Route 148 is an east-west highway in

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. It runs from junction of Autoroute 13 and Autoroute 440 in Laval in the Montreal region to the Ontario-Quebec border in

L'Isle-aux-Allumettes L'Isle-aux-Allumettes () is a municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The municipality consists primarily of Allumette Island (in French ''Île aux Allumettes''), and also includes ...

in western Quebec. For most of its length, Route 148 follows the north shore of the

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where it acted as the principal route between communities in the

Outaouais Outaouais (, ; also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Val-des-Monts, the municipality of Cantley, Quebec, Cantley and the Papineau Regional County Municipal ...

region until the completion of Autoroute 50 in 2012. At the Ontario-Quebec border in

Route 148 continues into Ontario as Highway 148. In

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, Route 148 is concurrent with Autoroute 50 from Maloney Boulevard until the terminus of Autoroute 50 at des Allumettières Boulevard. Route 148 then continues west on des Allumettières Boulevard towards Aylmer. Prior to the opening of des Allumettières Boulevard in 2007, Route 148 was concurrent with Autoroute 5 between the Autoroute 50 junction and Saint-Raymond Boulevard. The section of Route 148 between

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and

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was the only major route on the north shore of the Ottawa River between communities in the eastern Outaouais region and

and

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. This section, especially the section between Masson-Angers and Montebello, has been the site of numerous fatal accidents over the last few years. Construction of Autoroute 50 to the north of Route 148 was completed on November 26, 2012, and now provides a faster and safer route between communities in the eastern Outaouais region and Gatineau and Mirabel. For many years Route 148 included a section of Rue Principale west of A-13 and most of Boulevard Saint-Martin in Laval until it was decommissioned in 2012.

Municipalities along Route 148

Municipalities listed in order from west to east: *

* Waltham * Mansfield-et-Pontefract * Fort Coulonge * Litchfield * Campbell's Bay * Bryson * Shawville *

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- ('' Aylmer /'' ''

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/'' Gatineau ''/ Masson-Angers'') * Lochaber-Partie-Ouest *

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* Plaisance * Papineauville * Montebello * Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours * Fassett *

Grenville-sur-la-Rouge Grenville-sur-la-Rouge () is a municipality in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is a predominantly Francophone community situated along the southern border of Quebec between Montreal and ...

(Calumet) *

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* Mirabel * Saint-Eustache * Laval - ('' Laval-Ouest / Sainte-Dorothée'')

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Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)
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Municipalities along Route 148

Major intersections

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See also

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