Québec Route 143

Route 143
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length	165.8 km (103.0 mi)
Major junctions
South end	US 5 in Derby Line, Vermont
Major intersections	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	Québec
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← R-141 → R-147

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, but it heaves extensively at every 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
Southern terminus of Route 143
Memphrémagog	Stanstead	0.0	US 5 south	5 SOUTH: to Derby Line, Vermont
		0.2 0.3	R-247	247 NORTH: to Ogden 247 SOUTH: to A-55
		2.4 2.8	A-55	55 SOUTH: to I-91 in Derby Line, Vermont 55 NORTH: to Stanstead-East
	Stanstead-East	17.6	R-141	141 NORTH: to Ayer's Cliff 141 SOUTH: to Barnston-Ouest
	Hatley	22.0	R-208 (Overlap 0.6 km)	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)	108 WEST: to Hatley Township
		44.1	R-147	147 SOUTH: to Compton
Sherbrooke	Lennoxville	46.8	R-108 (Overlap 6.0 km)	108 EAST: to Eaton
	Sherbrooke	50.8	R-216	216 WEST: to Magog 216 EAST: to Stoke
		51.9	R-112	112 WEST: to Rock Forest (Sherbrooke) 112 EAST: to Fleurimont (Sherbrooke)
	Bromptonville	58.3	R-222 (East end)	222 WEST: to Saint-Denis-de-Brompton
		61.8	Rue Laval	WEST: to A-55
Le Val-Saint-François	Windsor	74.7	R-249	249 SOUTH: to Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 249 NORTH: to Val-Joli
	Richmond	90.2	R-116 (Overlap 1.9 km)	116 EAST: to Cleveland
		91.3	R-243 (Overlap 1.1 km)	243 NORTH: to Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
		92.1	R-116 (Overlap 1.9 km)	116 WEST: to Durham-Sud
		92.4	R-243 (Overlap 1.1 km)	243 SOUTH: to Melbourne
Drummond	Saint-Nicéphore	120.6	R-139 (North end)	139 SOUTH: to Wickham
	Drummondville	129.2 129.5	R-122 (Overlap 0.3 km)	122 EAST: to Saint-Charles-de-Drummond (Drummondville) 122 WEST: to Saint-Germain-de-Grantham (Drummondville)
		131.9 132.2	A-20 (TCH)	20 EAST: to Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover 20 WEST: to Saint-Eugène
	Saint-Bonaventure	148.8	R-224 (East end)	224 WEST: to Saint-Guillaume
Nicolet-Yamaska	Saint-François-du-Lac	165.8	R-132	132 WEST: to Saint-Gérard-Majella 132 EAST: to Pierreville
Northern terminus of Route 143

See also

Route 143 near Saint-Bonaventure, Québec

• List of Quebec provincial highways

External links

• Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec)
• Route 143 on Google Maps