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This is a list of highways maintained by the government of Quebec.


Autoroutes

The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the
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in the
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or the 400-Series Highways in neighbouring
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Regional routes


South of the St. Lawrence River

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Trans-Canada

The
Trans-Canada Highway The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean o ...
though Quebec does not have a distinct number, but rather piggybacks over the provincial highway system, mainly autoroutes, and is signed with the a numberless TCH shield next to the numbered provincial highway shield. As no single provincial highway crosses the entire province between Ontario and
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, the main Trans-Canada route follows (from east to west) Autoroutes 40, 25, 20 and 85; with A-85 being interspersed with Route 185 as construction to upgrade the latter to autoroute standards progresses.


Other significantly-long roads

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Route de la Baie James The James Bay Road (french: Route de la Baie James), officially the Route Billy-Diamond Highway, is a remote wilderness highway winding its way through the Canadian Shield in northwestern Quebec and reaches into the James Bay region. It starts in ...
'' (James Bay Road) *'' Route du Nord'' (North Road) *''
Route Transtaïga The Trans-Taiga Road (french: Route Transtaïga) is an extremely remote wilderness road in northern Quebec, Canada. It is long to Centrale Brisay and another along the Caniapiscau Reservoir, all of it unpaved. Description The road's northeast ...
'' (Trans-Taiga Road)


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Transports Québec

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