Quebec Route 243
{{Short description|Highway in Quebec}}
{{Infobox road
|province=QC
|type=QC
|route=243
|maint=Transports Québec
|map=Route 243-QC.png
|established=
|decommissioned=
|alternate_name=
|length_km=122.5
|length_round=1
|length_ref=Ministère des transports, "Distances routières", page 87-88, Les Publications du Québec, 2005
|direction_b=North
|direction_a=South
|terminus_b={{jct|state=QC|QC|255}} in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
|terminus_a={{jct|state=VT|VT|243}} at North Troy, Vermont|
|previous_type=QC
|previous_route=241
|next_type=QC
|next_route=245
|junction= {{jct|state=QC|QC|116|QC|143}} in Richmond
{{jct|state=QC|A|55}} in Melbourne
{{jct|state=QC|QC|112}} in Waterloo
{{jct|state=QC|A|10|QC|104}} in Brome Lake
|}}
Route 243 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey at the junction of Route 255 and its southern terminus is in the township of Potton where it crosses the Canada–US border at the North Troy–Highwater Border Crossing into Vermont and becomes Vermont Route 243. Route 243 is not a busy highway as it does not go through big towns.
The highway has three concurrencies:
- In Richmond, it shares a bridge across the Saint-François River with Route 116 and Route 143
- At Racine a 2 km concurrence with Route 222 occurs.
- In Waterloo it runs concurrently first with Route 112, then both it and Route 241 as all three share a bridge across the North Yamaska River
Municipalities along Route 243
- Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey
- Richmond
- Melbourne
- Racine
- Lawrenceville
- Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle
- Warden
- Waterloo
- Brome Lake
- Bolton-Sud
- West Bolton
- Potton
File:Highwater Quebec Border Station.jpg|Route 243 southern end at Canada-US Border.
File:PasseBolton.jpg|Route 243 at Bolton Pass.
File:Waterloo paroisse Saint-Bernardin.jpg|Routes 112, 241 and 243 meet before Saint-Bernardin church in Waterloo.
File:Sainte Anne de la Rochelle.jpg|Entering Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle.
File:Autoroute 55 Exit 85.jpg|Approaching Autoroute 55 interchange with Route 243 in Melbourne.
File:Pont Frederick-Coburn, sur la rivière Saint-François, Richmond, Estrie - panoramio.jpg|Route 243 shares its itinerary with Routes 116 and 143 on Frederick-Coburn Bridge in Richmond.
File:Route 243 (St-Félix-de-Kingsey).jpg|Quebec Route 243 in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey.
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}}
- [http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1582207199960556461,45.793481,-72.191380%3B13213155361539688423,45.663780,-72.152664%3B1253443044643003234,45.347130,-72.516620%3B9715320263435428665,45.218890,-72.509130%3B7232197867235727121,45.007423,-72.416292&saddr=Chemin+de+Richmond%2FRTE-243+%4045.793481,+-72.191380&daddr=Avenue+de+Melbourne+N%2FRTE-243+%4045.663780,+-72.152664+to:Rue+Foster%2FRTE-112%2FRTE-241%2FRTE-243+%4045.347130,+-72.516620+to:Chemin+Lakeside%2FLakeside+Rd%2FRTE-243+%4045.218890,+-72.509130+to:45.159951,-72.369518+to:Route+de+Mansonville%2FRTE-243+%4045.007423,+-72.416292&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4&dirflg=h&sll=45.150811,-72.394238&sspn=0.027239,0.075188&ie=UTF8&ll=45.135555,-72.392006&spn=0.108986,0.300751&z=12 Route 243] on Google Maps
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