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Route 132
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 NY 37 via NY 970T at Dundee |
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 Route 202 in Sainte-Barbe
 Route 236 in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
  A-30 / Route 201 in Valleyfield
 Route 205 / Route 236 in Beauharnois
 A-30 / Route 138 in Chateauguay
 Route 138 / Route 207 in Kahnawake
 A-30 / Route 209 in Sainte-Catherine
  A-15 / A-30 / Route 134 in Candiac
  A-10 / A-20 in Brossard
 Route 112 in Saint-Lambert
Route 134 in Longueuil
 A-20 / A-25 in Boucherville
 Route 229 in Varennes
 Route 223 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
 A-30 / Route 133 in Sorel
 Route 235 in Yamaska
 Route 122 in Yamaska-Est
 Route 143 in Saint-François-du-Lac
 Route 226 in Pierreville
 Route 255 in Baie-du-Febvre
 Route 259 in Nicolet
   A-30 / A-55 / Route 155 / Route 261 in Becancour
 Route 263 in Gentilly
 Route 218 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
 Route 265 in Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent
 Route 271 in Saint-Croix
 Route 273 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly
 Route 171 in Saint-Nicolas
   A-73 / Route 116 / Route 175 in Charny
 Route 275 in Saint-Romuald
 Route 173 in Levis
 Route 279 in Beaumont
 Route 281 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
  Route 228 / Route 283 in Montmagny
 Route 285 in L'Islet-sur-Mer
 Route 204 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
A-20 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
 A-20 / Route 230 in La Pocatiere
 Route 287 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie
 Route 289 near Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska
 A-20 / Route 291 in Rivière-du-Loup
A-20 near Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna
 Route 293 in Trois-Pistoles
A-20 in Le Bic
 Route 232 in Rimouski
 Route 298 in Sainte-Luce
 Route 132 in Sainte-Flavie
 Route 234 in Grand-Metis
 Route 297 in Baie-des-Sables
 Route 195 in Matane
 Route 299 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts
 Route 198 in L'Anse-Pleureuse
 Route 197 in Rivière-au-Renard & Saint-Majorique near Forillon Provincial Park
Route 198 in Gaspé
Route 299 near New Richmond
 Route 11 in Matapedia
Route 195 in Amqui
Route 297 in Saint-Moise
Route 234 in Sainte-Angele-de-Merici |
| East end: |
Route 132 in Sainte-Flavie (via the Gaspé Peninsula) |
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Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Chateauguay, Candiac, Delson, Brossard, Longueuil, Boucherville, Varennes, Verchères, Sorel-Tracy, Nicolet, Becancour, Levis, Montmagny, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Matane, Cap-Chat, Gaspé, Chandler, New Carlisle, Carleton-sur-Mer, Matapedia, Amqui, Mont-Joli
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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 New York State Route 37 via NY 970T, an unsigned reference route) 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 1970s 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 Gaspé peninsula and eventually rejoin the other branch at Matapédia. The total length of this loop is over 930 km.
Between Candiac and Varennes, the highway overlaps various current and former Quebec Autoroutes and can be considered a continuous autoroute by itself, as it runs along the Saint Lawrence River through most of this section. Highway 132 joins Autoroute 15 in Candiac at its Exit 42 and overlaps it until Exit 1 (which is actually Exit 1 of Autoroute 20), in Brossard, where Autoroute 15 separates onto Champlain Bridge. There, Highway 132 begins its overlap with Autoroute 20 until Boucherville, where Autoroute 20 splits off onto Autoroute Jean-Lesage. From that point, Highway 132 continues to the east of Boucherville as a four-lane expressway formerly known as Autoroute 430 and downgrades to a two-lane highway in Varennes.
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