Quebec Route 342 Explained

Province:QC
Type:QC
Route:342
Maint:Transports Québec
Map:Route 342-QC.png
Length Km:36.5
Length Round:1
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A:Chemin Grande Montée in Pointe-Fortune
Terminus B: in Vaudreuil-Dorion
Previous Type:QC
Previous Route:341
Next Type:QC
Next Route:343
Counties:Vaudreuil-Soulanges
Cities:Rigaud, Hudson, Vaudreuil-Dorion
Junction: in Pointe-Fortune
in Rigaud
in Hudson
in Saint-Lazare
in Vaudreuil-Dorion

Route 342 is a provincial highway located in the Montérégie region of Quebec west of Montreal. It runs from the Ontario-Quebec border in Pointe-Fortune (at the junctions of Ontario Highway 417 and Autoroute 40 and ends in Vaudreuil-Dorion at the junction of Autoroute 20. Before the construction of Autoroute 40 in 1959 (and its continuation in Ontario as Highway 417) it was the main route between Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario (becoming Route 17 in Ontario). It serves as an alternate route to Autoroute 40 and has 4 interchanges with it in Pointe-Fortune, Rigaud and Hudson.

Municipalities along Route 342

Major intersections

RCM or ETMunicipalityKm JunctionNotes
Vaudreuil-SoulangesPointe-Fortune0.0Chemin Grande Montée
(Prescott-Russell County Road 14)
SOUTH: to East Hawkesbury, Ontario and EAST (Exit 1), Montreal
NORTH: to Pointe-Fortune
0.4 (Exit 1)40 WEST: to and East Hawkesbury, Ontario
2.3Chemin des OutaouaisNORTH: to Pointe-Fortune
Rigaud8.1
8.9
(Exit 9)40 EAST: to Montreal
40 WEST: to Pointe-Fortune
9.9 (North end)325 SOUTH: to Très-Saint-Rédempteur
11.1
11.4
(Exit 12)40 EAST: to Montreal
40 WEST: to Pointe-Fortune
16.6201 SOUTH: to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
201 NORTH: to Hudson
Hudson21.6Cote-Saint-CharlesSOUTH: to (Exit 22) & Saint-Lazare
Vaudreuil-Dorion26.4Chemin DaoustSOUTH: to (Exit 26-E) & Saint-Lazare
27.3 (Exit 26-W)40 EAST: to Montreal
32.1340 EAST: to Vaudreuil-Dorion
340 WEST: to Saint-Lazare
36.4
36.5

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Notes and References

  1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 99, Les Publications du Québec, 2005