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Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in the regions of Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie in the province of Quebec, Canada. 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 in the USA, where it continues as Maine State Route 27. Previously the highway continued to Route 155 in Saint-Célestin, but that section was decommissioned in 2006 when Autoroute 55 was completed.[2]
 Route 161 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 185.1 km[1] (115.0 mi) Pre-2006: 205.5 km (127.7 mi) | |||
| History |  Route 34 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SR 27 in Coburn Gore, Maine | |||
 R-108 in Stornoway  R-112 in Weedon & Beaulac-Garthby    R-116 / R-122 / R-162 in Victoriaville | ||||
| North end |   A-20 (TCH) in Sainte-Eulalie | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Major cities | Victoriaville | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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On July 6, 2013, the route was severed at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec by an oil train derailment. Ministry of Transport consultants began surveying a site for a new bridge across the Chaudière River in August 2013.[3]
Municipalities along Route 161
editMajor intersections
edit| RCM | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Le Granit | Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn | 0.0 | 0.0 |  SR 27 south – Coburn Gore, Farmington | Continuation into Maine |
| Canada–United States border at Coburn Gore–Woburn Border Crossing | |||||
| 4.4 | 2.7 |  R-212 west – Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Cookshire | |||
| 8.1 | 5.0 |  R-263 north – Piopolis | |||
| Lac-Mégantic | 31.3 | 19.4 | Rue Frontenac | Former R-161 north | |
| 33.3 | 20.7 |  R-204 east – Saint-Georges | |||
| 35.5 | 22.1 | Rue Villeneuve | Interchange | ||
| Nantes | 41.3 | 25.7 | R-263 south / Rue Laval – Lac-Mégantic, Piopolis | Roundabout; former R-161 south; south end of R-263 concurrency | |
| 43.2 | 26.8 | R-263 north – Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Saint-Sébastien | North end of R-263 concurrency | ||
| 49.6 | 30.8 |  R-214 west – Milan, Scotstown | |||
| Stornoway | 63.6 | 39.5 | R-108 – Sherbrooke, Lambton | ||
| Le Haut-Saint-François | Weedon | 89.5 | 55.6 | R-112 west – Sherbrooke | South end of R-112 concurrency |
| Les Appalaches | Beaulac-Garthby | 96.9 | 60.2 | R-112 east – Thetford Mines | North end of R-112 concurrency |
| Arthabaska | Ham-Nord | 115.5 | 71.8 |  R-216 east – Saint-Fortunat | South end of R-216 concurrency |
| 120.9 | 75.1 | R-112 west – Saint-Adrien, Val-des-Sources | North end of R-216 concurrency | ||
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska | 150.9 | 93.8 | R-116 west – Warwick | South end of R-116 concurrency | |
| Victoriaville | 152.7 | 94.9 | Boulevard des Bois-Francs – Centre-Ville | ||
| 154.4 | 95.9 | Boulevard Jutras | |||
| 157.2 | 97.7 | R-116 east / R-122 begins – Princeville, Plessisville | R-122 eastern terminus; north end of R-116 concurrency; south end of R-122 concurrency | ||
| 161.8 | 100.5 | R-162 north – Saint-Rosaire, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | |||
| 164.7 | 102.3 | R-122 west to A-20 / A-955 / Boulevard Jutras – Saint-Albert, Drummondville | North end of R-122 concurrency | ||
| Saint-Valère | 176.7 | 109.8 |  R-261 north – Daveluyville | ||
| Nicolet-Yamaska | Sainte-Eulalie | 185.1 | 115.0 |  A-20 (TCH) / A-55 – Québec, Trois-Rivières, Montréal | R-161 northern terminus; A-20 exit 210 |
| Saint-Célestin | 204.7 | 127.2 |  R-226 east – Sainte-Gertrude | Former south end of R-266 concurrency | |
| 205.5 | 127.7 |  A-55 north / R-155 / R-226 west – Trois-Rivières, Saint-Célestin, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Sainte-Monique | Former A-55 southern terminus (Trois-Rivières section); former R-161 northern terminus[2] | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Quebec Route 161" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Government du Québec (2001). "Enlargement Southern Québec" (Map). Québec Official Road Map. 1:505,000. Les Publications du Québec. §§ H-27, I-28.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Aucun thème sélectionné- (2013-08-17). "Lac-Mégantic : début des travaux de relocalisation des commerces | Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2023-11-21.
External links
edit- Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec) (in French)
- Route 161 on Google Maps
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