Quebec Route 132
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| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length: | 1,612.1 km[1] (1,001.7 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 NY 37 via NY 970T at Dundee | |||
 Route 202 in Sainte-Barbe  Route 236 in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka   A-530 / Route 201 in Valleyfield  Route 205 / Route 236 in Beauharnois   A-30 / Route 138 in Châteauguay  Route 138 / Route 207 in Kahnawake   A-730 / Route 209 in Sainte-Catherine    A-15 / A-930 / Route 134 in Candiac   A-10 / A-20 in Brossard  Route 112 in Saint-Lambert Route 134 in Longueuil   A-20 / A-25 (TCH) in Boucherville  Route 229 in Varennes  Route 223 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel  A-30 / Route 133 in Sorel  Route 235 in Yamaska  Route 122 in Yamaska-Est  Route 143 in Saint-François-du-Lac  Route 226 in Pierreville  Route 255 in Baie-du-Febvre  Route 259 in Nicolet    A-30 / A-55 / Route 155 / Route 261 in Bécancour  Route 263 in Gentilly  Route 218 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets  Route 265 in Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent  Route 271 in Sainte-Croix  Route 273 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly  Route 171 in Saint-Nicolas    A-73 / Route 116 / Route 175 in Charny  Route 275 in Saint-Romuald  Route 173 in Levis  Route 279 in Beaumont  Route 281 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse   Route 228 / Route 283 in Montmagny  Route 285 in L'Islet-sur-Mer  Route 204 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli A-20 (TCH) in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies  A-20 (TCH) / Route 230 in La Pocatière  Route 287 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie  Route 289 in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska  A-20 / Route 291 in Rivière-du-Loup A-20 in Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna  Route 293 in Trois-Pistoles A-20 in Le Bic  Route 232 in Rimouski  Route 298 in Sainte-Luce  Route 132 in Sainte-Flavie  Route 234 in Grand-Métis  Route 297 in Baie-des-Sables  Route 195 in Matane  Route 299 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts  Route 198 in L'Anse-Pleureuse  Route 197 in Rivière-au-Renard & Saint-Majorique near Forillon National Park Route 198 in Gaspé Route 299 in New Richmond  Route 11 in Matapédia Route 195 in Amqui Route 297 in Saint-Moise Route 234 in Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici A-20 in Mont-Joli | ||||
| East end: |
Route 132 in Sainte-Flavie (via the Gaspé Peninsula) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Major cities: | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Châteauguay, Candiac, Delson, Brossard, Longueuil, Boucherville, Varennes, Verchères, Sorel-Tracy, Nicolet, Bécancour, Lévis, Montmagny, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Matane, Cap-Chat, Gaspé, Grande-Rivière, New Carlisle, Carleton-sur-Mer, Matapédia, Amqui, Mont-Joli | |||
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Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee (connecting with New York State Route 37 (NY 37) via NY 970T, an unsigned reference route, north of Fort Covington[2]), west of Montreal 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, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions of the province.
Unlike the more direct Autoroute 20, which it shadows from Longueuil to Luceville, Route 132 takes a more scenic route which goes through many historic 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 Route 6, until the early 1970s realignment of route numbers into a grid.
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 Route 11. The other branch continues east to follow the coast of the Gaspé peninsula and eventually rejoin the other branch at Matapédia. The total length of this loop is over 930 km.
Between Candiac and Varennes, the highway overlaps various current and former Quebec Autoroutes and can be considered a continuous autoroute by itself, as it runs along the Saint Lawrence River through most of this section. Highway 132 joins Autoroute 15 in Candiac at its Exit 42 and overlaps it until Exit 53 (on the other side Exit 75 of Autoroute 20), in Brossard, where Autoroute 15 separates onto Champlain Bridge. There, Highway 132 begins its overlap with Autoroute 20 until Boucherville, where Autoroute 20 splits off onto Autoroute Jean-Lesage. From that point, Highway 132 continues to the east of Boucherville as a four-lane expressway formerly known as Autoroute 430 and downgrades to a two-lane highway in Varennes.
Municipalities along Route 132
See also
References
- ↑ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 62-65, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- ↑ New York State Department of Transportation (January 2012). Official Description of Highway Touring Routes, Bicycling Touring Routes, Scenic Byways, & Commemorative/Memorial Designations in New York State (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2012.
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| Preceded by NY 37 |
Route 132 Quebec |
Succeeded by Route 11 |