Quebec Autoroute 540

{{For|the former Autoroute 540 in the Montreal suburb of Vaudreuil-Dorion|Quebec Autoroute 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion)|Quebec Autoroute 30}}

{{Infobox road

|province=QC

|type=Autoroute

|route=540

|alternate_name=Autoroute Duplessis

|maint=Transports Québec

|map= A-540.png

| length_km = 5.1

|length_round =1

|length_ref=Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page (?), Les Publications du Québec, 2005{{cite web|url=http://www1.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/repertoire_autoroute/autoroute.asp|title=Répertoire des autoroutes du Québec|language=fr|publisher=Transports Québec|access-date=2008-02-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111145001/http://www1.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/repertoire_autoroute/autoroute.asp|archive-date=2010-01-11}}

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=QC|A|73|QC|175}} in Québec

|junction={{jct|state=QC|A|40}} in Québec

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=QC|QC|138}} in Québec

|cities=Québec City

| established=1966

|previous_type=A

|previous_route=530

|next_type=A

|next_route=573

}}

Autoroute 540 is a short spur highway, connecting Route 138 to Autoroute 73 and linking the Jean Lesage International Airport with the Pierre Laporte Bridge. It is also known as Autoroute Duplessis, honouring former premier Maurice Duplessis.

Exit list

Exit numbers on Autoroute 540 are numbered from north to south, unlike other Autoroutes which are numbered from south to north.{{QCinttop|exit|division=Québec TE|location=Québec City|length_ref={{google maps |title=Quebec Autoroute 540 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@46.7893087,-71.3431809,13.67z |access-date=April 25, 2023}}}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=0.0

|kspan=3

|exit=–

|road={{jctname|state=QC|QC|175|dir1=north|name1=Boulevard Laurier|location1=Québec Centre-Ville}}

|notes=A-540 southern terminus; through traffic follows R-175 north

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=none

|exit=10

|road={{jctname|state=QC|QC|175|dir1=south|location1=Pont de Québec|road|Chemin Saint-Louis}}

|notes=

}}

{{QCint|exit

|type=incomplete

|km=none

|exit=9

|road={{jct|state=QC|A|73|dir1=south|A|20|to2=yes|location1=Pont Pierre-Laporte|city2=Montréal}}

|notes=A-73 north exit 134; A-73 south exit 136; no exit to A-73 north

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=0.6

|exit=8

|road=Boulevard Hochelaga

|notes=

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=1.3

|exit=6

|road=Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois

|notes=

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=2.0

|exit=5

|road=Chemin Sainte-Foy

|notes=

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=4.0

|exit=3

|road={{jct|state=QC|A|40|A|440|dab2=Quebec City|name1=Autoroute Félix-Leclerc|to2=yes|location1=Québec Centre-Ville|city2=Montréal}}

|notes=Signed as exits 3E (east) and 3O (west); A-40 exit 305

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=4.9

|exit=–

|road=Avenue Jules-Verne

|notes=At-grade intersection; terminus of freeway section

}}

{{QCint|exit

|km=5.4

|exit=–

|road={{jctname|state=QC|R|138|name1=Boulevard Wilfred-Hammel|city1=Québec|city2=Trois-Rivières}}

|notes=At-grade intersection; A-540 northern terminus; becomes Route de l'Aéroport

}}

{{QCint|exit

|type=closed

|km=7.1

|road={{jct|state=QC|extra=airport}} Aéroport Jean-Lesage

|notes=

}}

{{QCint|exit

|type=closed

|km=9.2

|road={{jctname|state=QC|R|358|name1=Avenue Notre Dame}}

|notes=

}}

References

External links

{{Osmrelation-inline|409104|autoroute Duplessis}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130628102442/http://www1.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/ Transport Quebec website]
[http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Transports Quebec Map] {{in lang|fr}}
[http://webfil_92.tripod.com/autoroutes_en/id23.html A-540 at Quebec Autoroutes]
[https://www.motorways-exits.com/north_america/cdn/qc/a540-vaudreuil.html A-540 at motorways-exits.com]

40-5 (Quebec City)

Category:Streets in Quebec City

Autoroute Duplessis