Quebec Route 138
Route 138 | ||||
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| Chemin Du Roy | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 1,420 km[1] (880 mi) | |||
| History |  Route 2 (Montreal – Quebec City) Route 2C (through Quebec City) Route 4 (U.S. border – Montreal) Route 15 (Quebec City – Baie-Comeau) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  NY 30 at Constable, New York | |||
  A-30 / R-132 in Châteauguay  A-20 in Montreal  A-15 in Montreal    R-112 / R-134 / R-125 in Montreal   A-25 (TCH) in Montreal  A-640 in Repentigny  R-131 in Lavaltrie   A-40 / R-158 in Berthierville  R-153 in Yamachiche   A-40 / A-55 / R-157 in Trois-Rivières  R-159 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade A-40 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures  A-540 in Quebec City  A-40 / A-73 in Quebec City    A-740 / A-973 / R-175 in Quebec City  A-440 in Quebec City  R-170 in Saint-Siméon  R-172 in Tadoussac  R-389 in Baie-Comeau | ||||
| East end |  Route 510 east of Blanc-Sablon | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Québec | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30 at the Trout River Border Crossing). Part of this highway is known as the Chemin du Roy, or King's Highway, which is one of the oldest highways in Canada.
It passes through the Montérégie, Montreal, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec. In Montreal, Highway 138 runs via Sherbrooke Street, crosses the Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge to Charlemagne and remains a four-lane road until exiting Repentigny.
This highway takes a more scenic route than the more direct Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec City. It crosses the Saguenay River via a ferry which travels between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac; in the event of a closure of this ferry, drivers must take a significant detour via Quebec Route 172 and Quebec Route 170 to the city of Saguenay in order to cross the river by bridge.
Until the mid-1990s, the highway's eastern terminus was Havre-Saint-Pierre, but in 1996 the extension to Natashquan was completed. A 40 km gravel section between Natashquan and Kegashka opened on September 26, 2013, with the inauguration of a bridge across the Natashquan River.[2][3]
A second segment of about 17 km extends from Tête-à-la-Baleine's airport, east through Tête-à-la-Baleine, to the ferry terminal southeast of Tête-à-la-Baleine. There is also a 10.7 km roadway, la route Mecatina, from Mutton Bay to a ferry terminal in La Tabatière and continuing beyond.
A third segment of Route 138 extends from Old Fort to the Newfoundland and Labrador border (connecting with Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Route 510), near Blanc-Sablon on the eastern end of the Côte-Nord.[4]
A gap remains between Kegashka and Old Fort, through isolated communities accessible only by coastal ferry. On August 25, 2006, the Quebec government announced a 10-year project to connect the two segments by building 425 km of highway along the Lower North Shore. In 2011, the Quebec government announced an additional $122 million investment for the project over five years as part of the Plan Nord.[5] However, by 2013 difficulties ensued between the Quebec Ministry of Transport and the Pakatan Corporation, who was previously responsible for managing the funding for this project, leading to the termination of agreement between the two. By this time only 12 km of this road had been built, plus some additional engineering work and deforestation.[6] The construction of two segments of the highway (Kegashka–La Romaine and Tête-à-la-Baleine–La Tabatière) was set to begin in 2019. A total of $232 million will be contributed to this project.[7]
Municipalities along Route 138
Major intersections
| RCM | Location | km[8] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Le Haut-Saint-Laurent | Elgin | 0.0 | 0.0 |  NY 30 south – Malone | Continues into New York | ||
| Canada–United States border at Trout River Border Crossing | |||||||
| Huntingdon | 17.8 | 28.6 |  R-202 east (Rue Henderson) – Hinchinbrooke, Franklin | West end of R-202 concurrency | |||
