Quebec Route 132
Route 132 | ||||
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 Route 132 in Carleton-sur-Mer | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 1,612.1 km[1] (1,001.7 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 37 at Massena, NY | |||
 R-202 in Sainte-Barbe  R-236 in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka   A-530 / R-201 in Valleyfield  R-205 / R-236 in Beauharnois   A-30 / R-138 in Châteauguay  R-138 / R-207 in Kahnawake   A-730 / R-209 in Sainte-Catherine    A-15 / A-930 / R-134 in Candiac   A-10 / A-20 in Brossard  R-112 in Saint-Lambert R-134 in Longueuil   A-20 / A-25 (TCH) in Boucherville  R-229 in Varennes  R-223 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel  A-30 / R-133 in Sorel  R-235 in Yamaska  R-122 in Yamaska-Est  R-143 in Saint-François-du-Lac  R-226 in Pierreville  R-255 in Baie-du-Febvre  R-259 in Nicolet    A-30 / A-55 / R-155 / R-261 in Bécancour  R-263 in Gentilly  R-218 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets  R-265 in Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent  R-271 in Sainte-Croix  R-273 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly  R-171 in Saint-Nicolas    A-73 / R-116 / R-175 in Charny  R-275 in Saint-Romuald  R-173 in Levis  R-279 in Beaumont  R-281 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse   R-228 / R-283 in Montmagny  R-285 in L'Islet-sur-Mer  R-204 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli A-20 (TCH) in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies  A-20 (TCH) / R-230 in La Pocatière  R-287 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie  R-289 in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska  A-20 / R-291 in Rivière-du-Loup A-20 in Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna  R-293 in Trois-Pistoles A-20 in Le Bic  R-232 in Rimouski  R-298 in Sainte-Luce  R-132 in Sainte-Flavie  R-234 in Grand-Métis  R-297 in Baie-des-Sables  R-195 in Matane  R-299 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts  R-198 in L'Anse-Pleureuse  R-197 in Rivière-au-Renard & Saint-Majorique near Forillon National Park R-198 in Gaspé R-299 in New Richmond   Route 11 to I-95 in Matapédia R-195 in Amqui R-297 in Saint-Moise R-234 in Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici A-20 in Mont-Joli | ||||
| East end | R-132 in Sainte-Flavie (via the Gaspé Peninsula) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| 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, New Richmond, Carleton-sur-Mer, Matapédia, Amqui, Mont-Joli | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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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 Massena[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 Autoroute 85 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 (Which provides access to Maine and Interstate 95). 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
- List of Quebec provincial highways
- Heritage Highway
- Route 132, a 2010 crime film set on Route 132
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.