Route 173 (Route-du-Président-Kennedy) is a major north/south highway on the south shore of the

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, Canada, named after the assassinated American president,

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. Its southern terminus is at the Armstrong-Jackman Border Crossing in Saint-Théophile in the hamlet of Armstrong, at the border with Maine ( U.S. Route 201 / Maine SR 6), and its northern terminus is in Lévis at the junction of Route 132. Route 173 follows the Chaudière River for most of its course, from Saint-Georges, down to Scott, where the route takes a more northeastern route towards Lévis, crossing the

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in the municipality of Saint-Henri-de-Lévis.

Municipalities along Route 173

* Saint-Côme-Linière * Saint-Georges * Notre-Dame-des-Pins * Beauceville * Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce * Vallée-Jonction * Sainte-Marie * Scott * Saint-Isidore * Saint-Henri-de-Levis * Pintendre * Lévis

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Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)

Route 173
on Google Maps

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Municipalities along Route 173

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