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[Richard3]

Let's dust off this thread with some news that was released two months ago...

https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/salle-de-presse/nouvelles/Pages/travaux-route-185.aspx


So yeah, let's say that they are currently clearing the right-of-way with construction scheduled for 2021 and will be completed in 2025... This will be the last phase to convert highway 185 to a freeway all the way to New Brunswick from A-20...

That's not a dust off, it's an annoying thread bump with no new info.

I don't recall that press release being posted on this forum.  I do recall something from one of the Facebook groups, though we have at least a few members who aren't on Facebook, so it might be new to them.

It's just a press release from the MTQ to tell that works are in their beginning.  The contractor installed some work site offices, and carried some machinery.

[Richard3]

Let's dust off this thread with some news that was released two months ago...

https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/salle-de-presse/nouvelles/Pages/travaux-route-185.aspx


So yeah, let's say that they are currently clearing the right-of-way with construction scheduled for 2021 and will be completed in 2025... This will be the last phase to convert highway 185 to a freeway all the way to New Brunswick from A-20...

That's not a dust off, it's an annoying thread bump with no new info.

I don't recall that press release being posted on this forum.  I do recall something from one of the Facebook groups, though we have at least a few members who aren't on Facebook, so it might be new to them.

It's just a press release from the MTQ to tell that works are in their beginning.  The contractor installed some work site offices, and carried some machinery.

After more than one year, can we consider this a dust off? 

The MTQ divided the last 40-km (25-mile) section of QC-185 in 7 segments, and works are begun on segments 1, 2, 3 and 6, as explained on this MTQ document (sorry, only in French).

https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/projets-infrastructures/reseau-routier/projets-routiers/BSL-Gaspesie-IDLM/autoroute-85-claude-bechard/Documents/Documentation/Cartes/carte-phase-III.pdf

[froggie]

^ There's enough info to glean off that PDF without having to read French.

Can also get an idea on likely interchange locations given how they segmented that stretch.  Clearly an interchange at QC 291 (Segment 6) was deemed more important than a more gradual proceeding from west-to-east (or vice versa).

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

[Alps]

^ There's enough info to glean off that PDF without having to read French.

Can also get an idea on likely interchange locations given how they segmented that stretch.  Clearly an interchange at QC 291 (Segment 6) was deemed more important than a more gradual proceeding from west-to-east (or vice versa).

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

I believe it. It's the only all-Canada link from the Maritimes.

[Richard3]

^ There's enough info to glean off that PDF without having to read French.

Can also get an idea on likely interchange locations given how they segmented that stretch.  Clearly an interchange at QC 291 (Segment 6) was deemed more important than a more gradual proceeding from west-to-east (or vice versa).

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

I believe it. It's the only all-Canada link from the Maritimes.

It will be the first - and only - east-west Interstate-grade freeway north of NH-101.

[Alps]

^ There's enough info to glean off that PDF without having to read French.

Can also get an idea on likely interchange locations given how they segmented that stretch.  Clearly an interchange at QC 291 (Segment 6) was deemed more important than a more gradual proceeding from west-to-east (or vice versa).

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

I believe it. It's the only all-Canada link from the Maritimes.

It will be the first - and only - east-west Interstate-grade freeway north of NH-101.

I-393

[Richard3]

^ There's enough info to glean off that PDF without having to read French.

Can also get an idea on likely interchange locations given how they segmented that stretch.  Clearly an interchange at QC 291 (Segment 6) was deemed more important than a more gradual proceeding from west-to-east (or vice versa).

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

I believe it. It's the only all-Canada link from the Maritimes.

It will be the first - and only - east-west Interstate-grade freeway north of NH-101.

I-393

Is I-393 connecting to I-95? (Yeah, I know, I didn't specify...)

[ghYHZ]

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

Other than the QC132/NB11 link near Campbellton…..this is the only major all-Canada route to the Maritimes and onto Newfoundland serving a population of around 2.3 million.

[froggie]

A couple weeks ago, "Unclecoolie" posted a new road video on Youtube that shows southbound A-85/QC-185 as of this past July.  The A-85 coverage begins around 3:50:00.

[Richard3]

Is there really that much daily traffic that far north?  The PDF mentions a daily volume of 7K, with 26% trucks.

You're right. The daily volume varies from 6100 to 14500, as of latest MTQ data, the highest figures closer to Riviere-du-Loup, and the lowest closer to QC/NB border.

For the rest, works will slow down a bit for the winter, but are already on a good way; I even expect some parts of the freeway to open late-2021.

Future exits will be, north to south:

- Exit 85: Route de la Station, Saint-Antonin (close to Irving Service Station/Truck Stop).
- Exit 71: Chemin Tache Ouest, Saint-Hubert-de-Riviere-du-Loup.
- Exit 66 (Southbound Only): 10e Rang, rue Principale (west), Saint-Honore-de-Temiscouata.
- Exit 60: QC-291, rue Talbot, St-Honore-de-Temiscouata (also leads to Saint-Elzear-de-Temiscouata).
- Exit 56 (Northbound Only): rue Principale (east), Saint-Honore-de-Temiscouata.