Highway in Quebec
Route 116 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec , Canada . It runs between Route 134 in Longueuil and Route 132 in Lévis , connecting the south shore areas of Montreal and Quebec City ; it also serves the administrative regions of Montérégie , Centre-du-Québec , Estrie and Chaudière-Appalaches . Until the mid-1970s it was known as Route 9 between Le Moyne (presently part of Longueuil) and Saint-Simon ; Route 32 between Saint-Simon and Richmond ; and Route 5 between Richmond and Saint-Nicolas (presently part of Lévis).[ 2]
Route description
Route 116 begins in Longueuil at the junction of Route 134 (Boulevard Taschereau ) in Borough of Le Moyne and called Boulevard Sir Wilfrid-Laurier , and name that it holds until Autoroute 20 east of Saint-Hyacinthe . Route 116 shares a concurrency with Route 112 until Saint-Hubert , just south of the Saint-Hubert Municipal Airport , to the junction of Autoroute 30 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville . This section is a controlled-access Autoroute -grade freeway. This portion was once envisioned to be part of Autoroute 16 . An unofficial extension of Route 116 as thought of by locals, from the western terminus follows the Route 134 limited access expressway to the Jacques Cartier Bridge .
East of Autoroute 30, Route 116 is a high-volume, divided expressway with at-grade intersections as it passes through the growing South Shore suburbs of Montreal . It overlaps with Autoroute 20 for 6 km (4 mi), then has lighter traffic counts up to Richmond . Between Richmond and Plessisville traffic is heavier as it passes bigger towns as it is located further away from Autoroute 20; however the section from Plessisville and Lévis does not have much traffic due to its proximity to Autoroute 20.
Municipalities along Quebec 116
Major intersections
See also
References
^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 59, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
^ The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces ^ "Route 116 in Quebec" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved April 13, 2023 .
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