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Quebec Route 2

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Route 2 marker
Route 2
Route information
Length668 km (415 mi)
Major junctions
West end Highway 2 (former) at the Ontario border at Rivière-Beaudette
Major intersections
East end Route 2 at the New Brunswick border near Dégelis
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Major citiesMontreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City
Highway system
Route 1 Route 3

Route 2 was a previous number used for a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec. The highway stretched from the Ontario border at Rivière-Beaudette to the New Brunswick border southeast of Dégelis.[1] The highway was part of a de facto interprovincial Route 2 that stretched from Windsor, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia, connecting Ontario Highway 2 to New Brunswick Route 2, and further to Nova Scotia, connecting with Trunk 2. It was renumbered in the mid-1970s, as part of Quebec's renumbering scheme.

Replacement routes

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Route 2 was replaced by the following routes:

Route Length (km) Length (mi) From To Notes
R-338 41 25 Ontario border at Rivière-Beaudette Vaudreuil-Dorion Connects with Ontario border today with SD&G County Road 2, formerly Ontario Highway 2
A-20 33 21 Vaudreuil-Dorion Montreal During the 1960s until being renumbered, Route 2 and the A-20 ran concurrently; this stretch was referred to by Anglophone Montrealers as Highway 2-20 (or "The Two and Twenty").
R-138 285 177 Montreal Quebec City
(downtown)
This follows the original 1737 Chemin du Roy
R-136 12 7 Quebec City
(downtown)
Quebec City
(Sainte-Foy)
R-175 2 1 Quebec City
(Sainte-Foy)
Lévis Crosses the Quebec Bridge[2]
R-132 197 122 Lévis Rivière-du-Loup
A-85 / R-185 98 61 Rivière-du-Loup New Brunswick border southeast of Dégelis Used to connect at border with New Brunswick Route 2; portions of the original Route 2 are along local roads downloaded to local governments during the conversion of Route 185 to Autoroute 85

Auxiliary routes

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Route 2 had three auxiliary routes.

Route 2A

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Route 2A marker
Route 2A
LocationSainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreAndréville
Length52 km (32 mi)

Route 2A was a 52 km (32 mi) alternate route of Route 2, passing through the communities of Saint-Pacôme and Saint-Pascal.[3] As part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 2A became part of Route 230.

Route 2B

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Route 2B marker
Route 2B
LocationMontreal
Length10 km (6.2 mi)

Route 2B was a 10 km (6 mi) spur of Route 2. It ran along Côte-de-Liesse Road from the former Route 2 / Route 17 concurrency in Dorval, past the Montreal–Dorval International Airport, to a traffic circle in Saint-Laurent where it met Laurentien Boulevard and Décarie Boulevard (Route 8 / Route 11A).[4][5] The route was replaced by Autoroute 520 and its former eastern terminus is now the site of the Décarie Interchange.

Route 2C

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Route 2C marker
Route 2C
LocationQuebec City
Length14 km (8.7 mi)

Route 2C was a 14 km (9 mi) spur of Route 2 which ran along Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel in Quebec City from Route 2 on the city's western edge to downtown.[6][2] As part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 2C became part of Route 138.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). "Quebec" (Map). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces. The Shell Oil Company.
  3. ^ The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces (Map). The Shell Oil Company. §§ B-12, C-11, C-12.
  4. ^ The H.M. Gousha Company (1950). "Metropolitan District of Montreal" (Map). Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Montreal. The Shell Oil Company. §§ C-5, D-5.
  5. ^ The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). "Montreal District" (Map). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces. The Shell Oil Company.
  6. ^ The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces (Map). The Shell Oil Company. § E-2.

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