23-394: [REDACTED] Route 490 Route 500 [REDACTED] Route 503 The Trans-Labrador Highway ( TLH ) is the primary public road in Labrador , the mainland portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada. The highway's total length is 1,149 km (714 mi). The paving of the entire highway was completed in July 2022. The original western/central portion of the TLH
46-622: A cost of $ 15 million. The road was then paved except for 36 km (22 mi) from Cartwright Junction westward to Paradise Heights (the divide between the basins of the Paradise River and the Eagle River). The remainder was completed in July 2022. Phase II involved completion of highway north to Cartwright from Red Bay, and was opened in 2002. Although the entire route was initially designated as Route 510, upon completion of Phase III,
69-611: A few coastal villages to each other, Natashquan connects to Aguanish by a dirt road (1959). Route 138, from Tadoussac to Havre-Saint-Pierre , opened in the spring of 1976, from there access to the islands of the Mingan Archipelago by sea. In 1984, to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier's arrival in New France, the Commission de toponymie gave this name to the part of Route 138 located east of
92-494: A more scenic route than the more direct Autoroute 40 between Montreal and Quebec City . It crosses the Saguenay River via a ferry which travels between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac ; in the event of a closure of this ferry, drivers must take a significant detour via Quebec Route 172 and Quebec Route 170 to the city of Saguenay in order to cross the river by bridge. From Tadoussac to Blanc-Sablon , at
115-603: A newer high-capacity ferry for the St. Barbe - Blanc Sablon service across the Strait of Belle Isle . Phase II of new construction, costing $ 130 million, began in 1999 and saw Route 510 extended 323 km (201 mi) over four years from its terminus in Red Bay northeast to the port of Cartwright . This section was paved as far as Cartwright Junction, the unpaved remainder (to Cartwright) being designated Highway 516 . Phase III
138-406: Is a 250 km (160 mi) section of Route 510 built for $ 130 million south of Lake Melville / Hamilton Inlet to connect Cartwright Junction (94 km (58 mi) south west of Cartwright) with Happy Valley-Goose Bay , completed sufficiently to open to traffic as a gravel road on 16 December 2009. During 2010, two permanent bridges, road surface work, signage, and guardrails were completed at
161-703: Is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec , following the entire north shore of the St. Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of St. Lawrence . The western terminus is in Elgin , at the border with New York State south-west of Montreal (connecting with New York State Route 30 at the Trout River Border Crossing ). Part of this highway
184-607: Is also a 10.7 km roadway, la route Mecatina, from Mutton Bay to a ferry terminal in La Tabatière and continuing beyond. A third segment of Route 138 extends from Old Fort to the Newfoundland and Labrador border (connecting with Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Route 510 ), near Blanc-Sablon on the eastern end of the Côte-Nord. Blanc-Sablon is located on the north coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence near
207-547: Is designated as Route 500 and measures 543 km (337 mi) divided as follows: Heading southeast is Route 510, the north portion of the TLH that has been designated Labrador Coastal Drive and measures 606 km (377 mi) divided as follows: The TLH runs through dense wilderness for most of its length with no roadside services between communities. Route 500 connects with Quebec Route 389 , which runs 567 km (352 mi) through wilderness north from Baie-Comeau to
230-668: Is known as the Chemin du Roy , or King's Highway, which is one of the oldest highways in Canada. It passes through the Montérégie , Montreal , Lanaudière , Mauricie , Capitale-Nationale and Côte-Nord regions of Quebec. In Montreal, Highway 138 runs via Sherbrooke Street , crosses the Pierre Le Gardeur Bridge to Charlemagne and remains a four-lane road until exiting Repentigny . This highway takes
253-546: The Pashashibou River , the Quebec Ministry of Transport planned the installation of lookouts . Visual openness, proximity to an exceptional landscape, educational potential, as well as a tourist vocation play a determining role in the choice of sites. The arrangement of lookouts invites travelers to stop in safe observation places, close to the road, preferably elevated and exposed to the winds to avoid
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#1732772077230276-773: The Quebec government announced a 10-year project to connect the two segments by building 425 km of highway along the Lower North Shore . As of 2022, the highway has not been completed. Newfoundland and Labrador Route 490 Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 549756621 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:34:37 GMT Quebec Route 138 Route 138
