Quebec Route 2

Route 2 was a previous number used for a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec. The highway stretched from the Ontario border at Rivière-Beaudette to the New Brunswick border southeast of Dégelis.[1] The highway was part of a de facto interprovincial Route 2 that stretched from Windsor, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia, connecting Ontario Highway 2 to New Brunswick Route 2, and further to Nova Scotia, connecting with Trunk 2. It was renumbered in the mid-1970s, as part of Quebec's renumbering scheme.

Route 2
Route information
Length	668 km (415 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Highway 2 (former) at the Ontario border at Rivière-Beaudette
	Route 17 in Vaudreuil-Dorion Route 4 in St-Pierre Route 8 / Route 9 / Route 11 in Montreal Route 19 in Trois-Rivières Route 1 / Route 5 / Route 9 in Quebec City Route 3 in Charny Route 23 / Route 28 in Lévis Route 10 in Rivière-du-Loup
East end	Route 2 at the New Brunswick border near Dégelis
Location
Major cities	Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former ← Route 1 Route 3 →

Replacement routes

Route 2 was replaced by the following routes:

Route	Length (km)	Length (mi)	From	To	Notes
Route 338	41	25	Ontario border at Rivière-Beaudette	Vaudreuil-Dorion	Connects with Ontario border today with SD&G County Road 2, formerly Ontario Highway 2
A-20	33	21	Vaudreuil-Dorion	Montreal	During the 1960s until being renumbered, Route 2 and the A-20 ran concurrently; this stretch was referred to by Anglophone Montrealers as Highway 2-20 (or "The Two and Twenty").
Route 138	285	177	Montreal	Quebec City (downtown)	This follows the original 1737 Chemin du Roy
Route 136	12	7	Quebec City (downtown)	Quebec City (Sainte-Foy)
Route 175	2	1	Quebec City (Sainte-Foy)	Lévis	Crosses the Quebec Bridge[2]
Route 132	197	122	Lévis	Rivière-du-Loup
A-85 / Route 185	98	61	Rivière-du-Loup	New Brunswick border southeast of Dégelis	Used to connect at border with New Brunswick Route 2; portions of the original Route 2 are along local roads downloaded to local governments during the conversion of Route 185 to Autoroute 85

Auxiliary routes

Route 2 had three auxiliary routes.

Route 2A

Route 2A
Location	Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière – Andréville
Length	52 km (32 mi)

Route 2A was a 52 km (32 mi) alternate route of Route 2, passing through the communities of Saint-Pacôme and Saint-Pascal.[3] As part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 2A became part of Route 230.

Route 2B

Route 2B
Location	Montreal
Length	10 km (6.2 mi)

Route 2B was a 10 km (6 mi) spur of Route 2. It ran along Côte-de-Liesse Road from the former Route 2 / Route 17 concurrency in Dorval, past the Montreal–Dorval International Airport, to a traffic circle in Saint-Laurent where it met Laurentien Boulevard and Décarie Boulevard (Route 8 / Route 11A).[4][5] The route was replaced by Autoroute 520 and its former eastern terminus is now the site of the Décarie Interchange.

Route 2C

Route 2C
Location	Quebec City
Length	14 km (8.7 mi)

Route 2C was a 14 km (9 mi) spur of Route 2 which ran along Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel in Quebec City from Route 2 on the city's western edge to downtown.[6][2] As part of Quebec's renumbering scheme, Route 2C became part of Route 138.

References

1. 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.
2. The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). "Quebec" (Map). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces. The Shell Oil Company.
3. The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces (Map). The Shell Oil Company. §§ B-12, C-11, C-12.
4. The H.M. Gousha Company (1950). "Metropolitan District of Montreal" (Map). Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of Montreal. The Shell Oil Company. §§ C-5, D-5.
5. The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). "Montreal District" (Map). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces. The Shell Oil Company.
6. The H.M. Gousha Company (1955). Shell Map of Quebec and Maritime Provinces (Map). The Shell Oil Company. § E-2.

Preceded by Ontario	Highway 2 Quebec	Succeeded by New Brunswick