Quebec Route 143
Route 143 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 165.8 km[1] (103.0 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 5 in Derby Line, Vermont | |||
 R-247 in Stanstead   A-55 / R-141 in Stanstead-Est  R-208 in Hatley   R-108 / R-147 in Lennoxville (Sherbrooke)    A-10 / R-112 / R-216 in Sherbrooke  R-222 in Bromptonville (Sherbrooke)  R-249 in Windsor   R-116 / R-243 in Richmond  R-139 in Saint-Nicéphore (Drummondville)    A-20 (TCH) / A-55 / R-122 in Drummondville  R-224 in Saint-Bonaventure | ||||
| North end |  R-132 in Saint-François-du-Lac | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid-1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways other than autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5. Its northern terminus is in Saint-François-du-Lac, at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is in Stanstead at the border with Vermont where the road continues past the Derby Line-Stanstead Border Crossing as U.S. Route 5 through Derby Line to New Haven, Connecticut.
Since Autoroute 55 closely parallels Route 143 for most of its length, much commercial traffic chooses the former. However, it is a very busy route and takes much traffic from the border to the Sherbrooke local area. Route 143 closely follows the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Ulverton.
The road is often in notoriously poor condition, since its original cement was laid directly on a gravel road in the mid-1920s. It has been extensively resurfaced to the point the pavement is now more than three feet thick in places. Nonetheless, it heaves extensively each spring thaw.
Municipalities along Route 143
- Stanstead
- Stanstead-Est
- Hatley
- Waterville
- Sherbrooke - (Lennoxville / Sherbrooke / Bromptonville)
- Val-Joli
- Windsor
- Cleveland
- Richmond
- Ulverton
- L'Avenir
- Drummondville - (Saint-Nicéphore / Drummondville / Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham)
- Saint-Bonaventure
- Saint-Pie-de-Guire
- Saint-François-du-Lac
Major intersections
| RCM or ET | Municipality | Km | Junction | Notes |
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Southern terminus of Route 143
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| Memphrémagog | Stanstead | 0.0 |  US 5 south
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5 SOUTH: to Derby Line, Vermont |
| 0.2 0.3 |
R-247
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247 NORTH: to Ogden 247 SOUTH: to A-55
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| 2.4 2.8 |
A-55
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55 SOUTH: to  I-91 in Derby Line, Vermont 55 NORTH: to Stanstead-East | ||
| Stanstead-East | 17.6 | R-141
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141 NORTH: to Ayer's Cliff 141 SOUTH: to Barnston-Ouest | |
| Hatley | 22.0 | R-208 (Overlap 0.6 km)
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208 WEST: to Ayer's Cliff 208 EAST: to Compton | |
| Coaticook | Waterville | 36.2 | Rue Gosselin | EAST: to Waterville |
| 40.8 | R-108 (Overlap 6.0 km)
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108 WEST: to Hatley Township | ||
| 44.1 | R-147
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147 SOUTH: to Compton | ||
| Sherbrooke | Lennoxville | 46.8 | R-108 (Overlap 6.0 km)
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108 EAST: to Eaton |
| Sherbrooke | 50.8 | R-216
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216 WEST: to Magog 216 EAST: to Stoke | |
| 51.9 | R-112
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112 WEST: to Rock Forest (Sherbrooke) 112 EAST: to Fleurimont (Sherbrooke) | ||
| Bromptonville | 58.3 | R-222 (East end)
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222 WEST: to Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | |
| 61.8 | Rue Laval | WEST: to A-55
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| Le Val-Saint-François | Windsor | 74.7 | R-249
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249 SOUTH: to Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 249 NORTH: to Val-Joli |
| Richmond | 90.2 | R-116 (Overlap 1.9 km)
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116 EAST: to Cleveland | |
| 91.3 | R-243 (Overlap 1.1 km)
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243 NORTH: to Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | ||
| 92.1 | R-116 (Overlap 1.9 km)
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116 WEST: to Durham-Sud | ||
| 92.4 | R-243 (Overlap 1.1 km)
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243 SOUTH: to Melbourne | ||
| Drummond | Saint-Nicéphore | 120.6 | R-139 (North end)
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139 SOUTH: to Wickham |
| Drummondville | 129.2 129.5 |
R-122 (Overlap 0.3 km)
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122 EAST: to Saint-Charles-de-Drummond (Drummondville) 122 WEST: to Saint-Germain-de-Grantham (Drummondville) | |
| 131.9 132.2 |
A-20 (TCH)
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20 EAST: to Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover 20 WEST: to Saint-Eugène | ||
| Saint-Bonaventure | 148.8 | R-224 (East end)
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224 WEST: to Saint-Guillaume | |
| Nicolet-Yamaska | Saint-François-du-Lac | 165.8 | R-132
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132 WEST: to Saint-Gérard-Majella 132 EAST: to Pierreville |
Northern terminus of Route 143
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See also
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References
- ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 69-70, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
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