Autoroute 85 (Québec)

Autoroute 85 in Quebec, Canada
Route Transcanadienne (French) Trans-Canada Highway (English)
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Basic data
Operator:	Ministère des transports du Québec
Start of the street:	Rivière-du-Loup ( 47 ° 47 ′  N , 68 ° 29 ′  W )
End of street:	Dégelis ( 47 ° 29 ′  N , 68 ° 29 ′  W )
Overall length:	58 km
Region :	Bas-Saint-Laurent
Autoroute 85 at the Autobahn triangle to Autoroute 20
Course of the road Continue on  S to Montmagny , N to Rivière-du-Loup Bas-Saint-Laurent Rivière-du-Loup Rivière du Loup N to Cacouna Saint Antonin Interruption of the route, continuation as Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! Cabano Notre-Dame-du-Lac N to Saint-Michel-du-Squatec Joint routing with S to Rivière-Bleue End of the common route with Dégelis N to Saint-Michel-du-Squatec Edmundston Airport ===  New Brunswick Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Autoroute 85 is a road running (Freeway) in the eastern Canadian province of Québec that the Trans-Canada Highway is one system. It begins as a junction of Autoroute 20 at Rivière-du-Loup , the western section ends after 12 km at Saint-Antonin . The eastern section is between Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! and the border with New Brunswick .

Route description

Autoroute 85 branches off from Autoroute 20 at Rivière-du-Loup in an easterly direction. After 7 km, Route 191 begins at an exit . This leads first to the center of Rivière-du-Loup and then on to Cacouna . The car route heads south-east and ends after another 5 km at Saint-Antonin. The route continues as route 185 to Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!. This is where the eastern section begins, which leads south along Lac Témiscouatas . The route runs past Dégelis along the Madawaska River . At Edmundston Airport it reaches the border with New Brunswick and continues from there as Route 2 to Edmundston .

Expansion projects

In the medium term, Autoroute 85 will replace Route 185, which still runs between Saint-Antonin and Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! consists. The renovation work should be completed by 2025. This will create a continuous motorway from Arnprior near Ottawa , the Ontario Highway 417 to New Glasgow on the Nova Scotia Highway 104 .

Web links

Commons : Autoroute 85  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Trans-Canada Highway website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of Eastern Québec. (PDF, 7.3 MB) Gouvernement du Québec, Transports Québec, accessed on June 6, 2018 (French). 
2. ^ Autoroute Claude-Béchard (85) - Réaménagement de la route 185 en autoroute. Québec Governorate, Transport Québec, accessed June 6, 2018 (French).