Quebec Route 161 Explained

Province:QC
Type:QC
Route:161
Maint:Transports Québec
Map:Route 161-QC.png
Length Km:185.1
Length Round:1
Length Notes:Pre-2006:
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: in Coburn Gore, Maine
Terminus B: in Sainte-Eulalie
Junction: in Stornoway
in Weedon & Beaulac-Garthby
in Victoriaville
Previous Type:QC
Previous Route:159
Next Type:QC
Next Route:162
Cities:Victoriaville

Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in the regions of Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its current northern terminus is at Autoroute 20 in Sainte-Eulalie, just east of the junction of Autoroute 55, while its southern terminus is at the border of Maine in the USA, where it continues as Maine State Route 27. Previously the highway continued to Route 155 in Saint-Célestin, but that section was decommissioned in 2006 when Autoroute 55 was completed.[1]

On July 6, 2013, the route was severed at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec by an oil train derailment. Ministry of Transport consultants began surveying a site for a new bridge across the Chaudière River in August 2013.[2]

Municipalities along Route 161

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Notes and References

  1. Government du Québec . Québec Official Road Map . Enlargement Southern Québec . 2001 . 1:505,000 . Les Publications du Québec . H-27, I-28 . en-CA.
  2. Web site: ICI.Radio-Canada.ca . Zone Aucun thème sélectionné- . 2013-08-17 . Lac-Mégantic : début des travaux de relocalisation des commerces Radio-Canada.ca . 2023-11-21 . Radio-Canada . fr-ca.