Quebec Route 117
  Route 117 | ||||
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| Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
| Length | 663.9 km[1] (412.5 mi) | |||
| History |  Route 11 (Laval – Grand-Remous) Route 11A (Montreal – Laval) Route 58 (Grand-Remous – Louvicourt) Route 59 (Louvicourt – Ontario border) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |    A-15 / A-40 (TCH) in Montreal | |||
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| North end |  Highway 66 / TCH near McGarry, ON | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Major cities | Montréal, Laval, Saint-Jérôme | |||
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Route 117, the Trans Canada Highway Northern Route, is a provincial highway within the Canadian province of Quebec, running between Montreal and the Quebec/Ontario border where it continues as Highway 66 east of McGarry, Ontario. It is an important road since it is the only direct route between southern Quebec and the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
Route 117 was formerly Route 11 and ran from Montreal north towards Mont-Laurier and then followed the Gatineau River south towards Gatineau. This routing is joined with Autoroute 15 from Montreal northwards towards Mont Tremblant. Route 117 also takes in the former Quebec Routes 58 and 59.
Along with Autoroute 15 to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, it is also listed as a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Ontario Highway 17 is also a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway but is an unrelated route that parallels it by about 200 km (120 mi).
Route description
[edit]This description of Route 117 follows it from southeast to northwest.
Route 117 starts in Montreal at the Décarie Interchange where Autoroute 40 and Autoroute 15 (Décarie Expressway) meet. Montrealers sometimes unofficially extend Route 117 along the portion of Décarie Boulevard that runs parallel to the Décarie Expressway.
From the Décarie Interchange, Route 117 goes north on Marcel-Laurin Boulevard to Keller Boulevard. It continues from Laurentian Boulevard to Keller Boulevard, southbound only, or on Lachapelle Street from Keller Boulevard, northbound only, and crosses the Rivière des Prairies over the Lachapelle Bridge to Île Jésus. It continues through the Laval neighborhoods of Chomedey, Fabreville and Sainte-Rose, northbound as Boulevard Curé-Labelle, Boulevard Chomedey at the former Chenoy's deli, left turn at Boulevard Cartier and back into Boulevard Curé-Labelle, southbound as Boulevard Curé-Labelle.
At the Rivière des Mille Îles, it crosses over the Marius Dufresne Bridge to the "North Shore" (of the Rivière des Mille Îles). Then, Route 117 runs parallel to Autoroute 15 until Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and goes through the Laurentian Mountains. Towns along the route in this section include:
- Rosemère
- Sainte-Thérèse
- Blainville
- Mirabel
- Saint-Jérôme
- Prévost
- Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs
- Piedmont
- Sainte-Adèle
- Val-Morin
- Val-David
- Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts
After Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Route 117 continues as a four-lane divided highway and winds its way through Laurentides Regional County Municipality until it reaches the town of Labelle. From then on to the Ontario border, Route 117 is mostly a standard two-lane highway. In Grand-Remous, Route 117 crosses the Gatineau River and intersects with Route 105, which goes southwest to Maniwaki and Gatineau. Towns along the route in this section include:
- Ivry-sur-le-Lac
- Mont-Blanc
- Mont-Tremblant
- La Conception
- Labelle
- Rivière-Rouge
- Nominingue
- Lac-Saguay
- Lac-des-Écorces
- Mont-Laurier
- Aumond
- Grand-Remous
