Quebec route 138

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Route 138 is one of the oldest highways in Canada. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with the state of New York south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30), and it follows the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the eastern terminus in Natashquan on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Part of this highway is known as the Chemin du Roy, or King's Highway. It passes through the Montérégie, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec.

This highway takes a more scenic route than the more direct Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec City. It crosses the Saguenay River via a ferry which travels between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac.

Although there are no current plans to construct it, the gradual extension of the highway to its present terminus in Natashquan suggests that the highway may one day be extended to the border of Newfoundland and Labrador, once it connects with a local road that extends west from Blanc-Sablon. (In fact that road does bear signage for Route 138.)^[1] If built before the upgrading of Route 389 to the Labrador border, it would be a vital connecting link to a Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link spanning the Strait of Belle Isle. (At this time, the shortest prospective road link is Route 389 from Baie-Comeau, connecting to the Trans-Labrador Highway to Goose Bay, a highway from Cartwright to Blanc-Sablon, and a new route now being engineered between Cartwright and Goose Bay.)

Important cities along the way include:

[edit] See also

List of Quebec provincial highways

[edit] References

^ http://tlhwy.com/travelogues/aug2003south/lab05.html

[edit] The King's Highway

Ontario
- Highway 2 (Ontario)
Québec
- Quebec route 338 and Quebec Autoroute 20
- Chemin du roi (Route 138)
- Quebec Autoroute 85 and Quebec route 185
New Brunswick
- Trans-Canada Highway/New Brunswick Highway 2
Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia Highway 2
- Nova Scotia Highway 102

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Autoroutes of Quebec

Autoroutes
5 • 10 • 13 • 15 • 19 • 20 • 25 • 30 • 31 • 35 • 40 • 50 • 55 • 70 • 73 • 85

Spur Autoroutes
410 • 440 (Laval) • 440 (Quebec City) • 520 • 530 (Future) • 540 (Vaudreuil-Dorion) • 540 (Quebec City) • 573 • 610 • 640 • 720 • 740 • 920 • 955 • 973

Routes Partially Built to Autoroute Standards:
105 • 112 • 116 • 117 • 125 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • 138 • 148 • 157 • 158 • 173 • 175 • 185 • 201