Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the
St. Lawrence River
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in the regions of
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Description
The Centre-du- ...
,
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 ...
and
Estrie
Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...
in the province of
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
,
Canada
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. Its current northern terminus is at
Autoroute 20 in
Sainte-Eulalie, just east of the junction of
Autoroute 55, while its southern terminus is at the border of
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
in the USA, where it continues as
Maine State Route 27
State Route 27 (abbreviated SR 27) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from the village of Newagen in Southport, Maine, Southport at Maine State Route 238, SR 238 to the Coburn Gore–Woburn Border Crossing, wher ...
. Previously the highway continued to
Route 155 in
Saint-Célestin, but that section was decommissioned in 2006 when Autoroute 55 was completed.
On July 6, 2013, the route was severed at
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
Lac-Mégantic () is a town in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake after which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mégantic is the ...
by an
oil train derailment. Ministry of Transport consultants began surveying a site for a new bridge across the
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...
in August 2013.
Municipalities along Route 161
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Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
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Frontenac
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Lac-Mégantic
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Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
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Stornoway
Stornoway (; ) is the main town, and by far the largest, of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The town's population is around 6,953, making it the third-largest island town in Scotlan ...
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Stratford
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Weedon
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Beaulac-Garthby
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Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
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Ham-Nord
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Notre-Dame-de-Ham
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Chesterville
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Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska
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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 ...
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Saint-Valère
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Saint-Samuel
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Sainte-Eulalie
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 ...
References
External links
Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec)
Route 161on Google Maps
161
Year 161 ( CLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 914 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 161 for this ye ...
Transport in Victoriaville
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