Quebec Route 148

Route 148
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Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length:	326.0 km (202.6 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Highway 148 at Ontario Border (near Pembroke, ON)
	Route 301 in Campbell's Bay Route 301 south of Bryson Route 303 in Shawville A-5 / A-50 in Hull (Gatineau) A-50 / Route 307 / Route 366 in Gatineau (Gatineau) Route 315 in Masson-Angers (Gatineau) Route 317 in Thurso Route 321 in Papineauville Route 323 in Montebello Route 344 in Grenville-Sur-La-Rouge A-50 in Brownsburg-Chatham Route 158 / Route 327 / Route 329 in Lachute A-50 / Route 158 in Mirabel A-640 / Route 344 in Saint-Eustache
East end:	A-13 / A-440 in Sainte-Dorothee (Laval)
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways ← Route 147 Route 153 →

Route 148 is an east-west highway in Quebec, Canada. It runs from junction of Autoroute 13 and Autoroute 440 in Laval in the Montreal region to the Ontario-Quebec border in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in western Quebec. For most of its length, Route 148 follows the north shore of the Ottawa River where it acted as the principal route between communities in the Outaouais region until the completion of Autoroute 50 in 2012. At the Ontario-Quebec border in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes Route 148 continues into Ontario as Highway 148.

In Gatineau, Route 148 is concurrent with Autoroute 50 from Maloney Boulevard until the terminus of Autoroute 50 at des Allumettières Boulevard. Route 148 then continues west on des Allumettières Boulevard towards Aylmer. Prior to the opening of des Allumettières Boulevard in 2007, Route 148 was concurrent with Autoroute 5 between the Autoroute 50 junction and Saint-Raymond Boulevard.

The section of Route 148 between Lachute and Buckingham was the only major route on the north shore of the Ottawa River between communities in the eastern Outaouais region and Gatineau and Montreal. This section, especially the section between Masson-Angers and Montebello, has been the site of numerous fatal accidents over the last few years. Construction of Autoroute 50 to the north of Route 148 was completed on November 26, 2012, and now provides a faster and safer route between communities in the eastern Outaouais region and Gatineau and Mirabel.

For many years Route 148 included a section of Rue Principale west of A-13 and most of Boulevard Saint-Martin in Laval.

Municipalities along Route 148

Municipalities listed in order from west to east:

• L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
• Waltham
• Mansfield-et-Pontefract
• Fort Coulonge
• Litchfield
• Campbell's Bay
• Bryson
• Shawville
• Bristol
• Pontiac
• Gatineau - (Aylmer / Hull / Gatineau / Masson-Angers)
• Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
• Thurso
• Lochaber
• Plaisance
• Papineauville
• Montebello
• Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours
• Fassett
• Grenville-sur-la-Rouge (Calumet)
• Brownsburg-Chatham
• Lachute
• Mirabel
• Saint-Eustache
• Laval - (Laval-Ouest / Sainte-Dorothée)

Images

File:Lochaber QC.jpg Rte. 148 through Lochaber.

File:Litchfield QC.JPG Route 148 as seen from the roadside rest stop in Litchfield.

File:Mirabel QC route148.jpg View on Route 148 east bound during snowstorm in Mirabel.

File:Quebec Route 148 west terminus under construction on Allumette Island.jpg Western terminus, under construction, on Allumette Island

See also

• List of Quebec provincial highways

External links

• Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)