| 18.1 | 29.1 | R-202 west – Sainte-Barbe, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | East end of R-202 concurrency | ||||
| Ormstown | 32.8 | 52.8 |  R-201 north – Ormstown | West end of R-201 concurrency | |||
| 34.0 | 54.7 | R-201 south – Franklin | East end of R-202 concurrency | ||||
| Très-Saint-Sacrement | 51.0 | 82.1 |  R-203 south – Saint-Chrysostome | Northern terminus of R-203 | |||
| Beauharnois-Salaberry | Sainte-Martine | 56.2 | 90.4 |  R-205 south (Rue Hébert) – Saint-Urbain-Premier | West end of R-205 concurrency | ||
| 57.3 | 92.2 | R-205 north (Chemin de la Beauce) – Beauharnois | East end of R-205 concurrency | ||||
| Roussillon | Mercier–Châteauguay line | 67.8 | 109.1 | A-30 – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Sorel-Tracy R-132 west (Boulevard René-Lévesque) – Léry | A-30 exit 38; west end of R-132 concurrency | ||
| Kahnawake | 76.2 | 122.6 | – |   R-207 south / R-221 south – Kahnawake, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Rémi | Interchange; northern terminus of R-207 & R-221 | ||
| 77.2 | 124.2 | – | R-132 east to A-30 / A-15 – La Prairie | Interchange; east end of R-132 concurrency | |||
| St. Lawrence River | 77.5– 79.1 | 48.2– 49.2 | Pont Honoré-Mercier (Honoré Mercier Bridge) | ||||
| Montréal | Montréal | 79.3 | 127.6 | 1 | Rue Airlie | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 80.4 | 129.4 | 2 | Rue Clément, Rue St-Patrick | Interchange | |||
| 81.3 | 130.8 | 4 63 |  A-20 west (Autoroute du Souvenir) / 1re Avenue – P.-E.-Trudeau International Airport, Toronto | Interchange; west end of A-20 concurrency; exit numbers follow A-20 | |||
| 82.5 | 132.8 | 64 | A-20 east – Montréal Centre-Ville | Interchange; east end of A-20 concurrency; R-138 follows Rue Saint-Jacques | |||
| 84.0 | 135.2 | Boulevard Cavendish / Rue Saint-Jacques | R-138 follows Boulevard Cavendish | ||||
| 84.1 | 135.3 | Boulevard De Maisonneuve | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| 84.4 | 135.8 | Rue Sherbrooke / Boulevard Cavendish | R-138 follows Rue Sherbrooke | ||||
| 86.2 | 138.7 | A-15 (Autoroute Décarie) | A-15 exit 64 | ||||
| 90.4 | 145.5 | Rue Peel (R-112 east) | Western terminus of R-112 | ||||
| 92.2 | 148.4 |  Rue Saint-Denis (R-335 north) | Southern terminus of R-335 | ||||
| 92.4 | 148.7 | Rue Berri | Interchange; free-flow on Rue Berri | ||||
| 93.5 | 150.5 | Avenue Papineau (R-134 south) | One-way pair; northern terminus of R-134 | ||||
| 93.8 | 151.0 | Avenue De Lorimier (R-134 north) | |||||
| 96.6 | 155.5 | Boulevard Pie-IX (R-125 north) | Southern terminus of R-125 | ||||
| 101.1 | 162.7 | A-25 (TCH) (Autoroute Louis-H.-La Fontaine) | A-25 exit 5 | ||||
| 109.6 | 176.4 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | At-grade; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| 113.9 | 183.3 | Rue Notre-Dame | Roundabout; R-138 follows Rue Notre-Dame | ||||
| Rivière des Prairies | 114.1– 115.8 | 70.9– 72.0 | Pont Le Gardeur (Le Gardeur Bridge) | ||||
| L'Assomption | Repentigny | 116.0 | 186.7 |  To R-344 / A-640 / Boulevard Notre-Dame-des-Champs | |||
| Saint-Sulpice | 129.5 | 208.4 |  R-343 north to A-40 – L'Assomption | Southern terminus of R-343 | |||
| D'Autray | Lavaltrie | 141.1 | 227.1 | R-131 north (Rue Saint-Antoine) to A-31 – Joliette | Southern terminus of R-131 | ||
| Berthierville | 165.4 | 266.2 | R-158 west (Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve) – Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | West end of R-158 concurrency | |||
| 166.5 | 268.0 | R-158 east (Rue de Bienville) – La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas | East end of R-158 concurrency | ||||
| 172.3 | 277.3 | A-40 – Montreal, Trois-Rivières | A-40 exit 151 | ||||
| Maskinongé | Louiseville | 192.3 | 309.5 |  R-348 west (Chemin de la Grande-Carrière) – Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé | Eastern terminus of R-348 | ||
| 193.4 | 311.2 |  R-349 north (Rue Notre-Dame) – Saint-Léon-le-Grand | Southern terminus of R-349 | ||||
| 198.2 | 319.0 | To A-40 – Montreal, Trois-Rivières | A-40 exit 174 | ||||
| Yamachiche | 202.8 | 326.4 | R-153 (Boulevard Duchesne) – Saint-Barnabér | ||||
| Trois-Rivières | 211.6 | 340.5 | A-40 – Montreal, Trois-Rivières | A-40 exit 187 | |||
