Quebec Route 143
Route 143 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Transports Québec | ||||
Length: | 165.8 km[1] (103.0 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | US 5 in Derby Line, Vermont | |||
Route 247 in Stanstead A-55 / Route 141 in Stanstead-Est Route 208 in Hatley Route 108 / Route 147 in Lennoxville (Sherbrooke) A-10 / Route 112 / Route 216 in Sherbrooke Route 222 in Bromptonville (Sherbrooke) Route 249 in Windsor Route 116 / Route 243 in Richmond Route 139 in Saint-Nicéphore (Drummondville) A-20 (TCH) / A-55 / Route 122 in Drummondville Route 224 in Saint-Bonaventure | ||||
North end: | Route 132 in Saint-François-du-Lac | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Memphrémagog / Coaticook / Sherbrooke / Le Val-Saint-François / Drummond / Nicolet-Yamaska | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid-1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways other than autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5. Its northern terminus is in Saint-François-du-Lac, at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is in Stanstead at the border with Vermont where the road continues past the Derby Line-Stanstead Border Crossing as U.S. Route 5 through Derby Line to New Haven, Connecticut.
Since Autoroute 55 closely parallels Route 143 for most of its length, much commercial traffic chooses the former. However, it is a very busy route and takes much traffic from the border to the Sherbrooke local area. Route 143 closely follows the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Ulverton.
The road is often in notoriously poor condition, since its original cement was laid directly on a gravel road in the mid-1920s. It has been extensively resurfaced to the point the pavement is now more than three feet thick in places. Nonetheless, it heaves extensively each spring thaw.
Municipalities along Route 143
- Stanstead
- Stanstead-Est
- Hatley
- Waterville
- Sherbrooke - (Lennoxville / Sherbrooke / Bromptonville)
- Val-Joli
- Windsor
- Cleveland
- Richmond
- Ulverton
- L'Avenir
- Drummondville - (Saint-Nicéphore / Drummondville / Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham)
- Saint-Bonaventure
- Saint-Pie-de-Guire
- Saint-François-du-Lac
Major intersections
RCM or ET | Municipality | Km | Junction | Notes |
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Southern terminus of Route 143 | ||||
Memphrémagog | Stanstead | 0.0 | US 5 | 5 SOUTH: to Derby Line, Vermont |
0.2 0.3 |
Route 247 | 247 NORTH: to Ogden 247 SOUTH: to A-55 | ||
2.4 2.8 |
A-55 | 55 SOUTH: to I‑91 in Derby Line, Vermont 55 NORTH: to Stanstead-East | ||
Stanstead-East | 17.6 | Route 141 | 141 NORTH: to Ayer's Cliff 141 SOUTH: to Barnston-Ouest | |
Hatley | 22.0 | Route 208 (Overlap 0.6 km) | 208 WEST: to Ayer's Cliff 208 EAST: to Compton | |
Coaticook | Waterville | 36.2 | Rue Gosselin | EAST: to Waterville |
40.8 | Route 108 (Overlap 6.0 km) | 108 WEST: to Hatley Township | ||
44.1 | Route 147 | 147 SOUTH: to Compton | ||
Sherbrooke | Lennoxville | 46.8 | Route 108 (Overlap 6.0 km) | 108 EAST: to Eaton |
Sherbrooke | 50.8 | Route 216 | 216 WEST: to Magog 216 EAST: to Stoke | |
51.9 | Route 112 | 112 WEST: to Rock Forest (Sherbrooke) 112 EAST: to Fleurimont (Sherbrooke) | ||
Bromptonville | 58.3 | Route 222 (East end) | 222 WEST: to Saint-Denis-de-Brompton | |
61.8 | Rue Laval | WEST: to A-55 | ||
Le Val-Saint-François | Windsor | 74.7 | Route 249 | 249 SOUTH: to Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton 249 NORTH: to Val-Joli |
Richmond | 90.2 | Route 116 (Overlap 1.9 km) | 116 EAST: to Cleveland | |
91.3 | Route 243 (Overlap 1.1 km) | 243 NORTH: to Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey | ||
92.1 | Route 116 (Overlap 1.9 km) | 116 WEST: to Durham-Sud | ||
92.4 | Route 243 (Overlap 1.1 km) | 243 SOUTH: to Melbourne | ||
Drummond | Saint-Nicéphore | 120.6 | Route 139 (North end) | 139 SOUTH: to Wickham |
Drummondville | 129.2 129.5 |
Route 122 (Overlap 0.3 km) | 122 EAST: to Saint-Charles-de-Drummond (Drummondville) 122 WEST: to Saint-Germain-de-Grantham (Drummondville) | |
131.9 132.2 |
A-20 (TCH) | 20 EAST: to Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover 20 WEST: to Saint-Eugène | ||
Saint-Bonaventure | 148.8 | Route 224 (East end) | 224 WEST: to Saint-Guillaume | |
Nicolet-Yamaska | Saint-François-du-Lac | 165.8 | Route 132 | 132 WEST: to Saint-Gérard-Majella 132 EAST: to Pierreville |
Northern terminus of Route 143 |
See also
References
- ↑ Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 69-70, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
External links
- Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec) (French)
- Route 143 on Google Maps