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Quebec Route 161

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Length
  
187.6 km

Province
  
Québec

Quebec Route 161

South end:
  
SR 27 in Coburn Gore, Maine

North end:
  
Rue Principale in Saint-Wenceslas

Major cities
  
Lac-Mégantic, Victoriaville

Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its current northern terminus is east of the junction of Autoroute 55 in Saint-Wenceslas, and its southern terminus is at the border of Maine in the USA, where it continues as Maine State Route 27.

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Map of QC-161, Qu%C3%A9bec, Canada

On July 6, 2013, the route was severed at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec by an oil train derailment. Ministry of Transport consultants began surveying a site for a new bridge across the Chaudière River in August 2013.

Municipalities along Route 161

  • Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
  • Frontenac
  • Lac-Mégantic
  • Nantes
  • Stornoway
  • Stratford
  • Weedon
  • Beaulac-Garthby
  • Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
  • Ham-Nord
  • Notre-Dame-de-Ham
  • Chesterville
  • Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska
  • Victoriaville
  • Saint-Valère
  • Saint-Samuel
  • Sainte-Eulalie
  • Saint-Wenceslas
  • References

    Quebec Route 161 Wikipedia