299-611: The Quebec - Labrador boundary. Cell phone reception along the Trans-Labrador Highway is limited. In the 2020 budget, the provincial government allocated $ 200,000 for a pre-feasibility study for a road to connect the north coast of Labrador to the Trans-Labrador Highway. The original TLH from Labrador West (Labrador City/Wabush) to Happy Valley-Goose Bay was completed in 1992. Some sections were poorly built or in need of upgrades due to increased traffic use, particularly
322-570: The Saguenay River, that is, the part that extends from Tadoussac to Havre-Saint-Pierre. Until the mid-1990s, the highway's eastern terminus was Havre-Saint-Pierre , but in 1996 the extension to Natashquan was completed. A 40 km gravel section between Natashquan and Kegaska opened on September 26, 2013, with the inauguration of a bridge across the Natashquan River . When planning Route 138, from Havre-Saint-Pierre to
345-492: The TLH was completed in 2015. In 1997, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador committed to building an extension of the TLH, connecting Happy Valley-Goose Bay with an existing isolated road network serving coastal communities on the Strait of Belle Isle . The impetus for this project was the federal government's desire to cut costs and remove itself from subsidizing coastal ferry service to Labrador outports which
368-631: The beginning of the 20th century, the first routes of what would become Route 138 (formerly Route 15) were laid in the vicinity of Sept-Îles . In 1961, a section was added from the Franquelin region to the tip of the Moisie River , some 20 kilometres east of Sept-Îles. On the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence , until 1976, there was no continuous route to go further east than the Moisie River. Only bits of paths here and there connect
391-401: The entrance of the Strait of Belle Isle . A gap remains between Kegaska and Old Fort, through isolated communities accessible only by coastal ferry . On August 25, 2006, the Quebec government announced a 10-year project to connect the two segments by building 425 km of highway along the Lower North Shore . In 2011, the Quebec government announced an additional $ 122 million investment for
414-429: The highway (Kegaska–La Romaine and Tête-à-la-Baleine–La Tabatière) was set to begin in 2019. A total of $ 232 million will be contributed to this project. In 2024 the province awarded contracts for engineering and construction of the route and bridges for the road segment between Kegaska and La Romaine. gap in roadway gap in roadway From Tadoussac to Blanc-Sablon , along The Whale Route (Route 138), it
437-477: The northern 94 km (58 mi) from Cartwright Junction (to Cartwright) was designated as Route 516. Phase II also included other branch routes: A segment of Quebec Route 138 extends from Old Fort, Quebec to the Newfoundland and Labrador border connecting with Route 510 near Blanc-Sablon on the eastern end of the Côte-Nord. A gap remains between Kegashka and Old Fort , through isolated communities accessible only by coastal ferry . On August 25, 2006,
460-479: The presence of insects. Over the 150.5 km that separate Havre-Saint-Pierre and Pashashibou River , Route 138 offers visual openings towards the Gulf of St. Laurent, Pontbriand River , the villages of Baie-Johan-Beetz and Natashquan , etc. A second segment of about 17 km extends from Tête-à-la-Baleine's airport, east through Tête-à-la-Baleine , to the ferry terminal southeast of Tête-à-la-Baleine. There
483-577: The project over five years as part of the Plan Nord . However, by 2013 difficulties ensued between the Quebec Ministry of Transport and the Pakatan Corporation, who was previously responsible for managing the funding for this project, leading to the termination of agreement between the two. By this time only 12 km of this road had been built, plus some additional engineering work and deforestation . The construction of two segments of
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#1732772077230506-517: The section between Churchill Falls and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. In the summer of 1999, $ 60 million was allocated to upgrade the highway as part of the "Labrador Transportation Initiative". The Phase I section of the TLH began undergoing paving operations in 2009; by October 2011, a stretch of approximately 140 km (87 mi) leading east from Labrador West had been paved, as well approximately 100 km (62 mi) heading west from Goose Bay towards Churchill Falls. The entire Phase I section of
529-453: Was being provided by the federal Crown corporation Marine Atlantic . These federal cuts were completed in 1997, under the moniker Labrador Transportation Initiative, when an agreement was signed which saw the federal government transfer ownership and operation of two ferry vessels, along with C$ 340 million for extending Labrador's road network. A key component to this plan was $ 150 million to upgrade coastal Labrador marine services, including
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