Route 173 (Route-du-Président-Kennedy) is a major north/south highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, named after the assassinated American president, John F. Kennedy. Its southern terminus is at the Armstrong–Jackman Border Crossing in Saint-Théophile in the hamlet of Armstrong, at the border with Maine (U.S. Route 201 / Maine SR 6), and its northern terminus is in Lévis at the junction of Route 132. Route 173 follows the Chaudière River for most of its course, from Saint-Georges, down to Scott, where the route takes a more northeastern route towards Lévis, crossing the Etchemin River in the municipality of Saint-Henri-de-Lévis.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
Length | 142.4 km[1] (88.5 mi) | |||
History | Route 23 (U.S. border – Lévis) Route 1 (Vallée-Jonction – Saint-Maxime) Route 28 (Beauceville – Lévis) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 201 / SR 6 at Sandy Bay Township, Maine, US | |||
R-204 to A-73 in Saint-Georges R-108 in Beauceville R-112 in Vallée-Jonction A-73 / R-171 in Scott A-20 (TCH) in Lévis | ||||
North end | R-132 in Lévis | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Quebec | |||
Major cities | Lévis, Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, Vallée-Jonction, Beauceville | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Municipalities along Route 173
editMajor intersections
editRCM | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Beauce-Sartigan | Saint-Théophile | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 201 south / SR 6 east – Sandy Bay, Skowhegan | Continuation into Maine |
Armstrong–Jackman Border Crossing | |||||
17.0 | 10.6 | R-269 west – Saint-Théophile, Saint-Martin | |||
Saint-Côme–Linière | 31.3 | 19.4 | R-275 north – Saint-Zacharie | ||
Saint-Georges | 43.3 | 26.9 | R-204 west – Saint-Martin | South end of R-204 concurrency | |
46.5 | 28.9 | R-271 north – Saint-Benoît-Labre | |||
47.6 | 29.6 | R-204 east to A-73 north – Saint-Prosper, Québec | North end of R-204 concurrency; to A-73 southern terminus | ||
Beauce-Centre | Beauceville | 62.4 | 38.8 | R-108 west – Saint-Victor | |
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce | 74.3 | 46.2 | R-276 west (Avenue du Palais) – Saint-Frédéric | South end of R-276 concurrency | |
76.7 | 47.7 | R-276 east to A-73 – Lac-Etchemin | North end of R-276 concurrency | ||
La Nouvelle-Beauce | Vallée-Jonction | 85.6 | 53.2 | R-112 west – Thetford Mines | South end of R-112 concurrency |
85.9 | 53.4 | R-112 east to A-73 – Saints-Anges, Québec | North end of R-112 concurrency | ||
Sainte-Marie | 95.9 | 59.6 | R-216 west – Saint-Elzéar | South end of R-216 concurrency | |
97.5 | 60.6 | R-216 east – Sainte-Marguerite | North end of R-216 concurrency | ||
Scott | 105.2 | 65.4 | R-171 north – Saint-Bernard, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | ||
106.1 | 65.9 | A-73 – Québec, Saint-Georges | A-73 exit 101 | ||
Route Carrier | To R-175 north | ||||
Saint-Isidore | 114.5 | 71.1 | R-275 south – Sainte-Hénédine | South end of R-275 concurrency | |
Saint-Henri | 124.4 | 77.3 | R-218 west – Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon | South end of R-218 concurrency | |
124.8 | 77.5 | R-275 north – Lévis (Saint-Jean-Chrysostome) | North end of R-275 concurrency | ||
127.9 | 79.5 | R-218 east – Saint-Anselme | North end of R-218 concurrency | ||
128.9 | 80.1 | R-277 south – Saint-Anselme | Roundabout | ||
Lévis | 140.2– 140.7 | 87.1– 87.4 | A-20 (TCH) – Québec, Rivière-du-Loup | A-73 exit 101 | |
Boulevard Alphonse-Desjardins | To Lévis–Québec ferry | ||||
142.4 | 88.5 | R-132 (Boulevard Guillaume-Couture) | R-173 northern terminus | ||
143.0 | 88.9 | Rue Saint-Georges | Route-du-Président-Kennedy northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Quebec Route 173" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
External links
edit- Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) (in French)
- Route 173 on Google Maps