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 Route 133 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTransports Québec | ||||
| Length | 132.9 km[1][2] (82.6 mi) | |||
| History |  Route 7 (U.S. border –Iberville) Route 21 (Iberville –Sorel)[3] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-89 at theHighgate Springs-St. Armand/Philipsburg Border Crossing inSaint-Armand | |||
| Major intersections |  A-35 in Saint-ArmandA-35 inSaint-Sébastien A-35 /R-104 inSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu  A-10 /R-112 inRichelieu   A-20 (TCH) /R-116 inMont-Saint-Hilaire R-137 inSaint-Denis-sur-Richelieu  A-30 /R-132 inSorel-Tracy | |||
| North end |  Sorel-Tracy ferry terminal | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Quebec | |||
| Major cities | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,Sorel-Tracy,Mont-Saint-Hilaire | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 133 is a historic and heritage road of the Estrie and Montérégie regions in the province ofQuebec, with north–south orientation and located on the eastern shore of theRichelieu River. Its northern terminus is inSorel-Tracy, on the south shore of theSaint Lawrence River. The southern terminus is inSaint-Armand at theUnited States border withVermont, close toHighgate Springs, where it continues southward past theHighgate Springs–St. Armand/Philipsburg Border Crossing asInterstate 89. Prior to the 1970s, the portion between the international border andSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu was known as Route 7, which served as a continuation ofUS 7.
Route 133 is designated as historic and calledChemin des Patriotes in honour of thePatriot Rebellion of 1837–1838.
The stretch between the US border and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is relatively busy, as it provided the main link between Boston and Montreal. Construction to extend Autoroute 35 south of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to the US border by-passing Route 133 started in 2009. Construction was slated to be finished in 2017 but continued until 2025.[4]
Trucks are prohibited on this road between Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu andAutoroute 10 (section of 10 km) and between the junction of road 116 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire andAutoroute 20 (section of 3.5 km). Controversy persists and has gained momentum in 2005 between the Ministry of Transports of Quebec and nearly 3000 residents along the road atSaint-Denis-sur-Richelieu,Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, andMont Saint-Hilaire, north of Autoroute 20. The controversy follows the ministry's decision in 1995 to transfer north–south truck traffic from the roads parallel to the 133 and force it to converge, without an impact study, on Chemin des Patriotes, a historical and heritage path that is on a fragile and weak soil and is in the most populated area. The resulting intense heavy traffic generates noise, vibrations, and pollution day and night, which cause health, insomnia, and safety problems in the local population.
| RCM | Location | km[2] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Brome-Missisquoi | Saint-Armand | 0.0 | 0.0 |     I-89 south toUS 7 south –St. Albans,Burlington | Continuation into Vermont; R-133 southern terminus; futureA-35 southern terminus | |
| Canada–United States border atHighgate Springs–St. Armand/Philipsburg Border Crossing | ||||||
| 2.1 | 1.3 | (3) | Chemin de Saint-Armand | Canceled interchange; supposed to be part of A-35 extension | ||
| 5.4 | 3.4 | 5 | A-35 / Chemin Champlain | Interchange; southern end of A-35 extension | ||
| Pike River | 12.3 | 7.6 |  R-202 east –Bedford,Cowansville | South end of R-202 concurrency | ||
| 13.2 | 8.2 | R-202 west –Venise-en-Québec,Lacolle | North end of R-202 concurrency | |||
| Le Haut-Richelieu | Saint-Sébastien | 17.1 | 10.6 | A-35 –Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,Montréal | Interchange; A-35 exit 15 | |
| 18.8 | 11.7 |  R-227 –Venise-en-Québec,Saint-Alexandre | ||||
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois | 31.1 | 19.3 |  R-225 south –Noyan | |||
| Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | 39.6 | 24.6 | ToA-35 south / Chemin de la Grande-Ligne Est –Saint-Alexandre,Vermont | Northbound access to A-35 south; A-35 north access to R-133 | ||
| 40.5 | 25.2 | Boulevard d'Iberville | Roundabout | |||
| 41.3 | 25.7 | 38 | A-35 south toI-89 –Vermont | Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of A-35 concurrency; exit numbers follow A-35 | ||
| 43.0 | 26.7 | 39 | R-104 east –Mont-Saint-Grégoire,Farnham | South end of R-104 concurrency | ||
| 46.5 | 28.9 | 42 |  A-35 north /R-104 west toR-223 –Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Centre-Ville,Chambly,Montréal | North end of A-35 / R-104 concurrency | ||
| Rouville | Richelieu | 57.2 | 35.5 | A-10 –Montréal,Sherbrooke | A-10 exit 29 | |
| 60.4 | 37.5 | R-112 –Chambly,Montréal,Granby | ||||
| La Vallée-du-Richelieu | Mont-Saint-Hilaire | 76.1 | 47.3 |  R-116 /R-229 –Belœil,Saint-Hyacinthe | Partially grade separated | |
| 79.7 | 49.5 | A-20 (TCH) –Montréal,Québec | A-20 exit 113 | |||
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu | 90.9 | 56.5 | Rue de l'Union | Ferry connection toSaint-Marc-sur-Richelieu | ||
| Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu | 101.9 | 63.3 | Rue Handfield | Ferry connection toSaint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu | ||
| 102.2 | 63.5 | R-137 south –Saint-Hyacinthe | ||||
| Pierre-De Saurel | Saint-Ours | 114.2 | 71.0 | Avenue de la Traverse | Ferry connection toSaint-Roch-de-Richelieu | |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | 124.2 | 77.2 |  R-239 south –Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel | |||
| Sorel-Tracy | 130.1 | 80.8 | A-30 –Montréal,Nicolet | Split intersection | ||
| 132.2 | 82.1 | R-132 (Avenue de l'Hôtel-Dieu) –Boucherville,Nicolet | ||||
| 132.9 | 82.6 | Sorel-Tracy ferry terminal | R-133 northern terminus | |||
| St. Lawrence River | Ferry toSaint-Ignace-de-Loyola (toR-158) | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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