Quebec Autoroute 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

Infobox road
province=QC
type=Autoroute
route=540
highway_name = Autoroute 540
marker_

alternate_name = Autoroute de Vaudreuil (Vaudreuil Autoroute)
length_km = 4.9
direction_a = South
direction_b = North
starting_terminus =
ending_terminus =
cities = Vaudreuil-Dorion, Montérégie
established = 1967
previous_type=A
previous_route=520
next_type=A
next_route=540
next_dab = Quebec City

Autoroute 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion) is a short spur route that connects 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 is currently the shortest numbered Autoroute.

The road also acts as a part of a ring road around the western edge of the Montreal metropolitan area. It is speculated that A-540 may be re-designated as an extension of Autoroute 30, while the old alignment of A-30 is renamed Autoroute 530, becoming more or less, a full southern ring road of Montreal with A-30.

There is also an A-540 in the Quebec City region which links Autoroute 40 with Autoroute 73.

Interchanges from South to North

External links

* [http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/ Transport Quebec website]
* [http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Transports Quebec Map] fr icon
* [http://webfil_92.tripod.com/autoroutes_en/id23.html Autoroute 540]
* [http://www.exitlists.com/exitlists/lists/autoroutes/A540.html A-540 at Exitlists.com]