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.
 Route 132 | ||||
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 Route 132 in Carleton-sur-Mer | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 1,612.1 km[1] (1,001.7 mi) | |||
| History |  Route 2 (Lévis – Rivière-du-Loup) Route 3 (U.S. border – Lévis) Route 6 (around the Gaspé Peninsula) Route 9C (Kahnawake – Candiac) Route 10 (Rivière-du-Loup – Matane) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   NY 970T to NY 37 in Dundee | |||
| East end |  R-132 in Sainte-Flavie (via the Gaspé Peninsula) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Major cities | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Châteauguay, Candiac, Delson, Brossard, Longueuil, Boucherville, Varennes, Verchères, Sorel-Tracy, Nicolet, Bécancour, Lévis, Montmagny, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Matane, Cap-Chat, Gaspé, Grande-Rivière, New Carlisle, New Richmond, Carleton-sur-Mer, Matapédia, Amqui, Mont-Joli | |||
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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.
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.
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
editMajor 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 | NY 970T south to NY 37 – Fort Covington | Continues into New York | ||
| Canada–United States border at Fort Covington–Dundee Border Crossing | |||||||
| Huntingdon | 38.2 | 23.7 |  R-202 east – Huntingdon | ||||
| Beauharnois-Salaberry | Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka | 42.8 | 26.6 |  R-236 east – Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | R-236 western terminus | ||
| 46.1 | 28.6 |  R-201 south – Ormstown, Franklin | 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 |  A-530 begins / Chemin Larocque – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Centre-Ville) | At grade; A-530 western terminus; west end of A-530 concurrency | ||
| 53.1 | 33.0 | 5 |  A-530 east to A-30 – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Sorel-Tracy | A-530 exit 5; east end of A-530 concurrency | |||
| 55.3 | 34.4 |  R-201 north (Monseigneur-Langlois Boulevard) to A-20 / Boulevard Hébert – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (Centre-Ville), Coteau-du-Lac | R-132 follows Boulevard Hébert; west end of R-201 concurrency | ||||
| 60.0 | 37.3 | To A-30 / Boulevard Pie-XII – Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague | A-30 exit 9 | ||||
| 63.2 | 39.3 | A-30 (Pont Serge-Marcil) | 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 west to A-30 – Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois | R-236 eastern terminus | ||
| 74.8 | 46.5 |  R-205 south (Chemin de la Beauce) to A-30 | |||||
| Roussillon | Mercier–Châteauguay boundary | 87.7– 88.4 | 54.5– 54.9 | A-30 – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Sorel-Tracy R-138 west (Boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste) / Boulevard Saint-Joseph / Rue Beauchemin – Mercier | A-30 exit 38; west end of R-138 concurrency | ||
| Kahnawake | 96.8 | 60.1 | – |   R-207 south / R-221 south – Kahnawake, Saint-Isidore, Saint-Rémi | Interchange; northern terminus of R-207 & R-221 | ||
| 97.8 | 60.8 | – | R-138 east – Pont Mercier, Montréal | Interchange; east end of R-138 concurrency | |||
| Roussillon | Sainte-Catherine | 104.2 | 64.7 |  A-730 south to A-30 – Vaudreuil-Dorion, Sorel-Tracy | At grade; A-730 northern terminus | ||
| 110.6 | 68.7 |  Rue Saint-Pierre (R-209 south) / Boulevard des Écluses – Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Rémi | |||||
| 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 | A-930 east to A-30 – Sorel-Tracy, Québec  A-15 south to A-30 west / I-87 south – New York | 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 |  R-134 east (Boulevard Taschereau) – La Prairie | 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 / A-15 north / A-20 west – Pont Champlain, Montréal, Sherbrooke, Québec | 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 |  R-112 (Boulevard Laurier) – Pont Victoria, Montréal | 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 | R-134 (Boulevard Taschereau) – Pont Jacques-Cartier, Montréal | |||
| 152.9 | 95.0 | 11 | 85 | Boulevard Roland-Therrien | |||
| 156.4– 157.4 | 97.2– 97.8 | 15 | 89 |    A-25 north / A-20 (TCH) east to A-40 / A-30 / Boulevard Marie-Victorin – Tunnel Louis-H.-Lafontaine, Montréal, Québec, Sorel-Tracy | 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 |  R-229 south (Boulevard Lionel-Boulet) / Boulevard de la Marine – Sainte-Julie | |||
