500-kilometre (310 mi) limited-access highway link between Montreal and Boston. It had been scheduled to open in 2017, but was delayed until 2023, and then delayed again until 2025, with the final segment from the border to 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) north of it cancelled in March 2025. The southernmost section of Route 133 has been a four-lane, divided highway for many years, allowing the transition from the newly constructed autoroute to be smooth, although not converted to autoroute standards.

Like many Quebec Autoroutes, the A-35 also has a name: Autoroute de la Vallée-des-Forts (Forts Valley Highway). The name refers to a chain of forts built by the French in the Richelieu Valley during the 17th and 18th centuries to defend their colonial settlements from the Iroquois. The A-35 used to be known as Autoroute de la Nouvelle-Angleterre (New England Motorway), referring to its role as a link between Quebec and New England.