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| Chemin Du Roy Maintained by Transports Québec |
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| Length: | 1389.3 km[1] (863.3 mi) | ||||||||
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| West end: |  NY 30 at Constable, New York |
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| Major junctions: |
 Route 202 in Huntingdon Route 201 in Ormstown Route 203 in Très-Saint-Sacrement Route 205 in Sainte-Martine  A-30 / Route 132 in Chateauguay Route 132 / Route 207 in Kahnawake A-20 in Montreal-Ouest (Montreal) A-15 in Notre-Dame-du-Grace (Montreal)   Route 112 / Route 134 / Route 335 in Montreal Route 125 in Rosemont (Montreal) A-25 in Anjou (Montreal) A-640 in Repentigny Route 343 in Saint-Sulpice Route 131 in Lavaltrie  A-40 / Route 158 in Berthierville  Route 348 / Route 349 in Louiseville Route 153 in Yamachiche A-40 in Pointe-du-Lac (Trois-Rivières)  A-40 / A-55 / Route 155 in Trois-Rivières Route 157 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine (Trois-Rivières) Route 359 in Champlain Route 361 in Batiscan Route 159 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Route 363 in Deschambault-Grondines Route 358 in Cap-Santé A-40 in Donnacona Route 365 in Neuville A-40 / Route 367 in Cap-Rouge (Quebec)  A-40 / A-73 / A-540 in L'Ancienne-Lorette (Quebec) A-740 / Route 358 in Vanier (Quebec) Route 175 in Quebec A-40 / A-440 / Route 367 in Beauport (Quebec) A-40 / Route 368 in Boischatel Route 360 in Beaupré Route 360 in Saint-Tite-des-Caps Route 362 in Baie-Saint-Paul Route 381 in Saint-Urbain Route 362 in La Malbaie Route 170 in Saint-Siméon Route 172 in Tadoussac Route 389 in Baie-Comeau |
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| East end: | Rue du Moulin in Natashquan (present) Boul Camille Marcoux in Blanc Sablon to Labrador South Highway (future) |
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>Route 138 is one of the oldest highways in Canada. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with the state of New York south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30), and it follows the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the eastern terminus in Natashquan on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Part of this highway is known as the Chemin du Roy, or King's Highway. It passes through the Montérégie, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec. In Montreal, Highway 138 runs via Sherbrooke Street, crosses the Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge to Charlemagne and remains a 4-lane road until exiting Repentigny.
This highway takes a more scenic route than the more direct Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec City. It crosses the Saguenay River via a ferry which travels between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac.
The gradual extension of the highway to its present terminus in Natashquan suggested that the highway may one day be extended to the border of Newfoundland and Labrador, once it connects with a local road that extends west from Blanc-Sablon. (In fact that road does bear signage for Route 138.)[2] If built before the upgrading of Route 389 to the Labrador border, it would be a vital connecting link to a Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link spanning the Strait of Belle Isle. (At this time, the shortest prospective road link is Route 389 from Baie-Comeau, connecting to the Trans-Labrador Highway to Goose Bay, a highway from Cartwright to Blanc-Sablon, and a new route now being engineered between Cartwright and Goose Bay.)
On August 25, 2006, the Quebec government announced a 10-year project to build 425 kilometres of highway along the north shore, excluding a 40 kilometre gap at a major river crossing, the Natashquan, which will require further study.[3]
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Municipalities along Route 138
See also
| Preceded by NY 30 |
Route 138 Quebec |
Succeeded by Labrador South Highway |
References
- ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 66-69, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- ^ Trans-Labrador Hwy - Labrador 2003 - Page 5
- ^ "New Quebec highway good for Labrador economy: exporter". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2006/08/25/labrador-quebec.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Quebec Route 138 |
- Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) (French)
- Google map for QC 138 from Montreal border to Natashquan
- Google map for QC 138 from Montreal to New York border
- Google map for QC 138 from dead end to Newfoundland and Labrador border
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