Route 218 is a two-lane east/west highway in
Quebec
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,
Canada
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. Its western terminus is at the junction of
Route 132 in
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and its eastern terminus is in
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse is a municipality of about 1,800 people about 20 km east of Lévis, in Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is a mostly rural community, and it was ch ...
at the junction of
Route 281.
Route description
From Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets to its junction with
Autoroute 20, it runs southeasterly (except from a brief northeastern-bound concurrency with
Route 226) until it reaches the
Bécancour River
The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.
Geography
The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalach ...
, which it follows West on its North shore until Lyster, where it shares a concurrency with
Route 116. From there it turns northeasterly toward a concurrency with
Route 271 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and its junction with
Route 269 between Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage and Saint-Gilles, with both routes following the
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
downstream before separating at Saint-Gilles, where Route 218 crosses the river toward Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, where it crosses the
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...
. From there it goes to very join briefly the lengthy concurrency between
Routes 273 and
Route 175 before Route 273 separate, leaving the two others going Northeast to cross the
Etchemin River
The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec.
It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "le ...
in Saint-Henri-de-Lévis, where Route 175 goes Northwest while Route 218 goes Southeast for a 1 km concurrency with
Route 277. Finally, it goes again northeasterly, roughly following the
Boyer River
The Boyer River is a tributary of the Missouri River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 30, 2011 in western Iowa in the United States. Most reaches of the riv ...
toward Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse and its terminus just south of
Autoroute 20.
File:Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.JPG, Route 218 in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.
File:Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière.jpg, Route 218 shares its itinerary with Route 271 through Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière.
File:Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbiniere from air 2019.jpg, Route 218 follows Gosford Road in Sainte-Agathe.
File:Rue Principale à Saint-Gilles (Québec).jpg, Route 218 shares its itinerary with Route 269 through Saint-Gilles.
File:Route 218 (St-Gilles).jpg, Route 218 between Saint-Gilles and Saint-Lambert.
File:Rue du Pont, Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon.jpg, Pont street in Saint-Lambert, is marked as Route 218.
File:Saint-Henri.jpg, Bridge over Etchemin River
The Etchemin River is a river in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of eastern Quebec.
It gave its name to Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality. The river itself was named for the Abenaki native people of the area who the French called "le ...
in Saint-Henri.
Municipalities along Route 218
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Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets
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Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard
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Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard
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Manseau
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Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
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Lyster
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Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière
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Saint-Gilles
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Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon is a municipality in La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 6,177 as of the Canada 2011 Census. Prior to June 22, 2013 i ...
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Saint-Henri-de-Lévis
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Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse
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Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse is a municipality of about 1,800 people about 20 km east of Lévis, in Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is a mostly rural community, and it was ch ...
See also
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List of Quebec provincial highways
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 Interstate Highway System in the United ...
References
External links
Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation)Route 218on Google Maps
{{Secondary Highways in Quebec (200-series)
218
Year 218 (Roman numerals, CCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Adventus (or, less frequently, year ...