Quebec Route 143

Infobox road
province=QC
type=QC
route=143
maint=


direction=South/North
established=
decommissioned=
alternate_name=
direction_b=North
direction_a=South
terminus_b= jct|state=QC|QC|132 in Saint-François-du-Lac
terminus_a= jct|state=VT|US|5 in Derby Line, Vermont
previous_type=QC
previous_route=141
next_type=QC
next_route=147
cities= Drummondville, Richmond, Windsor, Sherbrooke
junction= jct|state=QC|QC|247 in Stanstead
jct|state=QC|A|55|QC|141 in
Stanstead-Est
jct|state=QC|QC|208 in Hatley
jct|state=QC|QC|108|QC|147 in "Lennoxville" (Sherbrooke)
jct|state=QC|A|10|QC|112|QC|216 in Sherbrooke
jct|state=QC|QC|222 in "Bromptonville" (Sherbrooke)
jct|state=QC|QC|249 in Windsor
jct|state=QC|QC|116|QC|243 in Richmond
jct|state=QC|QC|139 in "Saint-Nicéphore" (Drummondville)
jct|state=QC|A|20|A|55|QC|122 in Drummondville
jct|state=QC|QC|224 in Saint-Bonaventure| Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid 1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways, less autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5. Its northern terminus is in Saint-François-du-Lac at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is in Stanstead at the border with Vermont where the road continues as U.S. Route 5 in Derby Line.

Since Autoroute 55 closely parallels Route 143 for most of its length,much commercial traffic chooses the former. However it is a very busy route, taking much traffic from the border to the Sherbrooke local area. Route 143 closely follows the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Ulverton.

The road is often in notoriously poor condition, given its original cement was laid directly on a gravel road in the mid 1920s. In the years since it has been extensively resurfaced to the point the pavement is now more than three feet thick in places. Nonetheless it heaves extensively each spring thaw.

Municipalities along Route 143

* Stanstead
* Stanstead-Est
* Hatley
* Waterville
* Sherbrooke - ("Lennoxville /" Sherbrooke "/ Bromptonville")
* Val-Joli
* Windsor
* Cleveland
* Richmond
* Ulverton
* L'Avenir
* Drummondville - ("Saint-Nicéphore /" Drummondville "/ Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham")
* Saint-Bonaventure
* Saint-Pie-de-Guire
* Saint-François-du-Lac

Major intersections

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://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Rue+Dufferin%2FRTE-143+%4045.008490,+-72.098250&daddr=Rue+des+Grandes-Fourches+N%2FRTE-143+%4045.407880,+-71.894610+to:46.063643,-72.818584&hl=en&geocode=1632898629869779732,45.008490,-72.098250%3B13079781480541555697,45.407880,-71.894610&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=15&via=1&dirflg=h&sll=46.062512,-72.819185&sspn=0.013698,0.038624&ie=UTF8&ll=45.587134,-72.597656&spn=1.768356,4.943848&z=8 Route 143] on Google Maps