Quebec Route 161

Route 161 is a north/south highway south of the St. Lawrence River in the regions of Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches and Estrie in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its current northern terminus is at Autoroute 20 in Sainte-Eulalie, just east of the junction of Autoroute 55, while its southern terminus is at the border of Maine in the USA, where it continues as Maine State Route 27. Previously the highway continued to Route 155 in Saint-Célestin, but that section was decommissioned in 2006 when Autoroute 55 was completed.^[2]

Route 161
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length	185.1 km[1] (115.0 mi) Pre-2006: 205.5 km (127.7 mi)
History	Route 34
Major junctions
South end	SR 27 in Coburn Gore, Maine
Major intersections	R-108 in Stornoway R-112 in Weedon & Beaulac-Garthby R-116 / R-122 / R-162 in Victoriaville
North end	A-20 (TCH) in Sainte-Eulalie
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Major cities	Victoriaville
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← R-159 → R-162

On July 6, 2013, the route was severed at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec by an oil train derailment. Ministry of Transport consultants began surveying a site for a new bridge across the Chaudière River in August 2013.^[3]

Municipalities along Route 161

• Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn
• Frontenac
• Lac-Mégantic
• Nantes
• Stornoway
• Stratford
• Weedon
• Beaulac-Garthby
• Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
• Ham-Nord
• Notre-Dame-de-Ham
• Chesterville
• Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska
• Victoriaville
• Saint-Valère
• Saint-Samuel
• Sainte-Eulalie

Major intersections

RCM	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Le Granit	Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn	0.0	0.0	SR 27 south – Coburn Gore, Farmington	Continuation into Maine
				Canada–United States border at Coburn Gore–Woburn Border Crossing
		4.4	2.7	R-212 west – Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Cookshire
		8.1	5.0	R-263 north – Piopolis
	Lac-Mégantic	31.3	19.4	Rue Frontenac	Former R-161 north
		33.3	20.7	R-204 east – Saint-Georges
		35.5	22.1	Rue Villeneuve	Interchange
	Nantes	41.3	25.7	R-263 south / Rue Laval – Lac-Mégantic, Piopolis	Roundabout; former R-161 south; south end of R-263 concurrency
		43.2	26.8	R-263 north – Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Saint-Sébastien	North end of R-263 concurrency
		49.6	30.8	R-214 west – Milan, Scotstown
	Stornoway	63.6	39.5	R-108 – Sherbrooke, Lambton
Le Haut-Saint-François	Weedon	89.5	55.6	R-112 west – Sherbrooke	South end of R-112 concurrency
Les Appalaches	Beaulac-Garthby	96.9	60.2	R-112 east – Thetford Mines	North end of R-112 concurrency
Arthabaska	Ham-Nord	115.5	71.8	R-216 east – Saint-Fortunat	South end of R-216 concurrency
		120.9	75.1	R-112 west – Saint-Adrien, Val-des-Sources	North end of R-216 concurrency
	Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska	150.9	93.8	R-116 west – Warwick	South end of R-116 concurrency
	Victoriaville	152.7	94.9	Boulevard des Bois-Francs – Centre-Ville
		154.4	95.9	Boulevard Jutras
		157.2	97.7	R-116 east / R-122 begins – Princeville, Plessisville	R-122 eastern terminus; north end of R-116 concurrency; south end of R-122 concurrency
		161.8	100.5	R-162 north – Saint-Rosaire, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford
		164.7	102.3	R-122 west to A-20 / A-955 / Boulevard Jutras – Saint-Albert, Drummondville	North end of R-122 concurrency
	Saint-Valère	176.7	109.8	R-261 north – Daveluyville
Nicolet-Yamaska	Sainte-Eulalie	185.1	115.0	A-20 (TCH) / A-55 – Québec, Trois-Rivières, Montréal	R-161 northern terminus; A-20 exit 210
	Saint-Célestin	204.7	127.2	R-226 east – Sainte-Gertrude	Former south end of R-266 concurrency
		205.5	127.7	A-55 north / R-155 / R-226 west – Trois-Rivières, Saint-Célestin, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Sainte-Monique	Former A-55 southern terminus (Trois-Rivières section); former R-161 northern terminus[2]
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Concurrency terminus

See also

• List of Quebec provincial highways