Quebec Route 148

Infobox road
province=QC
type=QC
route=148
maint=


established=
decommissioned=
length_km = 320
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
terminus_b= jct|state=QC|A|25 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul ( Laval)
previous_type=QC
previous_route=147
next_type=QC
next_route=153
terminus_a= jct|state=ON|ON|148 at Ontario Border (near Pembrooke, ONT)
cities=Fort Coulonge, Campbell's Bay, Shawville, Quyon, Gatineau, Thurso, Plaisance, Papineauville, Montebello, Fassett, Lachute, Saint-Eustache, Laval
junction= jct|state=QC|QC|301 in Campbell's Bay
jct|state=QC|QC|301 south of Bryson
jct|state=QC|QC|303 in Shawville
jct|state=QC|A|5|A|50|QC|105 in Hull (Gatineau)
jct|state=QC|A|50|QC|307|QC|366 in Gatineau (Gatineau)
jct|state=QC|QC|315 in Masson-Angers (Gatineau)
jct|state=QC|QC|317 in Thurso
jct|state=QC|QC|321 in Papineauville
jct|state=QC|QC|323 in Montebello
jct|state=QC|QC|344 in Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge
jct|state=QC|A|50|QC|158|QC|327|QC|329 in Lachute
jct|state=QC|A|640|QC|344 in Sainte-Eustache
jct|state=QC|A|13 in Sainte-Dorothee (Laval)
jct|state=QC|A|15|QC|117 in Laval (Laval)
jct|state=QC|A|19|QC|335 in Pont-Viau (Laval

Route 148 (formerly Route 8 before 1970) is a major east/west highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada. Its eastern terminus is in Laval, and the western terminus is in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in the Outaouais region, where it crosses the Ottawa River and ends in Pembroke, Ontario as Highway 148.

In Gatineau, it overlaps Autoroute 50 from Boulevard Maloney until the junction with Boulevard des Allumettières. Now a new road has been completed linking the Hull sector to the Aylmer sector (Boulevard des Allumettières), opened 3 December 2007, it follows the new route towards Aylmer.

The stretch between Lachute and Buckingham, now part of Gatineau, is a busy two-lane highway as it provides the main link between the Outaouais and the northern region of Montreal, as the only freeway is Highway 417, on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River. This 90 km/h highway is considered a dangerous road especially in the segment between Masson-Angers and Montebello where numerous fatal accidents have occurred over the last several years. Neighbouring Autoroute 50 is under construction in different phases and will eventually parallel Route 148 between Gatineau and Lachute. This will join two existing segments of Autoroute 50 and reduce traffic flow on Route 148. From Lachute to Laval, Route 148 travels inland towards Laval through St. Eustache, just south of Mirabel Airport. Present termination of the Highway in Laval is at Route 125 (Boulevard Levesque Est) near the current Autoroute 25, although it was once at Autoroute 13 and also Route 117. Highway 8 then was posted with Highway 11A towards Boulevards Decarie and Metropolitan in Montreal.

Municipalities along Route 148

* L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
* Waltham
* Mansfield-et-Pontefract
* Fort Coulonge
* Litchfield
* Campbell's Bay
* Bryson
* Shawville
* Bristol
* Pontiac
* Gatineau - ("Aylmer /" Gatineau "/ Masson-Angers")
* Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
* Thurso
* Lochaber
* Plaisance
* Papineauville
* Montebello
* Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
* Fassett
* Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge
* Calumet
* Brownsburg-Chatham
* Lachute
* Mirabel
* Saint-Eustache
* Laval - ("Laval-Ouest / Sainte-Dorothée /" Laval "/ Pont-Viau / Saint-Vincent-de-Paul")

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