Route 125 is a Quebec highway running from
Montreal
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(on
Pie-IX Boulevard
Pie-IX Boulevard (, pronounced in both English and French), named after Pope Pius IX, is a major boulevard in Montreal
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near the
Olympic Stadium
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) to
Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec
Saint-Donat () is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, part of the Regional County Municipality of Matawinie, within the larger administrative region of Lanaudière. The main town within the township is also identified as ...
in the
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
Geogr ...
. The southern section of Route 125 runs parallel to
Autoroute 25 in
Laval,
Mascouche
Mascouche (; ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipali ...
, and
Terrebonne. At
Saint-Esprit, the Autoroute ends, and 125 continues northwards until the entrance to the
Mont Tremblant
Mont Tremblant () is a mountain of the Laurentian Mountains, reaching an altitude of 932 metres. It is located in the province of Quebec, Canada, in Mont-Tremblant National Park, about 15 km northeast of the town of Mont-Tremblant and east ...
Provincial Park north of Saint-Donat.
Trace
Route 125, a road parallel to the
A-25, begins at the corner of Sherbrooke Street East (
Route 138) in
Montréal
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, under the name of "
Boulevard Pie-IX." It keeps this name until it meets with the A-440 after crossing the
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...
on the
Pie-IX Bridge
Pie IX Bridge () is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montréal-Nord in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal. The bridge was part of A ...
. In between the Pie-IX Bridge and the A-440, it has a highway configuration and has two lanes in each direction separated by a median, crossing the streets it crosses with the help of an overpass and connected to these lanes by access ramps.
It then crosses the
Île Jésus
Île Jésus (, ''Jesus Island'') is a river island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. It is the second-larg ...
(
Laval ) and the
Mille Îles River on the
Sophie-Masson Bridge to arrive in
Terrebonne. Following its concurrency with the A-440, it looks more like a secondary road, being quite narrow until
Route 344, with which it forms a short concurrency before joining the Montée Masson in Terrebonne. From there, it heads to the city of
Mascouche
Mascouche (; ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipali ...
, of which it is its main road. Once past the city of Mascouche, it looks again like a narrow secondary road and does not even have a double yellow line.
When it reaches
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, it is a little used country road. At the junction of
Route 339, it takes it to form a short concurrency with the
A-25 at its northern end. From
Saint-Esprit, Route 125 becomes the main traffic route to the northwest of the
Lanaudière
Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census.
Geogr ...
region, the A-25 ending at Saint-Esprit. It heads towards
Sainte-Julienne
Sainte-Julienne () is a community and municipality in Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada. According to the 2021 Canadian census, the community has a population of 11,173 The, now closed, Sainte-Julienne Aerodrome is located in Sainte-Julienne.
Educati ...
, where it forms a short concurrency with
Route 337 to the vicinity of
Rawdon.
After
Chertsey
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, for about 10 kilometres in the
Entrelacs sector, it is a four-lane divided road. It then reaches Saint-Donat before ending at the entrance of
Mont-Tremblant National Park
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.
Municipalities along Route 125
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Montreal
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Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie () is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located centre-east of the island.
Geography
The borough is bordered to the northwest by Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, ...
/
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension () is a borough (''arrondissement'') in the city of Montreal, Quebec. It had a population of 143,853 according to the 2016 Census and a land area of .
The borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extensi ...
/
Montréal-Nord
Montreal North (, ) is a borough within the city of Montreal, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city of Montreal North on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec. It was amalgamated into the City of Montreal on January 1, 2002.
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Laval
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Terrebonne
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Mascouche
Mascouche (; ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipali ...
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Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan
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Saint-Roch-Ouest
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Saint-Esprit
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Sainte-Julienne
Sainte-Julienne () is a community and municipality in Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada. According to the 2021 Canadian census, the community has a population of 11,173 The, now closed, Sainte-Julienne Aerodrome is located in Sainte-Julienne.
Educati ...
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Rawdon
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Chertsey
Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, southwest of central London. It grew up around Chertsey Abbey, founded in AD 666 by Earconwald, St Erkenwald, and gained a municipal charter, market charter from Henry I of Engla ...
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Entrelacs
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Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci
Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci () is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality.
Demographics Population
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 619 (total dwellings: 1206)
La ...
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Saint-Donat
Saint-Donat (; Auvergnat: ''Sent Donat'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
Tourism and heritage
The commune has been awarded the “Commune à découvrir” label. (2 clocks in 2024)
See also
*Commu ...
Major intersections
See also
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List of Quebec provincial highways
This is a list of highways maintained by the government of Quebec.
Autoroutes
The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the Interstate Highway System in the United ...
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Pie IX Bridge
Pie IX Bridge () is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montréal-Nord in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal. The bridge was part of A ...
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Sophie Masson Bridge
References
External links
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
125 125 may refer to:
*125 (number), a natural number
*AD 125, a year in the 2nd century AD
*125 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*125 (dinghy), a two person intermediate sailing dinghy
*125 (New Jersey bus), a New Jersey Transit bus route
*125 Liberatr ...
Roads in Laval, Quebec
Roads in Montreal
Transport in Mascouche
Transport in Terrebonne, Quebec
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