Quebec Route 132
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 Sainte-Luce, Route 132 takes a more scenic route which goes through many historic small towns. Until the connection between Rivière-du-Loup and Rimouski 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.
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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 Route 11, a major highway along that province's eastern coast. 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.
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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. The section of Highway 132 that ovelaps Autoroute 15 & Autroute 20 was named Autoroute René-Lévesque.[3]
Municipalities along Route 132
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Major intersections
[edit]RCM | Location | km[4] | mi | Old exit[5] | New exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | Dundee | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Continues into New York | ||
Canada–United States border at Fort Covington–Dundee Border Crossing | |||||||
Huntingdon | 38.2 | 23.7 | ![]() | ||||
Beauharnois-Salaberry | Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 42.8 | 26.6 | ![]() | R-236 western terminus | ||
46.1 | 28.6 | ![]() | West end of R-201 concurrency | ||||
Canal de Beauharnois | 46.8– 47.8 | 29.1– 29.7 | Pont Larocque (Larocque Bridge) | ||||
Beauharnois-Salaberry | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 48.1 | 29.9 | ![]() | At grade; A-530 western terminus; west end of A-530 concurrency | ||
53.1 | 33.0 | 5 | ![]() ![]() | A-530 exit 5; east end of A-530 concurrency | |||
55.3 | 34.4 | ![]() ![]() | R-132 follows Boulevard Hébert; west end of R-201 concurrency | ||||
60.0 | 37.3 | ![]() | A-30 exit 9 | ||||
63.2 | 39.3 | ![]() | Passes under Serge-Marcil Bridge; no access | ||||
Canal de Beauharnois | 70.5– 70.7 | 43.8– 43.9 | Tunnel de Melocheville (Melocheville Tunnel) | ||||
71.2– 72.0 | 44.2– 44.7 | Pont Boulevard Edgar-Hébert (Edgar Hébert Boulevard Bridge) | |||||
Beauharnois-Salaberry | Beauharnois | 72.4 | 45.0 | ![]() ![]() | R-236 eastern terminus | ||
74.8 | 46.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Roussillon | Mercier–Châteauguay boundary | 87.7– 88.4 | 54.5– 54.9 | ![]() ![]() | A-30 exit 38; west end of R-138 concurrency | ||
Kahnawake | 96.8 | 60.1 | – | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; northern terminus of R-207 & R-221 | ||
97.8 | 60.8 | – | ![]() | Interchange; east end of R-138 concurrency | |||
Roussillon | Sainte-Catherine | 104.2 | 64.7 | ![]() ![]() | At grade; A-730 northern terminus | ||
110.6 | 68.7 | ![]() | |||||
Delson | 112.0 | 69.6 | Rue Principale | At-grade; westbound jughandle; west end of freeway | |||
Delson–Candiac boundary | 112.5 | 69.9 | – | Chemin Saint-François-Xavier | |||
Candiac | 113.3 | 70.4 | – | Avenue Fouquet | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
114.0 | 70.8 | 42 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | West end of A-15 concurrency; A-930 is unsigned; exit numbers follow A-15 | |||
Autoroute René-Lévesque west end[3] | |||||||
115.9 | 72.0 | 44 | Boulevard Montcalm – Candiac | ||||
116.6 | 72.5 | 45 | ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; R-134 eastern terminus | |||
La Prairie | 116.8– 118.4 | 72.6– 73.6 | 46 | Boulevard Salaberry – La Prairie | |||
119.1 | 74.0 | 47 | Rue Saint-Henri – La Prairie | Eastbound exit and entrance | |||
119.5 | 74.3 | 49 | Rue du Quai | Westbound exit and entrance; to Parc de la Marina | |||
Longueuil | Brossard | 120.9– 122.3 | 75.1– 76.0 | 50 | Boulevard Matte / Boulevard Rivard | Boulevard Rivard appears on westbound signage | |
130.1– 131.7 | 80.8– 81.8 | 51 | Boulevard Rivard / Rue Riviera | Boulevard Rivard on eastbound signage; Rue Riviera on southbound signage | |||
140.5 | 87.3 | 52 | Boulevard Rome | Eastbound exit | |||
141.7– 143.7 | 88.0– 89.3 | 53 75 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | A-10 exit 6; east end of A-15 concurrency; west end of A-20 concurrency; eastbound signed as exit 53; westbound signed as exit 75; exit numbers follow A-20 | |||