From Grand-Remous, the route heads north for some 220 km (140 mi) through undeveloped wilderness, most of which is part of La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. While the reserve is popular for a variety of outdoor activities, services along the road are sparse. This section is often considered one of the most dangerous routes in the province because of numerous fatal accidents, some involving tractor-trailers. During the winter, the route is often extremely slippery, even during dry and clear days. The few communities along this section are:
After the intersection with Route 113, which continues north to Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Route 117 heads west to Ontario where it becomes Highway 66. The section between Rouyn-Noranda and Arntfield runs concurrent with Route 101. Towns along the route in this section include:
In other media
[edit]The rivalry in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League between the Val-d'Or Foreurs and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, the only two QMJHL teams in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, is known as La Guerre de la 117 (French for "The War of the 117") due to both teams' home cities, Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, being located along Route 117.[2][3]
Major intersections
[edit]| RCM | Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Montréal | Montréal | 0.0 | 0.0 |   A-15 (Autoroute Décarie) / A-40 (TCH) (Autoroute Félix-Leclerc / Autoroute Métropolitaine) to A-520 – P.-E.-Trudeau International Airport, Ottawa/Gatineau, Laval, Quebec | Décarie Interchange A-15 exit 70; A-40 exit 66; R-117 follows Boulevard Marcel-Laurin | |
| Boulevard Décarie | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
| 2.0 | 1.2 | Boulevard Côte-Vertu | ||||
| 4.1 | 2.5 | Boulevard Henri Bourassa | Becomes Boulevard Laurentien north of intersection | |||
| 4.6 | 2.9 | Boulevard Keller | South end of one-way pair; northbound follows Rue Lachapelle; southbound follows Boulevard Laurentien | |||
| 5.6 | 3.5 | Boulevard Gouin | ||||
| 5.9 | 3.7 | One way transition | North end of one-way pair | |||
| Rivière des Prairies | 6.0– 6.3 | 3.7– 3.9 | Pont Lachapelle (Lachapelle Bridge) | |||
| Laval | 7.0 | 4.3 | Chomedey Boulevard / Cartier Boulevard | |||
| 9.8 | 6.1 | Boulevard Saint-Martin | Former R-148 | |||
| 11.7 | 7.3 |  A-440 (Autoroute Jean-Noël-Lavoie) | A-440 exit 19 | |||
| 14.5 | 9.0 | A-15 (TCH) (Autoroute des Laurentides) – Saint-Jérôme, Montréal | A-15 exit 14 | |||
| Rivière des Mille Îles | 17.6– 18.1 | 10.9– 11.2 | Pont Marius-Dufresne (Marius Dufresne Bridge) | |||
| Thérèse-De Blainville | Rosemère | 19.1 | 11.9 |  R-344 (Chemin de la Grande-Côte) | ||
| Rosemère – Sainte-Thérèse boundary | 20.8 | 12.9 |  A-640 – Repentigny, Saint-Eustache | A-640 exit 22 | ||
| Mirabel | 35.6 | 22.1 |  A-50 west to A-15 – Mirabel International Airport, Lachute, Gatineau | A-50 eastern terminus; at-grade | ||
| La Rivière-du-Nord | Saint-Jérôme | 40.5 | 25.2 |  R-158 (Boulevard Lachapelle) to A-15 | ||
| 46.0 | 28.6 |  R-333 north (Boulevard des Hauteurs) – Saint-Hippolyte | R-333 southern terminus | |||
| 46.5 | 28.9 | 46 | To A-15 – Montreal | Interchange; R-117 south uses exit 46 | ||
| Les Pays-d'en-Haut | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 57.9 | 36.0 | To A-15 / Chemin de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs – Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | A-15 exit 57 | |
| Sainte-Adèle | 63.8 | 39.6 | To A-15 / Chemin du Mont-Gabriel | A-15 exit 64 | ||
| 65.9– 66.8 | 40.9– 41.5 | A-15 (TCH) south – Montreal | Northbound entrance and southbound exit; northbound exit and southbound entrance from A-15; A-15 exit 67 | |||
| 68.2 | 42.4 |  R-370 east (Chemin Pierre-Péladeau) to A-15 north / Rue Morin | R-370 western terminus | |||
| 70.1 | 43.6 | A-15 (TCH) south – Montreal | Entrance only to A-15 south | |||
| Les Laurentides | Val-Morin | 75.5 | 46.9 | A-15 (TCH) south – Montreal | No northbound exit; northbound exit and southbound entrance from A-15; A-15 exit 76 | |
| Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | 85.1– 85.3 | 52.9– 53.0 | A-15 (TCH) / Chemin de la Montagne / Chemin de la Rivière – Montreal, Mont Tremblant | A-15 exit 86 | ||