| 224.5 | 361.3 | A-55 to A-40 – Pont Laviolette, Shawinigan, Montreal, Quebec | A-55 exit 181 | ||||
| 227.2 | 365.6 | Boulevard de la Commune / Rue Royale | Rond-point de la Couronne (Crown Roundabout); R-138 follows Rue Royale | ||||
| 227.8 | 366.6 | Rue De La Vérendrye | West end of one-way pair; eastbound follows Rue De La Vérendrye & Rue Notre-Dame Centre; westbound follows Rue Royale | ||||
| 229.3 | 369.0 | Rue Laviolette / Rue Royale | East end of one-way pair; R-138 follows Rue Laviolette | ||||
| 231.1 | 143.6 | Pont Duplessis (Duplessis Bridge; west segment) crosses Rivière Saint-Maurice | |||||
| 231.5 | 372.6 | Île Saint-Christophe | Interchange; access to Île Saint-Quentin and Île Caron | ||||
| 231.7 | 144.0 | Pont Duplessis (Duplessis Bridge; east segment) crosses Rivière Saint-Maurice | |||||
| 231.9 | 373.2 | Rue Duplessis (R-157 north) | Southern terminus of R-157 | ||||
| Les Chenaux | Champlain | 249.7 | 401.9 |  R-359 north – Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes | Southern terminus of R-359 | ||
| Batiscan | 261.3 | 420.5 |  R-361 north – Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | Southern terminus of R-361 | |||
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 269.6 | 433.9 | R-159 north to A-40 – Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain | Southern terminus of R-159 | |||
| Portneuf | Deschambault-Grondines | 290.3 | 467.2 |  R-363 north to A-40 – Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | Southern terminus of R-363 | ||
| Cap-Santé | 309.9 | 498.7 |  R-358 north to A-40 – Pont-Rouge | Western terminus of R-358 | |||
| 314.4 | 506.0 | To A-40 / 2e Rang / Rue de l'Église – Quebec, Montreal | A-40 exit 274 | ||||
| Neuville | 323.0 | 519.8 |  R-365 north to A-40 – Pont-Rouge | Southern terminus of R-365 | |||
| Québec | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures | 338.0 | 544.0 |  R-367 north to A-40 – Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | Southern terminus of R-367 | ||
| Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures–Québec line | 340.7 | 548.3 | A-40 (Autoroute Félix-Leclerc) – Montreal, Québec | A-40 exit 298; becomes Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel | |||
| Québec | 347.3 | 558.9 | A-540 south (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport – Aéroport International Jean-Lesage | Northern terminus of A-540 | |||
| 350.0 | 563.3 | A-73 / A-40 (Autoroute Henri-IV) – Pont Pierre-Laporte, Montreal | A-73/A-40 exit 141 | ||||
| 353.0 | 568.1 | A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) to A-440 | A-740 exit 7 | ||||
| 355.5 | 572.1 | Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand (R-358 west) | Eastern terminus of R-358 | ||||
| 357.3 | 575.0 | A-973 / R-175 (Autoroute Laurentienne) to A-40 – Saguenay, Québec Centre-Ville | A-973/QC 175 exit 4 | ||||
| 357.8 | 575.8 | Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel / Avenue Eugène-Lamontagne | R-138 follows Avenue Eugène-Lamontagne; becomes 18e Rue east of 1re Avenue | ||||
| 359.9– 360.1 | 579.2– 579.5 |  Chemin de la Canardière (R-360 east) / 18e Rue / Boulevard Sainte-Anne | R-138 follows Chemin de la Canardière for 1 block and continues on Boulevard Sainte-Anne; western terminus of R-360 | ||||
| 362.3 | 583.1 | To A-440 west / Boulevard François-De Laval – Québec Centre-Ville | |||||
| 363.3– 363.8 | 584.7– 585.5 | To A-440 / Rue du Manège / Boulevard des Chutes – Québec Centre-Ville, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | A-440 exit 27 | ||||
| 367.7 | 591.8 |  R-368 east – Île d'Orléans A-40 west to A-440 – Québec Centre-Ville | A-40 exit 325; eastern terminus of A-40; western terminus of R-368 | ||||
| La Côte-de-Beaupré | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 392.8 | 632.2 | R-360 west (Rue de la Visitation) | West end of R-360 concurrency | ||
| 394.6 | 635.0 | R-360 – Mont-Sainte-Anne, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | Interchange; east end of R-360 concurrency | ||||
| Saint-Tite-des-Caps | 415.5 | 668.7 | R-360 west – Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | Eastern terminus of R-360 | |||
