Quebec Route 138
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Route 138 is a major highway in the
It passes through the
This highway takes a more scenic route than the more direct
From Moisie River to Havre-Saint-Pierre
At the beginning of the 20th century, the first routes of what would become Route 138 (formerly Route 15) were laid in the vicinity of Sept-Îles. In 1961, a section was added from the Franquelin region to the tip of the Moisie River, some 20 kilometres east of Sept-Îles.
On the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, until 1976, there was no continuous route to go further east than the Moisie River. Only bits of paths here and there connect a few coastal villages to each other, Natashquan connects to Aguanish by a dirt road (1959).
Route 138, from Moisie River to Havre-Saint-Pierre, opened in the spring of 1976, from there access to the islands of the Mingan Archipelago by sea.
In 1984, to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's arrival in New France, the Commission de toponymie gave this name to the part of Route 138 located east of the Saguenay River, that is, the part that extends from Tadoussac to Havre-Saint-Pierre.[2]' [3]
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Fill of Highway No. 138, Sept-Îles (City), Hamlet Matamec
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Roadside restaurant sign
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Pole transport by helicopter
From Havre-Saint-Pierre to Natashquan
Until the mid-1990s, the highway's eastern terminus was
A second segment of about 17 km extends from Tête-à-la-Baleine's airport, east through
A third segment of Route 138 extends from
A gap remains between Kegaska 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.[7] 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.[8] The construction of two segments of the highway (Kegaska–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.[9]
Municipalities along Route 138
Major intersections
RCM | Location | km[10] | 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 | 11.1 | R-202 east (Rue Henderson) – Hinchinbrooke, Franklin | West end of R-202 concurrency | |||
18.1 | 11.2 | R-202 west – Sainte-Barbe, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | East end of R-202 concurrency | ||||
Ormstown | West end of R-201 concurrency | ||||||
34.0 | 21.1 | R-201 south – Franklin | East end of R-202 concurrency | ||||
Très-Saint-Sacrement | 51.0 | 31.7 | R-203 south – Saint-Chrysostome | Northern terminus of R-203 | |||
Saint-Urbain-Premier | West end of R-205 concurrency | ||||||
57.3 | 35.6 | R-205 north (Chemin de la Beauce) – Beauharnois | East end of R-205 concurrency | ||||
A-30 exit 38; west end of R-132 concurrency | |||||||
Kahnawake, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Rémi | Interchange; northern terminus of R-207 & R-221 | ||||||
77.2 | 48.0 | – | 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 | 79.3 | 49.3 | 1 | Rue Airlie | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
80.4 | 50.0 | 2 | Rue Clément, Rue St-Patrick | Interchange | |||
81.3 | 50.5 | 4 63 | Toronto | Interchange; west end of A-20 concurrency; exit numbers follow A-20 | |||
82.5 | 51.3 | 64 | A-20 east – Montréal Centre-Ville | Interchange; east end of A-20 concurrency; R-138 follows Rue Saint-Jacques | |||
84.0 | 52.2 | Boulevard Cavendish / Rue Saint-Jacques | R-138 follows Boulevard Cavendish | ||||
84.1 | 52.3 | Boulevard De Maisonneuve | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
84.4 | 52.4 | Rue Sherbrooke / Boulevard Cavendish | R-138 follows Rue Sherbrooke | ||||
86.2 | 53.6 | A-15 (Autoroute Décarie) | A-15 exit 64 | ||||
90.4 | 56.2 | Rue Peel (R-112 east) | Western terminus of R-112 | ||||
92.2 | 57.3 | Rue Saint-Denis (R-335 north) | Southern terminus of R-335 | ||||
92.4 | 57.4 | Rue Berri | Interchange; free-flow on Rue Berri | ||||
93.5 | 58.1 | Avenue Papineau (R-134 south) | One-way pair; northern terminus of R-134 | ||||
93.8 | 58.3 | Avenue De Lorimier (R-134 north) | |||||
96.6 | 60.0 | Boulevard Pie-IX (R-125 north) | Southern terminus of R-125 | ||||
101.1 | 62.8 | A-25 (TCH) (Autoroute Louis-H.-La Fontaine) | A-25 exit 5 | ||||
109.6 | 68.1 | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | At-grade; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
113.9 | 70.8 | 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 | 72.1 | To R-344 / A-640 / Boulevard Notre-Dame-des-Champs | |||
L'Assomption | Southern terminus of R-343 | ||||||
Joliette | Southern terminus of R-131 | ||||||
Berthierville | 165.4 | 102.8 | R-158 west (Avenue Gilles-Villeneuve) – Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier | West end of R-158 concurrency | |||
166.5 | 103.5 | R-158 east (Rue de Bienville) – La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas | East end of R-158 concurrency | ||||
172.3 | 107.1 | Montreal, Trois-Rivières | A-40 exit 151 | ||||
Louiseville | 192.3 | 119.5 | R-348 west (Chemin de la Grande-Carrière) – Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé | Eastern terminus of R-348 | |||
193.4 | 120.2 | Saint-Léon-le-Grand | Southern terminus of R-349 | ||||
198.2 | 123.2 | To Montreal, Trois-Rivières | A-40 exit 174 | ||||
Yamachiche | 202.8 | 126.0 | R-153 (Boulevard Duchesne) – Saint-Barnabér | ||||
Montreal, Trois-Rivières | A-40 exit 187 | ||||||
224.5 | 139.5 | Quebec | A-55 exit 181 | ||||
