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Encyclopedia > Quebec provincial highway 132

It has been proposed below that Quebec provincial highway 132 be renamed and moved to Quebec route 132. Quebec Route 132 is one of the longest highways in Quebec. ...


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Quebec's Route 132 is one of the longest highways in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York west of Montréal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula. This highway is known as the Navigator's Route. It passes through the Montérégie, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions of the province. During the early 1970s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Please visit and contribute to the Montreal Wikiportal See and add to this ongoing discussion about English Names in Montreal City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the worlds largest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Gaspé Peninsula or just the Gaspé (la Gaspésie in French) is a North American peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec. ... Montérégie is an administrative region in the southwestern corner of Quebec. ... Map of Quebec showing Chaudière-Appalaches in red Chaudière-Appalaches is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. ... Map of Quebec showing Bas-Saint-Laurent The Bas-Saint-Laurent (Lower Saint-Lawrence) region is located in Quebec. ... The Gaspé Peninsula or just the Gaspé (la Gaspésie in French) is a North American peninsula on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec. ...


Unlike the more direct Quebec Autoroute 20, which it shadows from Longueuil to Luceville, Route 132 takes a more scenic route which passes through many small towns. Until the connection between Rivière-du-Loup and Le Bic is completed, this highway provides a link between the two sections of Autoroute 20. At Rivière-du-Loup, the Trans-Canada Highway continues south on Route 185 to Edmundston, New Brunswick. This eastern section of the highway from Rivière-du-Loup towards Gaspé, was the former Quebec Highway 6, until the early 1970's realignment of route numbers into a grid. Autoroute 20 (also called Autoroute Jean-Lesage) is a very long and important Autoroute in Quebec. ... Longueuil is a city in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal, of which it is a suburb. ... Rivière-du-Loup (pop. ... Example of Trans-Canada Highway marker shield. ... Quebec Route 132 is one of the longest highways in Quebec. ... Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County at the junction of the Saint John and Madawaska Rivers in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada only a few kilometres from the border with Quebec. ...


At Sainte-Flavie, the highway splits and one branch turns south following the valley of the Matapédia River to reach the New Brunswick border near Campbellton, joining New Brunswick Highway 2. The other branch continues east to follow the coast of the Gaspe peninsula and eventually rejoin the other branch at Matapédia. The total length of this loop is over 930 km. The Matapédia River is a world renowned salmon fishing river in the Gaspé region of Quebec. ... Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Area 72,908 km² (8th)  - Land 71,450 km²  - Water 1,458 km² (2. ... Restigouche River near bridge to Québec Campbellton (2001 population 7,798) is the smallest of the eight officially incorporated cities in New Brunswick, Canada. ... New Brunswick Highway 2 (also Route 2) is the designation for the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... To help compare orders of magnitude; this page lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 km (105 and 106 m). ...


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Autoroute (Quebec) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3016 words)
The speed limit on Quebec's Autoroutes is generally 100 km/h (60 mph) in rural areas and 70-90 km/h (45-55 mph) in urban areas.
Quebec's Autoroutes are numbered from 1-99 in the case of principal routes, and from 400-999 in the case of collector routes or deviation routes (what Americans would term bypass routes) designed such that truck traffic can by-pass urban areas.
Quebec's first Autoroute was the Autoroute des Laurentides (Laurentian Autoroute), which opened in 1959 as a toll road.
List of Quebec provincial highways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (320 words)
The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate freeway system in the United States or the 400-Series Highways in neighbouring Ontario.
Quebec route 199, the only 100s route that is on an isolated island in Quebec.
Route 4 from New York State to Montreal, the routing of 138 south of St Lawrence River.
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