Quebec Autoroute 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion)
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| Autoroute 540 | ||||
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| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length: | 4.9 km[1][2] (3.0 mi) | |||
| Existed: | 1967[2] – 2012 | |||
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| South end: |
 Autoroute 20 | |||
| North end: |
  Autoroute 40/Trans-Canada Highway | |||
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| Major cities: | Vaudreuil-Dorion, Montérégie | |||
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- For Autoroute 540 in Quebec City, see Quebec Autoroute 540 (Quebec City).
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.
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.
Interchanges from South to North
| Municipality | No. | Intersecting Roads |
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| Vaudreuil-Dorion | 1 | Autoroute 20 |
| 2 |  Route 342/Route Harwood | |
| 3 |  Route 340 | |
| 5 | Autoroute 40/Trans-Canada Highway |
References
- ↑ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- 1 2 "Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec" (in French). Transports Québec. Retrieved 2008-02-23.