Route 307 is a provincial road located in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The road runs mostly parallel to the Gatineau River on the eastern side of it. It starts at the corner of Rue Saint-Louis and Boulevard Greber in the Gatineau sector of the city of Gatineau. It runs north of Gatineau and ends in Val-des-Bois at the junction of Route 309 which runs from the Buckingham sector north into the Upper Laurentians.

Route 307 marker
Route 307
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length67.0 km[1] (41.6 mi)
Major junctions
South end A-50 in Gatineau
Major intersections R-366 in Val-des-Monts
North end R-309 in Val-des-Bois
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesGatineau, Cantley, Val-des-Monts
Highway system
R-303 R-309

The main communities the highway passes through are Gatineau, Cantley and Val-des-Monts. In Gatineau, it is known as Rue Saint-Louis, in Cantley it is known as Montée de la Source and in Val-des Monts it is named Route Principale.

On June 23, 2010, part of the highway was closed between Val-des-Bois and Bowman, due to a partial bridge collapse caused by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake.[2]

Municipalities along Route 307

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Major intersections

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RCMLocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotes
OutaouaisGatineau0.00.0Boulevard GréberSouthern terminus
1.10.68   A-50 east (Montréal) / R-148 east (Montréal)Eastbound exit and entrance
1.60.99   A-50 west (Gatineau (Centre-Ville)) / R-148 west (Gatineau (Centre-Ville))Westbound exit and entrance
5.63.5  R-105 (Gatineau (South), Chelsea (North))Access to Route 105 via Alonzo-Wright Bridge (750 m)
Val-des-Monts22.914.2  R-366 west (Wakefield)West end of Route 366 concurrency
29.818.5  R-366 east (Perkins)East end of Route 366 concurrency
Val-des-Bois67.041.6  R-309 (Mont-Laurier (North), Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Gatineau (South))Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 95, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
  2. ^ "5.0 Val-des-Bois quake rattles Ottawa, eastern North America". Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 2010.
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