Quebec Route 222
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Route 222 is a provincial highway located in the Estrie
region of Quebec
. The 61-kilometer highway runs from the junction of Route 139
in Roxton Falls and ends at the junction of Route 143
in Sherbrooke just east of Autoroute 55
. It also has a brief concurrency with Route 243
in Racine.
Estrie
The Estrie is an administrative region of Quebec that overlaps mostly the Eastern Townships. Estrie, a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of est, "east."...
region of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. The 61-kilometer highway runs from the junction of Route 139
Quebec route 139
Route 139 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Nicéphore, now part of Drummondville, at the junction of Route 143, and the southern terminus is in Abercorn at the border with Richford, Vermont.-Municipalities along Route 139:*...
in Roxton Falls and ends at the junction of Route 143
Quebec route 143
Route 143 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Until the mid-1970s when the province decided to renumber all highways other than autoroutes, it was known as Route/Highway 5...
in Sherbrooke just east of Autoroute 55
Quebec Autoroute 55
Autoroute 55 Autoroute 55 Autoroute 55 (also called Autoroute de l'Énergie (North of the Autoroute 20) and Autoroute Joseph-Armand Bombardier (South part) is an important north-south Autoroute and the only one running in that direction in central Quebec. It is the longest north-south Autoroute,...
. It also has a brief concurrency with Route 243
Quebec route 243
Route 243 is a north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey at the junction of Route 255 and its southern terminus is in the township of Potton where it crosses the border into the American state of Vermont and becomes the...
in Racine.
Municipalities along Route 222
- Roxton FallsRoxton Falls, QuebecRoxton Falls is a municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the Canadian province of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,305. It is a village surrounded entirely by the township of Roxton...
- Roxton (Canton)Roxton, QuebecRoxton is a township in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 1,016. Roxton entirely surrounds the village of Roxton Falls...
- Sainte-ChristineSainte-Christine, QuebecSainte-Christine is a parish municipality in the Regional County Municipality of Acton, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was incorrectly recorded as 560, but amended in 2009 to its proper figure of 773....
- MaricourtMaricourt, QuebecMaricourt is a village of 437 people, part of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec.-References:...
- Valcourt (Canton)Valcourt (township), QuebecValcourt is a township in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality. The township had a population of 1,025 in the Canada 2006 Census....
- Valcourt
- RacineRacine, QuebecRacine is a municipality in Quebec....
- Saint-Denis-de-BromptonSaint-Denis-de-Brompton, QuebecSaint-Denis-de-Brompton is a parish municipality in Quebec....
- Sherbrooke - (BromptonvilleBromptonville, QuebecBrompton is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec. The borough comprises the former city of Bromptonville, which was amalgamated into the city of Sherbrooke in 2002....
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External links
- Official Road Network Map of Transport Quebec
- Route 222 on Google Maps