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Quebec Autoroute 540

Highway in Quebec City, Quebec

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Autoroute 540
Autoroute Duplessis
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length	5.1 km[1][2] (3.2 mi)
Existed	1966[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	A-73 / R-175inQuébec
Major intersections	A-40 in Québec
North end	R-138 in Québec
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Major cities	Québec City
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← A-530 → A-573

Autoroute 540 is a short spur highway, connecting Route 138toAutoroute 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 numbers on Autoroute 540 are numbered from north to south, unlike other Autoroutes which are numbered from south to north. The entire route is located in Québec City, Québec TE. 

km[3]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
0.0	0.0	–	Boulevard Laurier (R-175 north) – Québec Centre-Ville	A-540 southern terminus; through traffic follows R-175 north
		10	R-175 south / Chemin Saint-Louis – Pont de Québec
		9	A-73 south to A-20 – Pont Pierre-Laporte, Montréal	A-73 north exit 134; A-73 south exit 136; no exit to A-73 north
0.6	0.37	8	Boulevard Hochelaga
1.3	0.81	6	Chemin des Quatre-Bourgeois
2.0	1.2	5	Chemin Sainte-Foy
4.0	2.5	3	A-40 (Autoroute Félix-Leclerc) to A-440 – Québec Centre-Ville, Montréal	Signed as exits 3E (east) and 3O (west); A-40 exit 305
4.9	3.0	–	Avenue Jules-Verne	At-grade intersection; terminus of freeway section
5.4	3.4	–	Boulevard Wilfred-Hammel (R-138) – Québec, Trois-Rivières	At-grade intersection; A-540 northern terminus; becomes Route de l'Aéroport
7.1	4.4		Aéroport Jean-Lesage
9.2	5.7		Avenue Notre Dame (R-358)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access

• Geographic data related to autoroute DuplessisatOpenStreetMap
• Transport Quebec website
• Transports Quebec Map (in French)
• A-540 at Quebec Autoroutes
• A-540 at motorways-exits.com

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