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Highway 323 is a
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in
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that runs from the junction of Route 148 in Montebello to the junction of Route 117 in Mont-Tremblant. This highway is along the main route from
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and
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to Mont-Tremblant


History

Before the bypass was built in 2008, road conditions were often criticized. Several pot holes, and cracks in the asphalt made this narrow road a long trip for many drivers. This section, now bypassing Lac-des-Plages, was opened to traffic in the fall of 2008. The narrow section northeast of Lac-des-Plages closer to
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had many turns and was prone to flooding, resulting in Highway 323 being closed on occasion, especially in springtime. It was straightened and realigned away from the river in March 2007. Work involved significant tree cutting and blasting. It was opened in the fall of 2009.


Municipalities along Route 323

* Montebello * Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours * Papineauville * Saint-André-Avellin * Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix *
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* Saint-Émile-de-Suffolk * Lac-des-Plages *
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* Brébeuf *
Mont-Tremblant Mont-Tremblant () is a city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for its ...


Major intersections


See also

*
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


Official Transports Quebec Road Map Network

Route 323
on Google Maps
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