Quebec Route 148

Route 148 is an east-west highway in Quebec, Canada. It runs from junction of Autoroute 13 and Autoroute 440 in Laval in the Montreal region to the Ontario-Quebec border in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in western Quebec. For most of its length, Route 148 follows the north shore of the Ottawa River where it acted as the principal route between communities in the Outaouais region until the completion of Autoroute 50 in 2012. At the Ontario-Quebec border in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes Route 148 continues into Ontario as Highway 148.

Route 148
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length326.0 km[1] (202.6 mi)
Major junctions
West end Highway 148 at Ontario Border (near Pembroke, ON)
  Route 301 in Campbell's Bay
Route 301 south of Bryson
Route 303 in Shawville
A-5 / A-50 in Hull (Gatineau)
A-50 / Route 307 / Route 366 in Gatineau (Gatineau)
Route 315 in Masson-Angers (Gatineau)
Route 317 in Thurso
Route 321 in Papineauville
Route 323 in Montebello
Route 344 in Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge
A-50 in Brownsburg-Chatham
Route 158 / Route 327 / Route 329 in Lachute
A-50 / Route 158 in Mirabel
A-640 / Route 344 in Saint-Eustache
East end A-13 / A-440 in Sainte-Dorothee (Laval)
Highway system
← Route 147→ Route 153

In Gatineau, Route 148 is concurrent with Autoroute 50 from Maloney Boulevard until the terminus of Autoroute 50 at des Allumettières Boulevard. Route 148 then continues west on des Allumettières Boulevard towards Aylmer. Prior to the opening of des Allumettières Boulevard in 2007, Route 148 was concurrent with Autoroute 5 between the Autoroute 50 junction and Saint-Raymond Boulevard.

The section of Route 148 between Lachute and Buckingham was the only major route on the north shore of the Ottawa River between communities in the eastern Outaouais region and Gatineau and Montreal. This section, especially the section between Masson-Angers and Montebello, has been the site of numerous fatal accidents over the last few years. Construction of Autoroute 50 to the north of Route 148 was completed on November 26, 2012, and now provides a faster and safer route between communities in the eastern Outaouais region and Gatineau and Mirabel.

For many years Route 148 included a section of Rue Principale west of A-13 and most of Boulevard Saint-Martin in Laval.

Municipalities along Route 148

Municipalities listed in order from west to east:

Images
Rte. 148 through Lochaber.
Route 148 as seen from the roadside rest stop in Litchfield.
View on Route 148 east bound during snowstorm in Mirabel.
Western terminus, under construction, on Allumette Island

See also

References
  1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 70-71, Les Publications du Québec, 2005

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