| 86.2 | 53.6 |  R-329 south (Rue Principale) / Rue Desjardins / Rue Raymond – Centre-Ville, Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard | Roundabout; south end of R-329 concurrency | |||
| 88.3– 88.9 | 54.9– 55.2 | 89 | A-15 (TCH) south / R-329 north – Saint-Donat, Sainte-Adèle, Montreal | A-15 northern terminus; north end of R-329 concurrency; south end of Trans-Canada Highway; R-117 south uses exit 89 | ||
| Mont-Blanc | 107.1 | 66.5 | 107 | Rue Principale | Interchange | |
| Mont-Tremblant | 113.6 | 70.6 | Rue Siméon – Centre-Ville | Roundabout | ||
| 114.7 | 71.3 | Rue Vaillancourt – Centre-Ville | Roundabout | |||
| 116.3 | 72.3 | 116 |  R-327 (Rue Léonard) – Huberdeau, Lachute | Interchange | ||
| 117.1– 117.9 | 72.8– 73.3 | 117 |  R-323 south (Chemin de Brébeuf) – Montebello, Brébeuf | Interchange; R-323 northern terminus | ||
| 130.0– 131.1 | 80.8– 81.5 | 119 | Montée Ryan | Interchange | ||
| La Conception | 126.3 | 78.5 | 126 | Route des Tulipes | Interchange | |
| Labelle | 139.7 | 86.8 | 140 | Boulevard du Curé-Labelle | Interchange | |
| 142.4 | 88.5 | 143 | Chemin Augustin-Lauzon | Interchange | ||
| 144.8 | 90.0 | 145 | Boulevard du Curé-Labelle | Northbound exit and entrance | ||
| 146.0 | 90.7 | Chemin de La Minerve / Boulevard du Curé-Labelle | ||||
| Antoine-Labelle | Rivière-Rouge | 160.0 | 99.4 | Chemin Deslauriers / Rue L'Annonciation Sud | Roundabout | |
| 162.1 | 100.7 | 162 | La Macaza – Mont Tremblant International Airport, Rivière-Rouge Centre-Ville, La Macaza | Interchange | ||
| 162.1 | 100.7 |  R-321 – Nominingue, L'Ascension | Roundabout | |||
| Lac-des-Écorces | 209.8 | 130.4 |  R-311 north – Chute-Saint-Philippe, Mont-Saint-Michel | South end of R-311 concurrency | ||
| 210.2 | 130.6 | R-311 south – Val-Barrette, Kiamika | North end of R-311 concurrency | |||
| Mont-Laurier | 222.9 | 138.5 |  R-309 – Gatineau, Ferme-Neuve | |||
| 240.0 | 149.1 |  R-107 south – Aumond | R-107 northern terminus | |||
| La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau | Grand-Remous | 257.3 | 159.9 |  R-105 south – Maniwaki, Gatineau | R-105 northern terminus | |
| La Vallée-de-l'Or | Val-d'Or | 429.8 | 267.1 |  R-113 north – Senneterre, Lebel-sur-Quévillon | R-113 southern terminus | |
| 508.3 | 315.8 | 3e Avenue / Rue Saint-Jacques – Centre-Ville | Roundabout | |||
| 510.7 | 317.3 |  R-397 north (Boulevard Jean-Jacques-Cossette) – Centre-Ville, Barraute | Roundabout; R-397 southern terminus | |||
| 511.7 | 318.0 | Rue de l'Hydro | Roundabout | |||
| 513.6 | 319.1 |  R-111 north / Chemin Sullivan – La Sarre | Roundabout; R-111 southern terminus | |||
| 516.5 | 320.9 | 3e Avenue / Boulevard Barrette | Roundabout | |||
| Malartic | 540.3 | 335.7 | Rue de l'Accueil / Chemin du Camping-Régional | Roundabout | ||
| Rivière-Héva | 555.4 | 345.1 |  R-109 north – Amos | R-109 southern terminus | ||
| Rouyn-Noranda | 572.5 | 355.7 |  R-395 north – Preissac | R-395 southern terminus | ||
| 614.5 | 381.8 | Avenue Larivière – Rouyn-Noranda Centre-Ville | Roundabout; former R-117 alignment | |||
| 622.1 | 386.6 |  R-101 north – D'Alembert, D'Alembert | Roundabout; south end of R-101 concurrency | |||
| 625.6 | 388.7 | Boulevard Rideaux – Rouyn-Noranda Centre-Ville | Former R-117 alignment | |||
| 627.2 | 389.7 | Avenue Davy / Rue Mantha | Roundabout | |||
| 644.5 | 400.5 | R-101 south – Ville-Marie | North end of R-101 concurrency | |||
| 663.9 | 412.5 | Highway 66 west / TCH – Kirkland Lake | Continuation into Ontario | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Route 117 in Quebec" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Les Huskies rejoignent les Foreurs dans la guerre de la 117". www.lecitoyenvaldoramos.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ Pratt, Alexandre (2021-10-10). "Foreurs — Huskies: La guerre de la 117". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2024-05-04.
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