227.2 | 141.2 | Boulevard de la Commune / Rue Royale | Rond-point de la Couronne (Crown Roundabout); R-138 follows Rue Royale | ||||
227.8 | 141.5 | 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 | 142.5 | Rue Laviolette / Rue Royale | East end of one-way pair; R-138 follows Rue Laviolette | ||||
231.1 | 143.6 | Rivière Saint-Maurice | |||||
231.5 | 143.8 | Île Saint-Quentin and Île Caron | |||||
231.7 | 144.0 | Rivière Saint-Maurice | |||||
231.9 | 144.1 | Rue Duplessis (R-157 north) | Southern terminus of R-157 | ||||
Les Chenaux | Champlain | 249.7 | 155.2 | R-359 north – Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes | Southern terminus of R-359 | ||
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan | Southern terminus of R-361 | ||||||
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | 269.6 | 167.5 | R-159 north to A-40 – Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain | Southern terminus of R-159 | |||
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières | Southern terminus of R-363 | ||||||
Pont-Rouge | Western terminus of R-358 | ||||||
314.4 | 195.4 | To Montreal | A-40 exit 274 | ||||
Pont-Rouge | Southern terminus of R-365 | ||||||
Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | Southern terminus of R-367 | ||||||
Québec | A-40 exit 298; becomes Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel | ||||||
Québec | 347.3 | 215.8 | A-540 south (Autoroute Duplessis) / Route de l'Aéroport – Aéroport International Jean-Lesage | Northern terminus of A-540 | |||
350.0 | 217.5 | Montreal | A-73/A-40 exit 141 | ||||
353.0 | 219.3 | A-740 (Autoroute Robert-Bourassa) to A-440 | A-740 exit 7 | ||||
355.5 | 220.9 | Boulevard Pierre-Bertrand (R-358 west) | Eastern terminus of R-358 | ||||
357.3 | 222.0 | A-973 / R-175 (Autoroute Laurentienne) to A-40 – Saguenay, Québec Centre-Ville | A-973/QC 175 exit 4 | ||||
357.8 | 222.3 | Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel / Avenue Eugène-Lamontagne | R-138 follows Avenue Eugène-Lamontagne; becomes 18e Rue east of 1re Avenue | ||||
359.9– 360.1 | 223.6– 223.8 | 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 | 225.1 | To A-440 west / Boulevard François-De Laval – Québec Centre-Ville | |||||
363.3– 363.8 | 225.7– 226.1 | To A-440 / Rue du Manège / Boulevard des Chutes – Québec Centre-Ville, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | A-440 exit 27 | ||||
367.7 | 228.5 | 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 | ||||
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré | 392.8 | 244.1 | R-360 west (Rue de la Visitation) | West end of R-360 concurrency | |||
394.6 | 245.2 | R-360 – Mont-Sainte-Anne, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | Interchange; east end of R-360 concurrency | ||||
Saint-Tite-des-Caps | 415.5 | 258.2 | R-360 west – Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges | Eastern terminus of R-360 | |||
Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Interchange; western terminus of R-362 | ||||||
459.1 | 285.3 | R-381 north – Saguenay | Southern terminus of R-381 | ||||
Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive | Eastern terminus of R-362 | ||||||
Saint-Siméon | 531.2 | 330.1 | Rue du Festival – Saint-Siméon ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Rivière-du-Loup | |||
531.8 | 330.4 | R-170 west – Saguenay | Eastern terminus of R-170 | ||||
Saguenay River | 568.8 | 353.4 | Tadoudssac–Quebec 138 Ferry Kilometrage does not include ferry | ||||
Sacre-Coeur, Saguenay | Eastern terminus of R-172 | ||||||
Trois Pistoles | |||||||
Forestville | 665.7 | 413.6 | Rue Verreault / 1e Avenue – Forestville ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Rimouski | |||
667.4 | 414.7 | R-385 west – Bersimis-Deux, Bersimis-Un | Eastern terminus of R-385 | ||||
Baie-Comeau | 765.0 | 475.3 | Avenue Damase-Potvin / Boulevard La Salle – Baie-Comeau ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Matane | |||
766.6 | 476.3 | 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 | 509.8 | Rue Monseigneur-Labrie – Godbout ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Matane | |||
Sept-Rivières | Sept-Îles | 942.4 | 585.6 | Rue Retty – Sept-Îles ferry terminal | Ferry connections to Rimouski and Port-Menier | ||
950.0 | 590.3 | Sept-Îles Airport | |||||
Natashquan | |||||||
Kegaska | |||||||
Natashquan and La Romaine | |||||||
150 km (95 mi) gap in Route 138 | |||||||
Tête-à-la-Baleine | 0.0 | 0.0 | Tête-à-la-Baleine Airport | Western terminus (Tête-à-la-Baleine section) | |||
17.1 | 10.6 | Tête-à-la-Baleine ferry terminal | Eastern terminus (Tête-à-la-Baleine section); ferry connections to La Tabatière | ||||
140 km (85 mi) gap in Route 138 | |||||||
Vieux Fort | 0.0 | 0.0 | Western terminus (Vieux Fort–Blanc-Sablon section) | ||||
St. Barbe, and Route 430 | |||||||
71.4 | 44.4 | 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
- ^ The Ages of Exploration. "Jacques Cartier". The Mariners' Museum and ParK. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
Jacques Cartier is credited with discovering and claiming the land now known as Canada for France.
- ^ Pierre Frenette (2009). "North Shore, a land of convergence" (PDF) (in French). Les Éditions Histoire Québec. p. 8. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
Logger-farmers swapped axes, harrows, and horses for saws, truck steering wheels, and bulldozer levers
- ^ "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.