Quebec Route 131

Route 131 is a Quebec highway running from Lavaltrie (junction of Route 138) to Saint-Michel-des-Saints in Lanaudière. This route, combined with Autoroute 31, provides the key route to Joliette, and then continues northward through Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Jean-de-Matha and Saint-Zénon for a distance of approximately 125 kilometres (78 mi).

Route 131
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length	125.2 km[1] (77.8 mi)
History	Route 43 (Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie – Saint-Michel-des-Saints) Route 48 (Joliette – Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie)
Major junctions
South end	R-138 in Lavaltrie
Major intersections	A-31 / A-40 in Lavaltrie A-31 / R-158 in Joliette
North end	Chemin de Saint-Ignace in Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← R-125 → R-132

Municipalities along Route 131

• Lavaltrie
• Joliette
• Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
• Saint-Félix-de-Valois
• Saint-Jean-de-Matha
• Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie
• Saint-Zénon
• Saint-Michel-des-Saints

Major intersections

RCM	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
D'Autray	Lavaltrie	0.0	0.0	R-138 – Repentigny, Lanoraie, Berthierville	R-131 southern terminus
		2.4	1.5	A-40 / A-31 begins – Montréal, Québec	A-31 southern terminus; south end of A-31 concurrency; A-31 exit 1; A-40 exit 122
See Quebec Autoroute 31 § Exit list
Joliette	Joliette	19.1	11.9	R-158 west – Saint-Jérôme A-31 ends / Boulevard Dollard – Joliette Centre-Ville	A-31 northern terminus; north end of A-31 concurrency; A-31 exit 14; south end of R-158 concurrency
		19.9	12.4	R-158 east (Chemin des Prairies) – Berthierville	North end of R-158 concurrency
		22.1	13.7	Boulevard Firestone
	Notre-Dame-des-Prairies	23.2	14.4	Boulevard Antonio-Barrette
Matawinie	Saint-Félix-de-Valois	36.7	22.8	R-345 south – Sainte-Elizabeth
		39.8	24.7	R-348 west – Rawdon	South end of R-348 concurrency
		40.7	25.3	R-348 east – Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon	North end of R-348 concurrency
	Saint-Jean-de-Matha	48.3	30.0	R-337 south – Sainte-Béatrix, Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez
	Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie	57.7	35.9	R-347 south – Saint-Damien	South end of R-347 concurrency
		64.9	40.3	R-347 north – Saint-Côme	North end of R-347 concurrency
	Saint-Michel-des-Saints	125.2	77.8	Chemin Saint-Ignace	R-131 northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

In other media

The route is name-dropped in the opening lyrics of the song "Le Shack à Hector" by Repentigny-based neo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants.^[2]

See also

• List of Quebec provincial highways