Quebec Route 315

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Qc315.svg
Route 315
Route 315-QC.png
Route information
Maintained by Transports Québec
Length76.6 km [1]  (47.6 mi)
Major junctions
South endQc148.svg Route 148 in Gatineau (Masson-Angers)
 Quebec Autoroute 50.svg A-50 in Gatineau (Masson-Angers)
Qc309.svg Route 309 in Gatineau (Buckingham)
Qc321.svg Route 321 in Chénéville
North endQc323.svg Route 323 in Namur
Location
Counties Gatineau / Papineau
Major citiesGatineau
Highway system
Qc311.svg Route 311 Qc317.svg Route 317
Route 315 through Cheneville. Cheneville QC 2.JPG
Route 315 through Chénéville.

Route 315 is a road in the Canadian province of Quebec that connects the Gatineau sector of Masson-Angers to Namur. Initially, the road started in Buckingham on Rue Joseph at the city's Main Street (Avenue de Buckingham) just a few kilometres further north, but when A-50 was extended further east as a Buckingham by-pass at its current end at Doherty Road, the section of Route 309 between Buckingham and the junction at Route 148 in Masson-Angers was renumbered Route 315 while Route 309 starts at Doherty Road and A-50.

Contents

The section of Route 315 between Mulgrave-et-Derry and Ripon is unpaved and windy.

Municipalities along Route 315

Major intersections

RCM or ET MunicipalitykmJunctionNotes
Southern terminus of Route 315
Gatineau Masson-Angers 0.0Qc148.svg Route 148 148 WEST: to Gatineau
148 EAST: to Lochaber-Partie-Ouest
0.6
1.9
Quebec Autoroute 50.svg A-50 50 EAST: to Buckingham
50 WEST: to Gatineau
Buckingham 8.2Qc309.svg Route 309 309 SOUTH: to Quebec Autoroute 50.svg A-50
309 NORTH: to L'Ange-Gardien
Papineau Ripon 48.7Chemin MontpellierEAST: to Qc317.svg Route 317
Chénéville 65.1Qc321.svg Route 321 321 SOUTH: to Ripon
321 NORTH: to Duhamel
Namur 76.6Qc323.svg Route 323 323 SOUTH: to Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix
323 NORTH: to Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk
Northern terminus of Route 315

See also

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References

  1. Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 96, Les Publications du Québec, 2005


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