Quebec Route 132

Route 132 is the longest highway in Quebec. It follows the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River from the border with the state of New York in the hamlet of Dundee (connecting with New York State Route 37 (NY 37) via NY 970T, an unsigned reference route, north of Massena[2]), west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula. This highway is known as the Navigator's Route. It passes through the Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions of the province.

Route 132
Route 132 in Carleton-sur-Mer
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length	1,612.1 km[1] (1,001.7 mi)
Major junctions
West end	NY 37 at Massena, NY
	Route 202 in Sainte-Barbe Route 236 in Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka A-530 / Route 201 in Valleyfield Route 205 / Route 236 in Beauharnois A-30 / Route 138 in Châteauguay Route 138 / Route 207 in Kahnawake A-730 / Route 209 in Sainte-Catherine A-15 / A-930 / Route 134 in Candiac A-10 / A-20 in Brossard Route 112 in Saint-Lambert Route 134 in Longueuil A-20 / A-25 (TCH) in Boucherville Route 229 in Varennes Route 223 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel A-30 / Route 133 in Sorel Route 235 in Yamaska Route 122 in Yamaska-Est Route 143 in Saint-François-du-Lac Route 226 in Pierreville Route 255 in Baie-du-Febvre Route 259 in Nicolet A-30 / A-55 / Route 155 / Route 261 in Bécancour Route 263 in Gentilly Route 218 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets Route 265 in Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent Route 271 in Sainte-Croix Route 273 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly Route 171 in Saint-Nicolas A-73 / Route 116 / Route 175 in Charny Route 275 in Saint-Romuald Route 173 in Levis Route 279 in Beaumont Route 281 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse Route 228 / Route 283 in Montmagny Route 285 in L'Islet-sur-Mer Route 204 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli A-20 (TCH) in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies A-20 (TCH) / Route 230 in La Pocatière Route 287 in Saint-Denis-de-la-Bouteillerie Route 289 in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska A-20 / Route 291 in Rivière-du-Loup A-20 in Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna Route 293 in Trois-Pistoles A-20 in Le Bic Route 232 in Rimouski Route 298 in Sainte-Luce Route 132 in Sainte-Flavie Route 234 in Grand-Métis Route 297 in Baie-des-Sables Route 195 in Matane Route 299 in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Route 198 in L'Anse-Pleureuse Route 197 in Rivière-au-Renard & Saint-Majorique near Forillon National Park Route 198 in Gaspé Route 299 in New Richmond Route 11 in Matapédia Route 195 in Amqui Route 297 in Saint-Moise Route 234 in Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici A-20 in Mont-Joli
East end	Route 132 in Sainte-Flavie (via the Gaspé Peninsula)
Location
Major cities	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois, Châteauguay, Candiac, Delson, Brossard, Longueuil, Boucherville, Varennes, Verchères, Sorel-Tracy, Nicolet, Bécancour, Lévis, Montmagny, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Matane, Cap-Chat, Gaspé, Grande-Rivière, New Carlisle, New Richmond, Carleton-sur-Mer, Matapédia, Amqui, Mont-Joli
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former ← Route 131 → Route 133

Unlike the more direct Autoroute 20, which it shadows from Longueuil to Luceville, Route 132 takes a more scenic route which goes through many historic small towns. Until the connection between Rivière-du-Loup and Le Bic is completed, this highway provides a link between the two sections of Autoroute 20. At Rivière-du-Loup, the Trans-Canada Highway continues south on Autoroute 85 to Edmundston, New Brunswick. This eastern section of the highway, from Rivière-du-Loup towards Gaspé, was the former Route 6, until the early 1970s realignment of route numbers into a grid.

Route 132 split in Sainte-Flavie

At Sainte-Flavie, the highway splits and one branch turns south following the valley of the Matapédia River to reach the New Brunswick border near Campbellton, joining New Brunswick Route 11, a major highway along that province's eastern coast. The other branch continues east to follow the coast of the Gaspé peninsula and eventually rejoin the other branch at Matapédia. The total length of this loop is over 930 km.

Route 132 in La Prairie

Between Candiac and Varennes, the highway overlaps various current and former Quebec Autoroutes and can be considered a continuous autoroute by itself, as it runs along the Saint Lawrence River through most of this section. Highway 132 joins Autoroute 15 in Candiac at its Exit 42 and overlaps it until Exit 53 (on the other side Exit 75 of Autoroute 20), in Brossard, where Autoroute 15 separates onto Champlain Bridge. There, Highway 132 begins its overlap with Autoroute 20 until Boucherville, where Autoroute 20 splits off onto Autoroute Jean-Lesage. From that point, Highway 132 continues to the east of Boucherville as a four-lane expressway formerly known as Autoroute 430 and downgrades to a two-lane highway in Varennes.