Quebec Autoroute 640

Infobox road
province=QC
type=Autoroute
route=640
highway_name = Autoroute 640
marker_

alternate_name = Autoroute de la Rive-Nord
length_km = 54.8
direction_a = West
direction_b = East
starting_terminus = Pointe-Calumet
junction =
ending_terminus = Repentigny
established = 1961
cities = Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Rosemère, Lorraine
system = City highway
previous_type=A
previous_route=610
next_type=A
next_route=720

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)

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

Interchanges from West to East

External links

* [http://www.montrealroads.com/roads/A-640/ Steve Anderson's MontrealRoads.com: North Belt Autoroute (A-640)]
* [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://www.exitlists.com/exitlists/lists/autoroutes/A640.html A-640 at Exitlists.com]