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Route 1
Route information
Length	676 km (420 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Route 2 / Route 3 / Route 9 in Montreal
Major intersections	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
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Major cities	Montreal, Sherbrooke, Quebec City
Highway system
Quebec provincial highways Autoroutes List Former
← A-973 → Route 2

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. Route 1 was approximately 676 km (420 mi) long.

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
R-134	3	2	Montréal	Montréal-Sud	Crosses the Jacques Cartier Bridge; cosigned with former Route 5.
R-132	4	2	Montréal-Sud	Longueuil	Cosigned with former Route 3.
Chambly Road	12	7	Longueuil	Saint-Hubert	No longer carries a route number.
R-112	317	197	Saint-Hubert	Vallée-Jonction
R-173	285	177	Vallée-Jonction	Saint-Maxime
R-171	31	19	Saint-Maxime	Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon
R-116	12	7	Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon	Lévis
R-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.

• Pre-1970s Routes in Quebec