Quebec Route 307

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Route 307

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Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length67.0 km [1]  (41.6 mi)
Major junctions
South endQuebec Autoroute 50.svg A-50 in Gatineau
Major intersectionsQc366.svg R-366 in Val-des-Monts
North endQc309.svg R-309 in Val-des-Bois
Location
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Major citiesGatineau, Cantley, Val-des-Monts
Highway system
Qc303.svg R-303 Qc309.svg R-309

Route 307 is a provincial road located in the Outaouais region of Quebec. The road runs mostly parallel to the Gatineau River on the eastern side of it. It starts at the corner of Rue Saint-Louis and Boulevard Greber in the Gatineau sector of the city of Gatineau. It runs north of Gatineau and ends in Val-des-Bois at the junction of Route 309 which runs from the Buckingham sector north into the Upper Laurentians.

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The main communities the highway passes through are Gatineau, Cantley and Val-des-Monts. In Gatineau, it is known as Rue Saint-Louis, in Cantley it is known as Montée de la Source and in Val-des Monts it is named Route Principale.

On June 23, 2010, part of the highway was closed between Val-des-Bois and Bowman, due to a partial bridge collapse caused by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake. [2]

Municipalities along Route 307

Major intersections

RCMLocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotes
Outaouais Gatineau 0.00.0Boulevard GréberSouthern terminus
1.10.68Quebec Autoroute 50.svgQc148.svg A-50 east (Montréal) / R-148 east (Montréal)Eastbound exit and entrance
1.60.99Quebec Autoroute 50.svgQc148.svg A-50 west (Gatineau (Centre-Ville)) / R-148 west (Gatineau (Centre-Ville))Westbound exit and entrance
5.63.5Qc105.svg R-105 (Gatineau (South), Chelsea (North))Access to Route 105 via Alonzo-Wright Bridge (750 m)
Val-des-Monts 22.914.2Qc366.svg R-366 west (Wakefield)West end of Route 366 concurrency
29.818.5Qc366.svg R-366 east (Perkins)East end of Route 366 concurrency
Val-des-Bois 67.041.6Qc309.svg R-309 (Mont-Laurier (North), Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Gatineau (South))Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 95, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
  2. "5.0 Val-des-Bois quake rattles Ottawa, eastern North America". Ottawa Citizen , June 23, 2010.