Route 1 marker

Route 1

Route information
Length676 km (420 mi)
Major junctions
West end Route 2 / Route 3 / Route 9 in Montreal
Major intersections
East end Route 5 / Route 9 / Route 15 in Quebec City
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesMontreal, Sherbrooke, Quebec City
Highway system
← A-973→ Route 2

Route 1 was a previous number used for a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec. The highway stretched from Montreal, through the Eastern Townships and the city of Sherbrooke, to Quebec City.[1][2][3] Route 1 was approximately 676 km (420 mi) long.

In the mid-1970s, as part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 1 was replaced by the following routes:

Route Length (km) Length (mi) From To Notes
R-134 3 2 Montréal Montréal-Sud Crosses the Jacques Cartier Bridge; cosigned with former Route 5.[4]
R-132 4 2 Montréal-Sud Longueuil Cosigned with former Route 3.[1]
Chambly Road 12 7 Longueuil Saint-Hubert No longer carries a route number.
R-112 317 197 Saint-Hubert Vallée-Jonction
R-173 285 177 Vallée-Jonction Saint-Maxime
R-171 31 19 Saint-Maxime Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon
R-116 12 7 Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon Lévis
R-175 12 7 Lévis Quebec City
(downtown)		 Crosses the Quebec Bridge.

References

  1. 1 2 The H.M. Gousha Company (1950). "Metropolitan District of Montreal" (Map). Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Montreal. The Shell Oil Company. §§ C-6, C-7, C-8, D-6.
  2. ↑ The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces (Map). The Shell Oil Company. §§ D-9, E-9, E-10, F-9, G-5, G-6, G-7, G-8, G-9.
  3. ↑ The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). "Quebec" (Map). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces. The Shell Oil Company.
  4. ↑ The H.M. Gousha Company (1950). "Street Map of Montreal" (Map). Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Montreal. The Shell Oil Company. §§ G-8, H-8.
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