Quebec route 173 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Route 173 is a major north/south highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its southern terminus is at the Armstrong-Jackman Border Crossing

Armstrong-Jackman Border Crossing

The Armstrong-Jackman Border Crossing is a border crossing on the Canada-United States border, located southeast of Saint-Théophile, Quebec and northwest of Jackman, Maine. The border crossing is the northern terminus of U.S...

in Saint-Théophile

Saint-Théophile, Québec

Saint-Théophile is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 765 as of 2009...

in the hamlet of Armstrong, at the border with Maine (U.S. Route 201

U.S. Route 201

U.S. Route 201 is a spur of U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Maine. US 201 begins in Brunswick. It follows the Kennebec River from Gardiner, Maine, to The Forks where it pulls away from the town and runs into the north woods. Route 201 ends in Sandy Bay Township, where it enters Quebec, Canada at...

/ Maine SR 6

Maine State Route 6

State Route 6 is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from the Quebec border in Sandy Bay Township, to the New Brunswick border in Vanceboro. Route 6 is long and is the only highway in the state to both begin and end at the Canadian border.Most of Route 6 runs concurrently...

), and its northern terminus is in Lévis

Lévis, Quebec

Lévis is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre Laporte Bridge, connect western Lévis with Quebec City. The Société de transport de...

at the junction of Route 132

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 , west of Montreal to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and circles the Gaspé Peninsula...

. Route 173 follows the Chaudière River

Chaudière River

The Chaudière River is a long river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Megantic in the Chaudière-Appalaches region, it runs northwards to flow into the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec City...

for most of its course, from Saint-Georges

Saint-Georges, Quebec

Saint-Georges is a city in the province of Quebec. It is the seat of Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region. The population was 30,113 as of 2009. Route 173 runs through Saint-Georges Est and heads south to the border with Maine, USA...

, up to Scott, where the route goes in a more northeastern route towards Lévis, crossing the Etchemin River

Etchemin River

The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec.It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "les Etchemins"...

in the municipality of Saint-Henri-de-Lévis

Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, Quebec

Saint-Henri is a municipality of 4,784 people, 20 km south of Lévis, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. It used to belong to the former Desjardins Regional County Municipality, but decided to join Bellechasse in 2000 when the new city of Lévis was created...

Municipalities along Route 173

Saint-Côme-Linière
Saint-Georges
Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Beauceville
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
Vallée-Jonction
Vallée-Jonction, Quebec
Vallée-Jonction is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de la Nouvelle-Beauce in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,895 as of 2009....
Sainte-Marie
Scott
Saint-Isidore
Saint-Henri-de-Levis
Pintendre
Lévis

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