Saint-Lambert | 143.9 | 89.4 | 1 | 76 | Boulevard Simard | ||
145.0 | 90.1 | 3 | 78 | ![]() | Westbound signed as exits 78-O (west) and 78-E (east); eastbound access to R-112 west via exit 79 | ||
147.3 | 91.5 | 6 | 79 | Avenue Notre-Dame | |||
Longueuil | 148.9 | 92.5 | 7 | 81 | Boulevard Lafayette | Eastbound exit and entrance | |
149.6 | 93.0 | 8 | 82 | ![]() | |||
152.9 | 95.0 | 11 | 85 | Boulevard Roland-Therrien | |||
156.4– 157.4 | 97.2– 97.8 | 15 | 89 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 89-N (north) and 89-E (east); east end of A-20 concurrency; A-25 / A-20 west exit 90; A-25 southern terminus; Trans-Canada Highway follows A-25 north / A-20 east (unsigned from R-132) | ||
Autoroute René-Lévesque east end[3] | |||||||
Boucherville | 158.7 | 98.6 | 17 | Boulevard Marie-Victorin | |||
159.9 | 99.4 | 18 | Boulevard De Montarville | ||||
160.1 | 99.5 | 19 | Rue Samuel de Champlain | Eastbound exit only | |||
161.4 | 100.3 | Rue De Montbrun | At-grade; east end of freeway | ||||
Marguerite-D'Youville | Varennes | 166.6 | 103.5 | ![]() | |||
Contrecœur | 203.4 | 126.4 | ![]() | To R-223 | |||
Pierre-De Saurel | Sorel-Tracy | 219.6 | 136.5 | ![]() | One-way pair; R-223 northern terminus | ||
220.8 | 137.2 | ![]() ![]() | Ferry connection Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola and R-158 | ||||
222.9 | 138.5 | ![]() | Connects to A-30 eastern terminus (main section) | ||||
Yamaska | 239.0 | 148.5 | ![]() | ||||
Yamaska–Saint-Gérard-Majella boundary | 242.5 | 150.7 | ![]() | ||||
Nicolet-Yamaska | Saint-François-du-Lac | 250.2 | 155.5 | ![]() | |||
Pierreville | 251.1 | 156.0 | ![]() | ||||
Baie-du-Febvre | 263.1 | 163.5 | ![]() | ||||
Nicolet | 277.4 | 172.4 | ![]() | ||||
Bécancour | Bécancour | 290.4– 290.9 | 180.4– 180.8 | ![]() ![]() | A-30 western terminus (Bécancour section) | ||
291.8– 293.3 | 181.3– 182.2 | ![]() | A-55 exit 176; passes under Laviolette Bridge | ||||
305.9 | 190.1 | ![]() | At-grade; west end of A-30 concurrency | ||||
309.5 | 192.3 | ![]() | |||||
311.8 | 193.7 | Boulevard Alphonse-Deshaies | A-30 eastern terminus (Bécancour section); east end of A-30 concurrency | ||||
319.7 | 198.7 | ![]() | |||||
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets | 332.5 | 206.6 | ![]() | ||||
Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | 342.8 | 213.0 | ![]() | ||||
Lotbinière | Sainte-Croix | 380.5 | 236.4 | ![]() | |||
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 394.3 | 245.0 | ![]() | ||||
Lévis | 410.0 | 254.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
418.0 | 259.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
418.6 | 260.1 | ![]() | Passes under Pierre-Laporte Bridge; no access | ||||
418.8 | 260.2 | ![]() | Interchange; west end of R-175 concurrency; R-132 follows Boulevard Guillaume-Couture | ||||
420.6 | 261.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of R-175 concurrency | ||||
424.0 | 263.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
431.2 | 267.9 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
431.7 | 268.2 | ![]() | Ferry connection to Quebec City | ||||
Bellechasse | Beaumont | 443.8 | 275.8 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | 454.6 | 282.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Montmagny | Montmagny | 484.9 | 301.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||
485.9 | 301.9 | ![]() | |||||
L'Islet | L'Islet | 507.7 | 315.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 521.4 | 324.0 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies | 538.6 | 334.7 | ![]() ![]() | A-20 exit 430 | |||
Kamouraska | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | 544.5 | 338.3 | ![]() ![]() | A-20 exit 436 | ||
La Pocatière | 545.3 | 338.8 | ![]() | ||||
547.6 | 340.3 | ![]() | A-20 exit 439 | ||||
La Pocatière–Rivière-Ouelle boundary | 538.6 | 334.7 | ![]() ![]() | A-20 exit 444 | |||
Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie | 565.9 | 351.6 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Saint-André-de-Kamouraska | 598.2 | 371.7 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Rivière-du-Loup | Rivière-du-Loup | 612.8 | 380.8 | ![]() | A-20 exit 503 | ||
