Route 116 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

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. It runs between Route 134 in

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...

and Route 132 in Lévis, connecting the south shore areas of

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and

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; it also serves the administrative regions of

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and

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

. Until the mid-1970s it was known as Route 9 between Le Moyne (presently part of Longueuil) and Saint-Simon; Route 32 between Saint-Simon and

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; and Route 5 between Richmond and Saint-Nicolas (presently part of Lévis).

Route description

Route 116 begins in Longueuil at the junction of Route 134 ( Boulevard Taschereau) in Borough of Le Moyne and called Boulevard Sir Wilfrid-Laurier, and name that it holds until Autoroute 20 east of

Saint-Hyacinthe Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie regi ...

. Route 116 shares a concurrency with Route 112 until Saint-Hubert, just south of the Saint-Hubert Municipal Airport, to the junction of Autoroute 30 in

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It lies on the west flank of Mont Saint-Bruno, one of the Monteregian Hill ...

. This section is a controlled-access Autoroute-grade freeway. This portion was once envisioned to be part of Autoroute 16. An unofficial extension of Route 116 as thought of by locals, from the western terminus follows the Route 134 limited access expressway to the

Jacques Cartier Bridge The Jacques Cartier Bridge () is a steel truss cantilever bridge crossing the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal Island, Montreal, Quebec, to the South Shore (Montreal), south shore at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. The bridge crosses Saint Helen's ...

. East of Autoroute 30, Route 116 is a high-volume, divided expressway with at-grade intersections as it passes through the growing South Shore suburbs of

. It overlaps with Autoroute 20 for , then has lighter traffic counts up to

. Between Richmond and Plessisville traffic is heavier as it passes bigger towns as it is located further away from Autoroute 20; however the section from Plessisville and Lévis does not have much traffic due to its proximity to Autoroute 20.

Municipalities along Quebec 116

* Saint-Basile-le-Grand * McMasterville * Beloeil * Mont-Saint-Hilaire * Sainte-Marie-Madeleine * Sainte-Madeleine *

* Saint-Simon * Saint-Liboire * Upton * Acton Vale * Sainte-Christine * Durham-Sud *

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* Danville *

Kingsey Falls Kingsey Falls, Quebec is a town in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada, with a population of 1,946 at the Canada 2016 Census, 2016 census. It is 30 km east of Drummondville and west of Quebec Route 116, Route 116. One of the largest employers ...

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* Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska *

Victoriaville Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of ...

* Princeville * Plessisville * Laurierville * Lyster * Dosquet * Saint-Agapit * Saint-Gilles * Lévis

Major intersections

References

External links

Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec)

Route 116
on Google Maps {{Quebec Routes (100-199) 116 Roads in Longueuil Transport in Lévis, Quebec Transport in Saint-Hyacinthe Transport in Victoriaville

Route description

Municipalities along Quebec 116

Major intersections

See also

References

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