Quebec Autoroute 640
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| Autoroute 640 |
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| Autoroute de la Rive-Nord | |||||||||
| Length: | 54.8 km (34 mi) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1961 | ||||||||
| West end: | Pointe-Calumet | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
   in Laval in Charlemagne |
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| East end: | Repentigny | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Rosemère, Lorraine | ||||||||
| System: | City highway | ||||||||
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Autoroute 640 (or A-640, also known as Autoroute de la Rive-Nord) is a provincial superhighway that runs across the North Shore Region (paralleling the Rivière des Mille-Îles} from Route 344 in the Oka area to Route 138, where it ends as a four-lane expressway in Repentigny. It was designed as a northern bypass to Montreal, and was originally intended to cross the Lake of Two Mountains to connect to Autoroute 40 near Vaudreuil. It is currently 54.8 km long.
- Western terminus : Chemin d'Oka (R-344) (Pointe-Calumet)
- Eastern terminus : Rue Notre-Dame (R-138) (Repentigny)
[edit] Years of construction
A-640 was built over the following timeline:
- From Boul. des Promenades to A-15 ... 1961
- From Route 337 to A-40 ... 1972
- From A-15 to Route 337 ... 1974
- From Route 344 to Boul. des Promenades ... 1976
[edit] Interchanges from West to East
| Municipality | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Oka | * | Intersection of Chemin Oka  Route 344 and Chemin des Collines |
| Deux Montagnes | 2 | Chemin Principal Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec |
| 8 | Boulevard des Promenades / Avenue 20e, | |
| St. Eustache | 11 | Boulevard Arthur-Sauve  Route 148, |
| 14 | 25e Avenue, | |
| 16 | Autoroute 13 |
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| Boisbriand | 19 | Boul. de la Grande-Allée |
| Ste-Therese | 20 | Autoroute 15 |
| Rosemère | 22 | Boul. du Curé Labelle /  Route 117 |
| 23 | Boul. Robert Abbott | |
| Blainville | 24 | Chemin du Bas-de-Ste-Thérèse |
| Lorraine | 26 | Boul. de Gaulle |
| Bois-des-Filion, Quebec | 28 | Boulevard des Laurentides  Route 335 |
| Terrebonne | 35 | Boul des Entreprises |
| Mascouche | 38 | Chemin Gascon  Route 337 |
| 42 | Autoroute 25 |
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| 44 | Chemin Charles-Aubert/Rue Louis-Hébert Montréal/Mascouche Airport | |
| Lachenaie | 45 | Montee Dumais/Chemin de la Cabane-Ronde |
| Charlemagne | 53 | Autoroute 40 |
| * | Intersection of Rue Émile-des-Pins/ Route 344 |
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| Repentigny | * (number 54) | Intersection of Rue Notre-Dame/ Route 138 |
[edit] External links
- Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: North Belt Autoroute (A-640)
- Transport Quebec website
- Transports Quebec Map (French)
- A-640 at Exitlists.com
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