| Charlevoix | Baie-Saint-Paul | 448.6 | 722.0 |  R-362 east – Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Interchange; western terminus of R-362 | ||
| 459.1 | 738.8 |  R-381 north – Saguenay | Southern terminus of R-381 | ||||
| Charlevoix-Est | La Malbaie | 498.2 | 801.8 | R-362 west – Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Eastern terminus of R-362 | ||
| Saint-Siméon | 531.2 | 854.9 |  Rue du Festival – Saint-Siméon ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Rivière-du-Loup | |||
| 531.8 | 855.8 | R-170 west – Saguenay | Eastern terminus of R-170 | ||||
| Saguenay River | 568.8 | 353.4 | Tadoudssac–Quebec 138 Ferry Kilometrage does not include ferry | ||||
| La Haute-Côte-Nord | Tadoussac | 574.9 | 925.2 | R-172 west – Sacre-Coeur, Saguenay | Eastern terminus of R-172 | ||
| Les Escoumins | 607.3 | 977.4 | Rue de la Réserve – Les Escoumins ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Trois Pistoles | |||
| Forestville | 665.7 | 1,071.3 | Rue Verreault / 1e Avenue – Forestville ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Rimouski | |||
| 667.4 | 1,074.1 |  R-385 west – Bersimis-Deux, Bersimis-Un | Eastern terminus of R-385 | ||||
| Manicouagan | Baie-Comeau | 765.0 | 1,231.1 | Avenue Damase-Potvin / Boulevard La Salle – Baie-Comeau ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Matane | ||
| 766.6 | 1,233.7 | R-389 north – Fermont, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador | Southern terminus of R-389; connects to Trans-Labrador Highway | ||||
| Franquelin | 804.6– 804.9 | 500.0– 500.1 | Saint-Nicolas Tunnel | ||||
| Godbout | 820.5 | 1,320.5 | Rue Monseigneur-Labrie – Godbout ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Matane | |||
| Sept-Rivières | Sept-Îles | 942.4 | 1,516.6 | Rue Retty – Sept-Îles ferry terminal | Ferry connections to Rimouski and Port-Menier | ||
| 950.0 | 1,528.9 | Sept-Îles Airport | |||||
| Minganie | Havre-Saint-Pierre | 1,157.6 | 1,863.0 | Rue de l'Escale – Havre-Saint-Pierre ferry terminal | Ferry connections to Port-Menier and Natashquan | ||
| Natashquan | 1,307.2 | 2,103.7 | Chemin des Robin – Natashquan ferry terminal | Ferry connections to Havre-Saint-Pierre and Kegaska | |||
| Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | Kegashka | 1,359.0 | 2,187.1 | Chemin Jacques-Cartier – Kegaska Airport, Kegaska ferry terminal | Eastern terminus (main section); ferry connections to Natashquan and La Romaine | ||
| 150 km (95 mi) gap in Route 138 | |||||||
| Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | Tête-à-la-Baleine | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport | Western terminus (Tête-à-la-Baleine section) | ||
| 17.1 | 27.5 | Tête-à-la-Baleine ferry terminal | Eastern terminus (Tête-à-la-Baleine section); ferry connections to Harrington Harbour and La Tabatière | ||||
| 140 km (85 mi) gap in Route 138 | |||||||
| Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent | Vieux Fort | 0.0 | 0.0 | Western terminus (Vieux Fort–Blanc-Sablon section) | |||
| Blanc-Sablon | 67.9 | 109.3 | Avenue Jacques-Cartier – Blanc-Sablon ferry terminal | Ferry connections to Saint-Augustin, Corner Brook, St. Barbe, and Route 430 | |||
| 71.4 | 114.9 | Route 510 east (Trans-Labrador Highway) – L'Anse-au-Clair, Labrador City | Continues into Newfoundland and Labrador; eastern terminus of R-138 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Quebec Route 2 (historical) and Chemin du Roy
- List of Quebec provincial highways
References
- ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 66-69, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
- ^ "Une nouvelle route pour Kegaska".
- ^ "Le pont de Natashquan inauguré".
- ^ Trans-Labrador Hwy - Labrador 2003 - Page 5
- ^ "Québec invests an extra $122 million for the extension of route 138 on the Basse-Côte-Nord". Gouvernement du Québec. May 30, 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ Lévesque, Fanny (5 July 2013). "Extension of 138: Quebec terminates agreement with Pakatan Corporation". LeNord Côtier. Retrieved 26 Jun 2018.
- ^ "Route 138 - Extension of Route 138 on the Lower North Shore". Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ Google (March 24, 2023). "Route 138 in Quebec" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 24, 2023.