| Contrecœur | 203.4 | 126.4 | To A-30 / Montée Saint-Roch – Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | To R-223 | |||
| Pierre-De Saurel | Sorel-Tracy | 219.6 | 136.5 |  Rue Saint-Joseph / Chemin Saint-Roch (R-223 south) / Montée Saint-Roch – Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu | One-way pair; R-223 northern terminus | ||
| 220.8 | 137.2 |   Rue Élisabeth (R-133) – Sorel ferry terminal, Saint-Hyacinthe | Ferry connection Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola and R-158 | ||||
| 222.9 | 138.5 | To A-30 west / Boulevard Poliquin – Montréal | Connects to A-30 eastern terminus (main section) | ||||
| Yamaska | 239.0 | 148.5 |  R-235 south – Massueville | ||||
| Yamaska–Saint-Gérard-Majella boundary | 242.5 | 150.7 |  R-122 south – Drummondville | ||||
| Nicolet-Yamaska | Saint-François-du-Lac | 250.2 | 155.5 |  R-143 south – Drummondville | |||
| Pierreville | 251.1 | 156.0 |  R-226 east – Saint-Elphège | ||||
| Baie-du-Febvre | 263.1 | 163.5 |  R-255 south – Saint-Zephirin-de-Courval | ||||
| Nicolet | 277.4 | 172.4 |  R-259 south – Sainte-Monique | ||||
| Bécancour | Bécancour | 290.4– 290.9 | 180.4– 180.8 |  A-30 east / A-55 – Bécancour | A-30 western terminus (Bécancour section) | ||
| 291.8– 293.3 | 181.3– 182.2 | A-55 – Trois-Rivières, Victoriaville | A-55 exit 176; passes under Laviolette Bridge | ||||
| 305.9 | 190.1 | A-30 west – Trois-Rivières, Drummondville | At-grade; west end of A-30 concurrency | ||||
| 309.5 | 192.3 |  R-261 south / Boulevard Arthur-Sicard – Sainte-Gertrude | |||||
| 311.8 | 193.7 | Boulevard Alphonse-Deshaies | A-30 eastern terminus (Bécancour section); east end of A-30 concurrency | ||||
| 319.7 | 198.7 |  R-263 south – Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford | |||||
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets | 332.5 | 206.6 |  R-218 east – Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard | ||||
| Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent | 342.8 | 213.0 |  R-265 south – Parisville | ||||
| Lotbinière | Sainte-Croix | 380.5 | 236.4 |  R-271 south – Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun, Laurier-Station | |||
| Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly | 394.3 | 245.0 |  R-273 south – Saint-Apollinaire | ||||
| Lévis | 410.0 | 254.8 |  R-171 south (Route Lagueux) to A-20 | ||||
| 418.0 | 259.7 |  R-116 west (Route des Rivières) to A-20 | |||||
| 418.6 | 260.1 |  A-73 (Pont Pierre-Laporte) | Passes under Pierre-Laporte Bridge; no access | ||||
| 418.8 | 260.2 |  R-175 north (Boulevard Guillaume-Couture) – Pont de Québec, Québec | Interchange; west end of R-175 concurrency; R-132 follows Boulevard Guillaume-Couture | ||||
| 420.6 | 261.3 | Avenue des Églises (R-175 south) to A-20 / A-73 / Chemin du Sault – Rivière-du-Loup, Montréal, Pont Pierre-Laporte | East end of R-175 concurrency | ||||
| 424.0 | 263.5 |  Avenue Taniata (R-275 south) to A-20 | |||||
| 431.2 | 267.9 |  Route du Président-Kennedy (R-173 south) to A-20 | |||||
| 431.7 | 268.2 | Boulevard Alphonse-Desjardins – Lévis ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Quebec City | ||||
| Bellechasse | Beaumont | 443.8 | 275.8 |  R-279 south to A-20 – Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse | |||
| Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse | 454.6 | 282.5 |  R-281 south to A-20 – La Durantaye, Saint-Raphaël | ||||
| Montmagny | Montmagny | 484.9 | 301.3 |  R-228 west (Chemin des Poirier) to A-20 | |||
| 485.9 | 301.9 |  R-283 south (Avenue de la Fabrique) – Saint-Fabien-de-Panet | |||||
| L'Islet | L'Islet | 507.7 | 315.5 |  R-285 south to A-20 – L'Islet | |||
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli | 521.4 | 324.0 |  R-204 west to A-20 – Saint-Aubert | ||||
| Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies | 538.6 | 334.7 | A-20 (TCH) – Québec, Rivière-du-Loup | A-20 exit 430 | |||
| Kamouraska | Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière | 544.5 | 338.3 | A-20 (TCH) – Québec, Rivière-du-Loup | A-20 exit 436 | ||
| La Pocatière | 545.3 | 338.8 |  R-230 east (6e Avenue) – La Pocatière | ||||
| 547.6 | 340.3 | To A-20 / Route du Quai – La Pocatière Centre-Ville, Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth | A-20 exit 439 | ||||
| La Pocatière–Rivière-Ouelle boundary | 538.6 | 334.7 | A-20 (TCH) – Québec, Rivière-du-Loup | A-20 exit 444 | |||
| Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie | 565.9 | 351.6 |  R-287 south to A-20 – Saint-Philippe-de-Neri | ||||
| Saint-André-de-Kamouraska | 598.2 | 371.7 |  R-289 south to A-20 – Saint-André-de-Kamouraska | ||||
| Rivière-du-Loup | Rivière-du-Loup | 612.8 | 380.8 | A-20 – Québec, Rimouski | A-20 exit 503 | ||
| 613.5 | 381.2 |  To A-85 south / Boulevard de l'Hôtel-de-Ville / Rue Ernest-Paradis | |||||
| 616.1 | 382.8 | Rue Lafontaine | Former R-185; to R-291 south | ||||
| 617.9 | 383.9 | A-20 – Québec, Rimouski | A-20 exit 507 | ||||
| 618.8 | 384.5 | Rue Hayward – Rivière-du-Loup ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Saint-Siméon | ||||
| Cacouna | 626.2 | 389.1 | To A-20 / Route de l'Église – Saint-Arsène | To R-191 south / A-85 | |||
| 632.9 | 393.3 | To A-20 / Route Moreault – Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski | A-20 exit 521 | ||||
| L'Isle-Verte | 639.9 | 397.6 | To A-20 / Montée des Coteaux | A-20 exit 527 | |||
| Les Basques | Notre-Dame-des-Neiges | 654.9 | 406.9 | A-20 west – Rivière-du-Loup, Québec | At-grade; A-20 eastern terminus (main section); A-20 exit 542 | ||
| Trois-Pistoles | 664.3 | 412.8 |  R-293 south / Rue Jean-Rioux – Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, Saint-Cyprien, Trois-Pistoles ferry terminal | Ferry connection to Les Escoumins | |||
| Rimouski-Neigette | Rimouski | 711.2 | 441.9 | A-20 east – Rimouski, Mont-Joli | At-grade; A-20 western terminus (Rimouski section) | ||
| 725.0 | 450.5 |  R-232 west (Boulevard de la Rivière) – Sainte-Blandine | |||||
| 728.9 | 452.9 | Avenue du Havre – Rimouski ferry terminal | Ferry connections to Forestville and Sept-Îles | ||||
| La Mitis | Sainte-Luce | 743.0 | 461.7 |  R-298 east to A-20 / Côte de l'Anse – Sainte-Luce-sur-Mer, Luceville | |||
| Sainte-Flavie | 756.1 | 469.8 | R-132 east to A-20 west – Mont-Joli, Amqui, Nouveau-Brunswick, Percé | Beginning of Gaspé Peninsula circular route; to A-20 eastern terminus (Rimouski section) | |||
| Grand-Métis | 765.6 | 475.7 |  R-234 west – Price, Saint-Octave-de-Métis | ||||
| La Matanie | Baie-des-Sables | 789.3 | 490.4 |  R-297 south – Saint-Damase, Saint-Noël | R-297 northern terminus | ||
| Matane | 815.9 | 507.0 |  R-195 – Matane ferry terminal, Amqui | Ferry connections to Baie-Comeau and Godbout | |||
| La Haute-Gaspésie | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | 905.1 | 562.4 |  R-299 south – Gaspésie National Park, New Richmond | R-299 northern terminus | ||
| Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis | 972.6 | 604.3 |  R-198 east – Murdochville, Gaspé | R-198 western terminus | |||
| Gaspé (Rivière-au-Renard) | 1,065.4 | 662.0 |  R-197 south – Gaspé (Centre-Ville) | 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 north – Sainte-Anne-des-Monts | R-197 southern terminus | ||||
| 1,128.5 | 701.2 | R-198 west (Montée de Wakeham) / Rue Adams – Murdochville | West end of R-198 concurrency | ||||
| 1,129.0 | 701.5 | R-198 east – Percé, Chandler | East end of R-198 concurrency | ||||
| 1,143.1 | 710.3 | R-198 west – Gaspé (Centre-Ville) | 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 north – Cascapédia-Saint-Jules, Gaspésie National Park | 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 |  Route 11 south – Nouveau-Brunswick | To Matapédia Bridge and Campbellton | |||
| La Matapédia | Amqui | 1,542.4 | 958.4 | R-195 north (Avenue Gaétan-Archambault) / Rue Desbiens – Matane | East end of R-195 concurrency | ||
| 1,542.9 | 958.7 | R-195 south (Avenue du Parc) / Rue du Pont – Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Saint-Zénon-du-Lac-Humqui | West end of R-195 concurrency | ||||
| Saint-Moïse | 1,581.2 | 982.5 | R-297 north – Saint-Noël, Padoue | R-297 southern terminus | |||
| La Mitis | Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici | 1,600.4 | 994.4 | R-234 west – Saint-Gabriel-de-Rimouski | East end of R-234 concurrency | ||
| 1,604.5 | 997.0 | R-234 east – Price, Saint-Octave-de-Métis | West end of R-234 concurrency | ||||
| Mont-Joli | 1,612.7 | 1,002.1 | A-20 west / Boulevard Jacques-Cartier – Rimouski | Roundabout; A-20 exit 641; A-20 eastern terminus (Rimouski section) | |||
| Sainte-Flavie | 1,615.3 | 1,003.7 | R-132 – Rimouski, Matane, Percé | 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.
- ^ "Route 132 in Quebec" (Map). Google Maps. 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.
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