613.5 | 381.2 | ![]() | |||||
616.1 | 382.8 | Rue Lafontaine | Former R-185; to R-291 south | ||||
617.9 | 383.9 | ![]() | A-20 exit 507 | ||||
618.8 | 384.5 | ![]() | Ferry connection to Saint-Siméon | ||||
Cacouna | 626.2 | 389.1 | ![]() | To R-191 south / A-85 | |||
632.9 | 393.3 | ![]() | A-20 exit 521 | ||||
L'Isle-Verte | 639.9 | 397.6 | ![]() | A-20 exit 527 | |||
Les Basques | Notre-Dame-des-Neiges | 654.9 | 406.9 | ![]() | At-grade; A-20 eastern terminus (main section); A-20 exit 542 | ||
Trois-Pistoles | 664.3 | 412.8 | ![]() ![]() | Ferry connection to Les Escoumins | |||
Rimouski-Neigette | Rimouski | 711.2 | 441.9 | ![]() | At-grade; A-20 western terminus (Rimouski section) | ||
725.0 | 450.5 | ![]() | |||||
728.9 | 452.9 | ![]() | Ferry connections to Forestville and Sept-Îles | ||||
La Mitis | Sainte-Luce | 743.0 | 461.7 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Sainte-Flavie | 756.1 | 469.8 | ![]() ![]() | Beginning of Gaspé Peninsula circular route; to A-20 eastern terminus (Rimouski section) | |||
Grand-Métis | 765.6 | 475.7 | ![]() | ||||
La Matanie | Baie-des-Sables | 789.3 | 490.4 | ![]() | R-297 northern terminus | ||
Matane | 815.9 | 507.0 | ![]() ![]() | Ferry connections to Baie-Comeau and Godbout | |||
La Haute-Gaspésie | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | 905.1 | 562.4 | ![]() | R-299 northern terminus | ||
Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis | 972.6 | 604.3 | ![]() | R-198 western terminus | |||
Gaspé (Rivière-au-Renard) | 1,065.4 | 662.0 | ![]() | R-197 northern terminus; eastbound short-cut to Gaspé townsite | |||
Gaspé | 1,088.2– 1,097.5 | 676.2– 682.0 | Passes through Forillon National Park | ||||
1,117.7 | 694.5 | ![]() | R-197 southern terminus | ||||
1,128.5 | 701.2 | ![]() | West end of R-198 concurrency | ||||
1,129.0 | 701.5 | ![]() | East end of R-198 concurrency | ||||
1,143.1 | 710.3 | ![]() | R-198 eastern terminus; westbound short-cut to Gaspé townsite | ||||
Le Rocher-Percé | Percé | 1,204.0 | 748.1 | Eastern extent of Gaspé Peninsula circular route; directional signage changes from east-west to west-east | |||
Chandler | 1,247.8 | 775.3 | |||||
Bonaventure | New Richmond | 1,371.1 | 852.0 | ![]() | R-299 southern terminus | ||
Avignon | Pointe-à-la-Croix | 1,446.5 | 898.8 | Boulevard Inter-Provincial – Pointe-à-la-Croix, Nouveau-Brunswick | To J. C. Van Horne Bridge and Campbellton | ||
Matapédia | 1,465.1 | 910.4 | ![]() | To Matapédia Bridge and Campbellton | |||
La Matapédia | Amqui | 1,542.4 | 958.4 | ![]() | East end of R-195 concurrency | ||
1,542.9 | 958.7 | ![]() | West end of R-195 concurrency | ||||
Saint-Moïse | 1,581.2 | 982.5 | ![]() | R-297 southern terminus | |||
La Mitis | Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | 1,600.4 | 994.4 | ![]() | East end of R-234 concurrency | ||
1,604.5 | 997.0 | ![]() | West end of R-234 concurrency | ||||
Mont-Joli | 1,612.7 | 1,002.1 | ![]() | Roundabout; A-20 exit 641; A-20 eastern terminus (Rimouski section) | |||
Sainte-Flavie | 1,615.3 | 1,003.7 | ![]() | End of Gaspé Peninsula circular route; R-132 km-756; R-132 eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]- List of Quebec provincial highways
- Heritage Highway
- Route 132, a 2010 crime film set on Route 132
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Le Blanc, Jean-Pierre (December 5, 2013). "Une portion de la route 132 nommée Autoroute René-Lévesque". Commission de toponymie (in French). Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ^ Google (April 6, 2023). "Route 132 in Quebec" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ Quebec Ministry of Transportation (November 19, 2014). "Renumérotation des sorties sur l'autoroute René-Lévesque (autoroute20/route 132) à Longueuil - Changement des numéros de sorties entre le pont Champlain et le pont-tunnel Louis-H.-La Fontaine - Fin de la période transitoire". Newswire (in French). Cision. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved April 9, 2023.