Quebec Route 116

Infobox road
province=QC
type=QC
route=116
maint=


established=
decommissioned=
length_km = 236
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
terminus_a= jct|state=QC|QC|134 in Longueuil "(Lemoyne)"
terminus_b= jct|state=QC|QC|132 in Lévis "(Saint-Nicolas)"
previous_type=QC
previous_route=113
next_type=QC
next_route=117
cities= LeMoyne, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Beloeil, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Hyacinthe, Acton Vale, Richmond, Warwick, Victoriaville, Princeville, Plessisville, Levis
junction= jct|state=QC|A|30|QC|112 in Longueuil (Saint-Hubert)
jct|state=QC|QC|223|QC|229 in McMasterville
jct|state=QC|QC|133|QC|229 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire
jct|state=QC|QC|227 in Sainte-Madeleine
jct|state=QC|QC|137|QC|224|QC|231|QC|235 in Saint-Hyacinthe
jct|state=QC|A|20 in Saint-Simon
jct|state=QC|QC|139 in Acton Vale
jct|state=QC|A|55|QC|143|QC|243 in Richmond
jct|state=QC|QC|255 in Danville
jct|state=QC|QC|122|QC|161 in Victoriaville
jct|state=QC|QC|165|QC|263 in Princeville
jct|state=QC|QC|165|QC|267 in Plessisville
jct|state=QC|QC|218 in Lyster
jct|state=QC|QC|271 in Dosquet
jct|state=QC|QC|273 in Saint-Agapit
jct|state=QC|QC|269 in Saint-Gilles
jct|state=QC|QC|171 in Levis (Saint-Etienne-de-Lauzon)
jct|state=QC|A|20 in Levis (Saint-Redempteur)

Route 116 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Until the 1970s it was known as Route 9. Its eastern terminus is in Lévis at the junction of Route 132, and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 134 in Lemoyne part of a concurrency with Route 112 until Saint-Hubert just south of the Saint-Hubert Municipal Airport. The stretch between Lévis and Plessisville does not have much traffic, since Autoroute 20 is not that far from the highway. Between Plessisville and Richmond traffic is heavier as it passes bigger towns, and it is further away from Autoroute 20. From Richmond to Autoroute 20 (which it overlaps for 6 km), it is quiet again, before reaching Saint-Hyacinthe, where it becomes a busy four-lane separated highway, going through the growing "South Shore" suburbs of Montréal. From the junction of Autoroute 30 to its western terminus, it is a controlled-access Autoroute-grade expressway. This portion was once envisioned to be part of Autoroute 16. An unofficial extension of Route 116 as thought of by locals, from the western terminus follows the unsigned limited access expressway to the Jacques Cartier Bridge.

Municipalities along Quebec 116

* Longueuil - ("Lemoyne" / Saint-Hubert / Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville)
* Saint-Basil-le-Grand
* McMasterville
* Beloeil
* Mont-Saint-Hilaire
* Sainte-Madeleine
* Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
* Saint-Hyacinthe
* Saint-Simon
* Saint-Liboire
* Upton
* Acton Vale
* Sainte-Christine
* Durham-Sud
* Melbourne
* Richmond
* Cleveland
* Danville
* Kingsey Falls
* Warwick
* Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska
* Victoriaville
* Princeville
* Plessisville
* Laurierville
* Lyster
* Dosquet
* Saint-Agapit
* Saint-Gilles
* Levis - ("Saint-Etienne-de-Lauzon / Saint-Redempteur / Saint-Nicolas")

ee also

* List of Quebec provincial highways

References

* [http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)] fr icon
* [http://www.exitlists.com/exitlists/lists/autoroutes/QC116.html Highway 116 at Exitlists.com]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Boulevard+Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier+%4045.507354,+-73.437480&daddr=Boulevard+Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier+%4045.507831,+-73.429801+to:Boulevard+Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier+%4045.556150,+-73.211290+to:Boulevard+Laurier+O%2FRTE-116+%4045.616453,+-72.965090+to:Boulevard+Laurier+E%2FRTE-116+%4045.646661,+-72.875206+to:Rue+Principale%2FRTE-116+%4045.649600,+-72.670510+to:RTE-116+%4045.757580,+-72.037860+to:RTE-116+%4046.321130,+-71.670660+to:Route+Turgeon%2FRTE-116+%4046.381936,+-71.575966+to:Rue+Principale+%4046.668191,+-71.264040+to:46.736567,-71.293545&hl=en&geocode=11680519848402953233,45.507354,-73.437480%3B12144087933674527444,45.507831,-73.429801%3B6148602110077796740,45.556150,-73.211290%3B17288970885203765050,45.616453,-72.965090%3B9796486339989191929,45.646661,-72.875206%3B8071258740422998619,45.649600,-72.670510%3B5594531487925436517,45.757580,-72.037860%3B13013020887205430,46.321130,-71.670660%3B11921950917174386552,46.381936,-71.575966%3B16082488979145032585,46.668191,-71.264040%3B2914382401256618069,46.734460,-71.294110&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=10&sz=15&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9&sll=46.731301,-71.28891&sspn=0.013531,0.038624&ie=UTF8&ll=46.073231,-71.713257&spn=1.752982,4.943848&z=8 Route 116] on Google Maps