Quebec Route 131
{{Short description|Highway in Quebec}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox road
|province=QC
|type=QC
|route=131
|maint=Transports Québec
|map=Route 131-QC.png
|established=
|decommissioned=
|alternate_name=
|length_km=125.2
|length_round=1
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a= {{jct|province=QC|QC|138}} in Lavaltrie
|terminus_b= Chemin de Saint-Ignace in Saint-Michel-des-Saints
|junction= {{jct|province=QC|A|31|A|40}} in Lavaltrie
{{jct|province=QC|A|31|QC|158}} in Joliette
|history= {{jct|province=QC|QC OLD|43|nolink=yes|name1=Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie – Saint-Michel-des-Saints}}
{{jct|province=QC|QC OLD|48|nolink=yes|name1=Joliette – Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie}}
|previous_type=QC
|previous_route=125
|next_type=QC
|next_route=132
}}
Route 131 is a Quebec highway running from Lavaltrie (junction of Route 138) to Saint-Michel-des-Saints in Lanaudière. This route, combined with Autoroute 31, provides the key route to Joliette, and then continues northward through Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Saint-Jean-de-Matha and Saint-Zénon for a distance of approximately {{convert|125|km|mi}}.
Municipalities along Route 131
Major intersections
{{QCinttop|length_ref=}}
{{QCint
|county=D'Autray
|cspan=2
|location=Lavaltrie
|lspan=2
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|138|city1=Repentigny|city2=Lanoraie|city3=Berthierville}}
|notes=R-131 southern terminus
}}
{{QCint
|type=concur
|km=2.4
|road={{jct|province=QC|A|40|A|31|dir2=begins|city1=Montréal|city2=Québec}}
|notes=A-31 southern terminus; south end of A-31 concurrency; A-31 exit 1; A-40 exit 122
}}
{{Jctgap
|text=See Quebec Autoroute 31 § Exit list
}}
{{QCint
|county=Joliette
|cspan=4
|location=Joliette
|lspan=3
|type=concur
|km=19.1
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|158|dir1=west|city1=Saint-Jérôme}}
{{jct|province=QC|A|31|dir1=ends|location1=Joliette Centre-Ville|road|Boulevard Dollard}}
|notes=A-31 northern terminus; north end of A-31 concurrency; A-31 exit 14; south end of R-158 concurrency
}}
{{QCint
|type=concur
|km=19.9
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|158|dir1=east|name1=Chemin des Prairies|city1=Berthierville}}
|notes=North end of R-158 concurrency
}}
{{QCint
|km=22.1
|road=Boulevard Firestone
|notes=
}}
{{QCint
|location=Notre-Dame-des-Prairies
|km=23.2
|road=Boulevard Antonio-Barrette
|notes=
}}
{{QCint
|county=Matawinie
|cspan=7
|location=Saint-Félix-de-Valois
|lspan=3
|km=36.7
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|345|dir1=south|city1=Sainte-Elizabeth}}
|notes=
}}
{{QCint
|type=concur
|km=39.8
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|348|dir1=west|city1=Rawdon}}
|notes=South end of R-348 concurrency
}}
{{QCint
|type=concur
|km=40.7
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|348|dir1=east|city1=Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon}}
|notes=North end of R-348 concurrency
}}
{{QCint
|location=Saint-Jean-de-Matha
|km=48.3
|road={{jct|province=QC|R|337|dir1=south|city1=Sainte-Béatrix|city2=Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez}}
|notes=
}}
{{QCint
|location=Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|km=57.7
|road={{jct|province=QC|QC|347|dir1=south|city1=Saint-Damien}}
|notes=South end of R-347 concurrency
}}
{{QCint
|type=concur
|km=64.9
|road={{jct|province=QC|QC|347|dir1=north|city1=Saint-Côme}}
|notes=North end of R-347 concurrency
}}
{{QCint
|location=Saint-Michel-des-Saints
|km=125.2
|road=Chemin Saint-Ignace
|notes=R-131 northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
In other media
The route is name-dropped in the opening lyrics of the song "Le Shack à Hector" by Repentigny-based neo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants.{{Citation |title=Le shack à Hector (Les Cowboys fringants) - Partitions - La Boîte à chansons ♫ |url=https://www.boiteachansons.net/partitions/les-cowboys-fringants/le-shack-a-hector.php |access-date=2023-08-28 |language=fr}}
See also
References
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== External links ==
- [http://www.inforoutiere.qc.ca/fr/carte_routiere/index.asp Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Lavaltrie&daddr=46.719858,-73.797569&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=12&sll=46.690428,-73.799973&sspn=0.108329,0.30899&ie=UTF8&ll=46.17983,-73.339233&spn=1.749594,4.943848&z=8 Route 131] on Google Maps
{{Quebec Autoroutes}}
{{Quebec Routes (100-199)}}
{{coord|46.0292|N|73.4079|W|display=title}}
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