QUEBEC ROUTE 132

'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 NY Reference Route 970T north of Fort Covington [1]), west of Montréal 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-Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions of the province.
Unlike the more direct Autoroute 20, which it shadows from Longueuil to Luceville, Route 132 takes a more scenic route which goes through many historic small towns. Until the connection between Rivière-du-Loup and Le Bic 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 Route 185 to Edmundston, New Brunswick. This eastern section of the highway from Rivière-du-Loup towards Gaspé, was the former Route 6, until the early 1970's 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 Route 11. The other branch continues east to follow the coast of the Gaspe peninsula and eventually rejoin the other branch at Matapédia. The total length of this loop is over 930 km.

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Towns located along Route 132

See also

External link/reference

Towns located along Route 132

Important cities along the way include:

★ Longueuil

★ Sorel-Tracy

★ Bécancour

★ Lévis

★ Montmagny

★ La Pocatière

★ Rivière-du-Loup

★ Rimouski

★ Matane

★ Sainte-Anne-des-Monts

★ Gaspé

★ Chandler

★ New Richmond

★ Amqui

See also

★ List of Quebec provincial highways

★ Heritage Highway

External link/reference

★ Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)