Quebec Route 1

Route 1 was a previous number used for a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec. The highway stretched from Montreal, through the Eastern Townships and the city of Sherbrooke, to Quebec City.[1][2][3] Route 1 was approximately 676 km (420 mi) long.

Route 1
Route information
Length	676 km (420 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Route 2 / Route 3 / Route 9 in Montreal
	Route 9 in Saint-Hubert Route 5 / Route 22 in Sherbrooke Route 23 / Route 28 at Vallée-Jonction
East end	Route 5 / Route 9 / Route 15 in Quebec City
Location
Major cities	Montreal, Sherbrooke, Quebec City
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former ← A-973 → Route 2

In the mid-1970s, as part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 1 was replaced by the following routes:

Route	Length (km)	Length (mi)	From	To	Notes
Route 134	3	2	Montréal	Montréal-Sud	Crosses the Jacques Cartier Bridge; cosigned with former Route 5.[4]
Route 132	4	2	Montréal-Sud	Longueuil	Cosigned with former Route 3.[1]
Chambly Road	12	7	Longueuil	Saint-Hubert	No longer carries a route number.
Route 112	317	197	Saint-Hubert	Vallée-Jonction
Route 173	285	177	Vallée-Jonction	Saint-Maxime
Route 171	31	19	Saint-Maxime	Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon
Route 116	12	7	Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon	Lévis
Route 175	12	7	Lévis	Quebec City (downtown)	Crosses the Quebec Bridge.

References

1. The H.M. Gousha Company (1950). "Metropolitan District of Montreal" (Map). Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Montreal. The Shell Oil Company. §§ C-6, C-7, C-8, D-6.
2. The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces (Map). The Shell Oil Company. §§ D-9, E-9, E-10, F-9, G-5, G-6, G-7, G-8, G-9.
3. The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). "Quebec" (Map). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces. The Shell Oil Company.
4. The H.M. Gousha Company (1950). "Street Map of Montreal" (Map). Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Montreal. The Shell Oil Company. §§ G-8, H-8.