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Highway 148 as seen from the roadside rest stop in Litchfield.
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Route 148
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| Length: |
320 km (199 mi) |
| West end: |
 Hwy 148 at Ontario Border (near Pembrooke, ONT) |
Major
junctions: |
 Route 301 in Campbell's Bay
Route 301 south of Bryson
 Route 303 in Shawville
   A-5 / A-50 / Route 105 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 / Route 158 / Route 327 / Route 329 in Lachute
 A-640 / Route 344 in Sainte-Eustache
 A-13 in Sainte-Dorothee (Laval)
  A-15 / Route 117 in Laval (Laval)
  A-19 / Route 335 in Pont-Viau (Laval |
| East end: |
 A-25 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul ( Laval) |
| Major cities: |
Fort Coulonge, Campbell's Bay, Shawville, Quyon, Gatineau, Thurso, Plaisance, Papineauville, Montebello, Fassett, Lachute, Saint-Eustache, Laval |
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Route 148 (formerly Route 8 before 1970) is a major east/west highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Laval, and the western terminus is in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in the Outaouais region, where it crosses the Ottawa River and ends in Pembroke, Ontario as Highway 148.
In Gatineau, it overlaps Autoroute 50 from Boulevard Maloney until the junction with Boulevard des Allumettières. Now a new road has been completed linking the Hull sector to the Aylmer sector (Boulevard des Allumettières), opened 3 December 2007, it follows the new route towards Aylmer.
The stretch between Lachute and Buckingham, now part of Gatineau, is a busy two-lane highway as it provides the main link between the Outaouais and the northern region of Montréal, as the only freeway is Highway 417, on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River. This 90 km/h highway is considered a dangerous road especially in the segment between Masson-Angers and Montebello where numerous fatal accidents have occurred over the last several years. Neighbouring Autoroute 50 is under construction in different phases and will eventually parallel Route 148 between Gatineau and Lachute. This will join two existing segments of Autoroute 50 and reduce traffic flow on Route 148. From Lachute to Laval, Route 148 travels inland towards Laval through St. Eustache, just south of Mirabel Airport. Present termination of the Highway in Laval is at Route 125 (Boulevard Levesque Est) near the current Autoroute 25, although it was once at Autoroute 13 and also Route 117. Highway 8 then was posted with Highway 11A towards Boulevards Decarie and Metropolitan in Montreal.
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