Quebec Route 218

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Route 218
Route 218-QC.png
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length155.5 km [1] (96.6 mi)
Major junctions
West endQc132.svg Route 132 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
 Qc226.svg Route 226 in Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard
Quebec Autoroute 20.svgTrans-Canada Highway shield.svg A-20 (TCH) in Manseau
Qc265.svg Route 265 in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Qc116.svg Route 116 in Lyster
Qc271.svg Route 271 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière
Qc269.svg Route 269 in Saint-Gilles
Quebec Autoroute 73.svgQc171.svgQc175.svg A-73 / Route 171 / Route 175 in Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Qc173.svgQc275.svgQc277.svg Route 173 / Route 275 / Route 277 in Saint-Henri-de-Lévis
Qc279.svg Route 279 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
East endQc281.svg Route 281 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
Highway system
Qc217.svg Route 217 Route 219 Qc219.svg

Route 218 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and its eastern terminus is in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse at the junction of Route 281.

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Route description

From Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets to its junction with Autoroute 20, it runs southeasterly (except from a brief northeastern-bound concurrency with Route 226) until it reaches the Bécancour River, which it follows West on its North shore until Lyster, where it shares a concurrency with Route 116. From there it turns northeasterly toward a concurrency with Route 271 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and its junction with Route 269 between Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Gilles, with both routes following the Beaurivage River downstream before separating at Saint-Gilles, where Route 218 crosses the river toward Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, where it crosses the Chaudière River. From there it goes to very join briefly the lengthy concurrency between Routes 273 and Route 175 before Route 273 separate, leaving the two others going Northeast to cross the Etchemin River in Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, where Route 175 goes Northwest while Route 218 goes Southeast for a 1 km concurrency with Route 277. Finally, it goes again northeasterly, roughly following the Boyer River toward Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse and its terminus just south of Autoroute 20.

Municipalities along Route 218

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References

  1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 83, Les Publications du Québec, 2005