- Quebec Route 185
Infobox road
province=QC
type=QC
route=185
maint=
direction=South/North
established=
decommissioned=
length_km = 100
direction_b=North
direction_a=South
terminus_b= jct|state=QC|A|85 in Saint-Antonin
terminus_a= Route 2 in Saint-Jacques,New Brunswick
previous_type=QC
next_type=QC
cities= Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Cabano, Dégelis
junction= jct|state=QC|QC|295 in Dégelis
jct|state=QC|QC|232 in Cabano
jct|state=QC|QC|291 in Saint-Honoré-de-Temiscouata
previous_route =175
next_route =195Route 185 is part of the
Trans-Canada Highway . It travels from Saint-Antonin, Quebec toEdmundston, New Brunswick , a distance of about 100 km (62 miles). It connects Autoroute 85 andNew Brunswick Route 2 .The southern section of the highway follows the valley of the Madawaska River.
At present, Route 185 is a 2-lane highway with passing lanes. Often cited as one of the most dangerous routes in all of Canada, it is slowly being upgraded to
Autoroute standards and is eventually planned to be a 4-lane controlled-accessfreeway , which will be numbered as Autoroute 85. Several sections have been completed and opened as such. Once this upgrade is completed, it will close one of the last gaps in the nearly-continuous freeway section of the Trans-Canada between Arnprior,Ontario , and New Glasgow,Nova Scotia , and for an even longer interprovincial freeway route between Windsor, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia.Route 185 has been or is being made 4 lanes through most towns along its route.
Municipalities along Route 185
* Dégelis
* Notre-Dame-du-Lac
* Cabano
* Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
* Saint-Honoré-de-Temiscouata
* Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
* Saint-Antoninee also
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List of Quebec provincial highways External links/References
* [http://exitlists.com/exitlists/lists/autoroutes/A85.html Autoroute 85] at Exitlists.com
* [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=Route+Transcanadienne%2FRTE-185+%4047.491325,+-68.487174&daddr=47.77264,-69.450406&hl=en&geocode=16933586979627845062,47.491325,-68.487174%3B9044983630302634950,47.771915,-69.449318&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=17&sll=47.771984,-69.45062&sspn=0.003317,0.009656&ie=UTF8&ll=47.646887,-68.996887&spn=0.425584,1.235962&z=10 Route 185] on Google Maps
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