Quebec Autoroute 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Autoroute 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion) was a short spur route that connected Autoroute 20 to Autoroute 40, providing a direct freeway link from Windsor, Ontario (via Highway 401) to Quebec City, Rivière-du-Loup, and points east through A-40, as A-20 currently has several at-grade intersections in Vaudreuil-Dorion as a multi-lane divided road. A-540 was the shortest numbered Autoroute.

Autoroute 540 marker

Autoroute 540

Autoroute des Briquets
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length4.9 km[1][2] (3.0 mi)
Existed1967[2]–2012
HistoryReplaced by A-30
Major junctions
South end A-20 in Vaudreuil-Dorion
North end A-40 (TCH) in Vaudreuil-Dorion
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesVaudreuil-Dorion
Highway system
← A-520→ A-540

Absorption as part of Autoroute 30

In 2006, construction began to extend Autoroute 30 north of the St. Lawrence River (over a new crossing) to the existing junction with Autoroute 540 and Autoroute 20, necessitating reconstruction of that interchange. Once that was completed in December 2012, A-540 was annexed and re-designated as an extension of Autoroute 30, while the old alignment of A-30 south of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield was renamed Autoroute 530. This made the expanded A-30 a ring road serving the southwestern part of the Montreal metropolitan area.

Exit list

From south to north. The entire route was located in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality. 

kmmiExitDestinationsNotes
1 A-20 (Autoroute du Souvenir) – Centre-Ville Montréal, Toronto
2 R-342 (Route Harwood)Northbound exit and entrance
3 R-340 (Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes)
5 A-40 (TCH) to Highway 417 – Montréal, Mirabel Airport, Ottawa, Gatineau
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. Ministère des transports (2005). Distances routières (in French). Les Publications du Québec.
  2. "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
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