Route 112 is a busy east/west highway on the south shore of the

Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

in Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Frampton at the junction of Route 275, and the western terminus is in

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

(at the corner of Peel Street and

Sherbrooke Street Sherbrooke Street (officially in french: rue Sherbrooke) is a major east–west artery and at in length, is the second longest street on the Island of Montreal. The street begins in the town of Montreal West and ends on the extreme tip of ...

), after crossing the

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. The stretch between

Vallée-Jonction Vallée-Jonction is a municipality in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,864 as o ...

and

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...

is a very busy highway as it is the main link between the southern regions of Quebec, in particular the

Beauce Beauce may refer to: * Beauce, France, a natural region in northern France * Beaucé, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France * Beauce, Quebec, an historical and cultural region of Canada ** Beauce (electoral district), a fede ...

region and the

Eastern Townships The Eastern Townships (french: Cantons de l'Est) is an historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby in the southwest, to Drummondv ...

. Between Sherbrooke and Marieville there is less traffic, since Autoroute 10 is in close proximity to the highway. (Before Autoroute 10 was put in service in the early 1960s,

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(now Route 112) was the main link between Montreal and the Eastern Townships; see paragraph below.) From Marieville to Montreal it is a very busy highway, in most parts a four-lane separated highway, upgraded to freeway standards in certain places. Route 112 is Granby's main street (rue Principale),

Magog Magog may refer to: In the Bible * Magog (Bible), a grandson of Noah in the Old Testament * Gog and Magog, a Biblical pair Fictional people * Magog, of Gog and Magog (statues) in Guildhall, London * Magog ("Magos"), appearing with Gog ("Gos"), in ...

's main street (rue Principale), and Sherbrooke's main street (rue King). It has been the road connecting most of the Eastern Townships to Montreal for decades as Route 1.

Municipalities along Route 112

* Saint-Lambert *

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly a ...

('' LeMoyne'' / '' Saint-Hubert'') *

Carignan Carignan (also known as Mazuelo, Bovale Grande, Cariñena, Carinyena, Samsó, Carignane, and Carignano) is a red grape variety of Spanish origin that is more commonly found in French wine but is widely planted throughout the western Medite ...

* Chambly *

Richelieu Richelieu (, ; ) may refer to: People * Cardinal Richelieu (Armand-Jean du Plessis, 1585–1642), Louis XIII's chief minister * Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu (1582–1653), French Carthusian bishop and Cardinal * Louis François Armand ...

* Marieville * Rougemont *

Saint-Césaire Saint-Césaire () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes), southwestern France. In the 1970s, a Neanderthal skeleton was found near Saint-Césaire.

Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Rouville Regional County Municipality in the province's Montérégie region. The population as of the 2011 Canadian Census was 2,870. Demographics ...

* Granby * Shefford *

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Stukely-Sud Stukely-Sud is a village of 950 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. History Stukely-Sud was originally created on June 3, 1847, when the township municipality of Stukely was spi ...

* Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton *

Eastman Eastman may refer to: People * Eastman (surname) * Eastman Nixon Jacobs (1902–1987), American aerodynamicist * John Eastman (b 1960), American lawyer and founding director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence * Jonathan Eastman Johnso ...

* Austin *

(''

Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville is an ''arrondissement'', or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec. The borough comprises the formerly independent cities of Rock Forest, Deauville and Saint-Élie-d'Orford, which were annexed into the ci ...

'') *

Ascot Corner Ascot Corner ( 2021 population 3,368) is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the ...

* Westbury * East Angus *

Dudswell Dudswell may refer to: *Dudswell, Quebec, a settlement in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Canada *Dudswell, Hertfordshire Dudswell is a hamlet in South West Hertfordshire, England, between the towns of Tring and Berkhamsted. ...

(''Bishopton'') * Weedon *

Beaulac-Garthby Beaulac-Garthby is a municipality in Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 931 as of 2021. The municipality, located on Lake Aylmer Lake Aylme ...

Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation o ...

Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 2,018 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Joseph, father ...

Thetford Mines Thetford Mines (Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 141 miles northeast of Montreal an ...

('' Black Lake'' / '' Robertsonville'') * Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton * Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus * East Broughton *

Tring-Jonction Tring-Jonction is a village in the Beauce-Centre Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,526 as of 2021. It is named after Tring, a town in Hertfordshire, England. "Jonction" refer ...

* Saint-Frédéric *

Saints-Anges Saints-Anges is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most ...

* Frampton

Major intersections

References

External links

Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec)

Route 112
on Google Maps (Part) {{Streets in Montreal

112 112 may refer to: *112 (number), the natural number following 111 and preceding 113 *112 (band), an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia ** ''112'' (album), album from the band of the same name *112 (emergency telephone number), the standard ...

Roads in Longueuil Roads in Montreal Transport in Granby, Quebec Transport in Magog, Quebec Transport in Saint-Lambert, Quebec Transport in Sherbrooke

Municipalities along Route 112

Major intersections

See also

References

External links