| Route 138 | ||||
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| Chemin Du Roy | ||||
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| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length: | 1,389.3 km[1] (863.3 mi) | |||
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| West end: | NY 30 at Constable, New York | |||
| Route 202 in Huntingdon Route 201 in Ormstown Route 203 in Très-Saint-Sacrement Route 205 in Sainte-Martine A-30 / Route 132 in Chateauguay Route 132 / Route 207 in Kahnawake A-20 in Montreal-Ouest (Montreal) A-15 in Notre-Dame-du-Grace (Montreal) Route 112 / Route 134 / Route 335 in Montreal Route 125 in Rosemont (Montreal) A-25 in Anjou (Montreal) A-640 in Repentigny Route 343 in Saint-Sulpice Route 131 in Lavaltrie A-40 / Route 158 in Berthierville Route 348 / Route 349 in Louiseville Route 153 in Yamachiche A-40 in Pointe-du-Lac (Trois-Rivières) A-40 / A-55 / Route 155 in Trois-Rivières Route 157 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine (Trois-Rivières) Route 359 in Champlain Route 361 in Batiscan Route 159 in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade Route 363 in Deschambault-Grondines Route 358 in Cap-Santé A-40 in Donnacona Route 365 in Neuville A-40 / Route 367 in Cap-Rouge (Quebec) A-40 / A-73 / A-540 in L'Ancienne-Lorette (Quebec) A-740 / Route 358 in Vanier (Quebec) Route 175 in Quebec A-40 / A-440 / Route 367 in Beauport (Quebec) A-40 / Route 368 in Boischatel Route 360 in Beaupré Route 360 in Saint-Tite-des-Caps Route 362 in Baie-Saint-Paul Route 381 in Saint-Urbain Route 362 in La Malbaie Route 170 in Saint-Siméon Route 172 in Tadoussac Route 389 in Baie-Comeau |
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| East end: | Rue du Moulin in Natashquan (present) Boul Camille Marcoux in Blanc Sablon to Labrador South Highway (future) |
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Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the eastern terminus in Natashquan on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30). Part of this highway is known as the Chemin du Roy, or King's Highway, which is one of the oldest highways in Canada.
It passes through the Montérégie, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec. In Montreal, Highway 138 runs via Sherbrooke Street, crosses the Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge to Charlemagne and remains a four-lane road until exiting Repentigny.
This highway takes a more scenic route than the more direct Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec City. It crosses the Saguenay River via a ferry which travels between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac.
Until the mid 1990s, the highway's eastern terminus was Havre-Saint-Pierre, but in 1996 the extension to Natashquan was completed. This gradual extension of the highway suggests that the highway may one day be extended to the border of Newfoundland and Labrador, once it connects with a local road that extends west from Blanc-Sablon. (In fact that road does bear signage for Route 138.)[2] If built before the upgrading of Route 389 to the Labrador border, it would be a vital connecting link to a Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link spanning the Strait of Belle Isle. (At this time, the shortest prospective road link is Route 389 from Baie-Comeau, connecting to the Trans-Labrador Highway to Goose Bay, a highway from Cartwright to Blanc-Sablon, and a new route now being engineered between Cartwright and Goose Bay.)
On August 25, 2006, the Quebec government announced a 10-year project to build 425 kilometres of highway along the north shore, excluding a 40 kilometre gap at a major river crossing, the Natashquan, which will require further study.[3]
In October 2010 the Quebec government announced that route 138 would be extended from Vieux-Fort to Kegaska by creating sections to continue the road along the Lower North Shore.[4]
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