Route Verte

The '''''Route Verte''''' (in English, the "Green Route," or the "Greenway") is a network of [[cycling|bicycling]] and multiuse [[trail]]s and designated [[roads]], lanes, and surfaces, spanning 4036 kilometres (approximately 2508 miles) as of October 31, 2008, in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[Quebec]], inaugurated on August 10, 2007. The trail network includes both urban trails (for example, in and around the city of [[Montreal]]) and cycling routes into quite isolated areas in the north, as well as along both sides of the [[Saint Lawrence River]], out to the [[Gaspé Peninsula|Gaspésie]] region, and on the [[Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine|''Îles de la Madeleine'']], linking more than 320 municipalities along the way. The ''Route Verte'' is not entirely composed of trails, as nearly 61% of the network actually consists of on-road surfaces, whether regular roads with little traffic, wide [[Shoulder (road)|shoulders]], [[Segregated cycle facilities|special lanes on highways]], or otherwise. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Route Number ! Regions Served ! Main Cities Served ! Existing Trails Spanned |- |1 |[[Outaouais (region)|Outaouais]], [[Laurentides]], [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Montreal]], [[Montérégie]], [[Estrie]], [[Centre-du-Québec]], [[Chaudière-Appalaches]], [[Bas-Saint-Laurent]], [[Gaspésie]], [[Magdalen Islands|Îles-de-la-Madelaine]] |[[Gatineau]], [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Montreal]], [[Longueuil]], [[Granby, Quebec|Granby]], [[Sherbrooke]], [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]], [[Rivière-du-Loup]], [[Rimouski]], [[Gaspé, Quebec|Gaspé]], [[Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec|Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine]] |Sentier des Voyageurs, La Vagabonde, Piste Cyclable du Canal-de-Chambly, Montérégiade II, Montérégiade I, L'Estriade, La Montagnarde, Les Grandes-Fourches, La Cantonnière, Parc Linéaire des Bois-Francs, Parc linéaire de la MRC de Lotbinière, Parc linéaire Le Grand Tronc, Par Linéaire des Anses, Véloroute des Migrations, Véloroute des Doux Pays, Le Littoral Basque |- |2 |[[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]], [[Outaouais (region)|Outaouais]], [[Laurentides]], [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Montreal]], [[Montérégie]] |[[Ville-Marie, Quebec|Ville-Marie]], [[Rouyn-Noranda]], [[Val-d'Or]], [[Saint-Jérôme, Quebec|Saint-Jérôme]], [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Montreal]], [[Longueuil]], [[New York State]] [[border]] |Ligne du Mocassin, Parc Linéaire Rouyn-Noranda - Taschereau, Parc Linéaire P'Tit Train du Nord, Parc Linéaire des Basses-Laurentides, Vallée des Forts |- |4 |[[Mauricie]], [[Centre-du-Québec]], [[Montérégie]], [[Estrie]] |[[Shawinigan]], [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Drummondville]], [[Bromont]], [[Vermont]] border |Circuit des Traditions, La Campagnarde |- |5 |[[Montérégie]], [[Montreal]], [[Lanaudière]], [[Mauricie]], [[Capitale-Nationale]] |[[Ontario]] border, [[Montreal]], [[Trois-Rivières]], [[Quebec City]] |Piste Cyclable Soulanges, Piste Cyclable des Berges, Chemin du Roy, Corridor du Littoral |- |6 |[[Capitale-Nationale]], [[Chaudière-Appalaches]] |[[Rivière-à-Pierre, Quebec|Rivière-à-Pierre]], [[Quebec City]], [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]], [[Saint-Georges, Quebec|Saint-Georges]], [[Maine]] border |Piste cyclable Jacques-Cartier / Portneuf, Corridor des Cheminots, Véloroute de la Chaudière, Sentier des Jarrets Noirs |- |8 |[[Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean]], [[Côte-Nord]], [[Charlevoix]], [[Bas-Saint-Laurent]] |[[Alma, Quebec|Alma]], [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]], [[Tadoussac]], [[Rivière-du-Loup]], [[New Brunswick]] border |Véloroute des Bleuets, Parc Linéaire Interprovincial Petit-Témis |} ==External links== * [http://www.routeverte.com/ang/index.lasso Route Verte Website] * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:Route_verte Maps on Openstreetmap] {{coord missing|Quebec}} {{Canadian Trails}}