Route 185 is part of the Trans-Canada Highway

Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...

. It travels from Saint-Antonin, Quebec to Edmundston, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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, a distance of about 100 km (62.1 mi). It connects Autoroute 85

Quebec Autoroute 85

Autoroute 85 is a highway in Quebec that is the connecting link between Rivière-du-Loup and the Quebec-New Brunswick border. It currently intertwines with Route 185, but with new sections of the 185 being upgraded to autoroute standards, this is slowly changing...

 and New Brunswick Route 2

New Brunswick Route 2

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.

The southern section of the highway follows the valley of the Madawaska River

Madawaska River (Saint John)

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.

At present, Route 185 is a 2-lane highway with passing lanes. Often cited as one of the most dangerous routes in all of Canada, it is slowly being upgraded to Autoroute standards and is eventually planned to be a 4-lane restricted-access freeway, which will be numbered as Autoroute 85

Quebec Autoroute 85

Autoroute 85 is a highway in Quebec that is the connecting link between Rivière-du-Loup and the Quebec-New Brunswick border. It currently intertwines with Route 185, but with new sections of the 185 being upgraded to autoroute standards, this is slowly changing...

. Several sections have been completed and opened as such. Once this upgrade is completed, it will close one of the last gaps in the nearly-continuous freeway section of the Trans-Canada between Arnprior

Arnprior, Ontario

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, and New Glasgow

New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

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, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, and for an even longer interprovincial freeway route between Windsor

Windsor, Ontario

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, Ontario and Halifax

City of Halifax

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, Nova Scotia.

Route 185 has been or is being made 4 lanes through most towns along its route.

Municipalities along Route 185

• Dégelis
  Dégelis, Quebec
  Dégelis is a city in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec. It is situated on Route 185, close to the Quebec / New Brunswick Border.* Population: 3,209* % Change : -3.3* Dwellings: 1,630...
  
  
• Notre-Dame-du-Lac
  Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec
  Notre-Dame-du-Lac is a former city in the regional county municipality of Témiscouata in the province of Québec, Canada, located in the administrative region du Bas-Saint-Laurent. On 5 May 2010, the cities of Cabano and Notre-Dame-du-Lac combined to form a new city named Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac...
  
  
• Cabano
  Cabano, Quebec
  Cabano is a city in Témiscouata Regional County Municipality within the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. It is situated on Lake Témiscouata on Route 185.On May 9, 1950, a fire destroyed a large part of the city....
  
  
• Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!
  Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!, Quebec
  Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! is a parish in the regional county municipality of Témiscouata, Quebec, near the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada...
  
  
• Saint-Honoré-de-Temiscouata
  Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata, Quebec
  Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata is a municipality in the region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec....
  
  
• Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup
  Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
  Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup is a municipality in Quebec in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent and the regional county municipality of Rivière-du-Loup....
  
  
• Saint-Antonin
  Saint-Antonin, Quebec
  Saint-Antonin is a parish municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, a few kilometres south of the city of Rivière-du-Loup, in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality.- References :***...
  
  

External links

• Autoroute 85 at Exitlists.com
• Interactive Provincial Route Map (Transports Québec)
• Route 185 on Google Maps