Quebec Route 172
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Route 172 is an east/west highway on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, and it parallels the
Saguenay River __NOTOC__ The Saguenay River () is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands, leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river. It drains into the Saint Lawrence River. ...
on the north side of it. The western terminus of Route 172 is in
Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; Gallo: ''Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer'') is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocea ...
at the junction of Route 169, and the eastern terminus is in
Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the tw ...
, at the junction of Route 138.


Municipalities along Route 172

* Saint-Nazaire du Lac-Saint-Jean * Shipshaw * Saguenay (
Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
) * Saint-Fulgence * Sainte-Rose-du-Nord * Sacre-Coeur-Saguenay * Tadoussac


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)

172 Year 172 (Roman numerals, CLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 925 ''A ...
Roads in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Transport in Saguenay, Quebec {{Quebec-road-stub