The (French for "Green Route," or "Greenway") is a network of bicycling and multiuse trails and designated roads, lanes, and surfaces in Quebec, Canada. The trail network inaugurated on August 10, 2007, and spans . It 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 Gaspésie region, and on the Magdalen Islands, 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 shoulders, special lanes on highways, or otherwise. The segregated trails are mostly rail trails shared-use with hikers and other users.
Routes Route Number Regions Served Main Cities Served Existing Trails Spanned1Outaouais, Laurentides, Laval, Montreal, Montérégie, Estrie, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, Îles-de-la-MadeleineOntario border, Fort-Coulonge, Gatineau, Laval, Montreal, Longueuil, Granby, Sherbrooke, Lévis, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Gaspé, Les Îles-de-la-MadeleineSentier 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 Basque2Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Outaouais, Laurentides, Laval, Montreal, MontérégieVille-Marie, Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Saint-Jérôme, Laval, Montreal, Longueuil, New York State borderLigne du Mocassin, Parc Linéaire Rouyn-Noranda - Taschereau, Parc Linéaire Le P'tit Train du Nord, Parc Linéaire des Basses-Laurentides, Vallée des Forts3Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-AppalachesSalaberry-de-Valleyfield, Longueuil, Sorel, Bécancour, LévisParc du Canal de Beauharnois, La Riveraine, La Sauvagine, Circuit des Traditions4Mauricie, Centre-du-Québec, Montérégie, EstrieShawinigan, Trois-Rivières, Drummondville, Bromont, Vermont borderCircuit des Traditions, La Campagnarde5Montérégie, Montreal, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Capitale-Nationale, Charlevoix, Côte-NordOntario border, Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City, Tadoussac, Baie-ComeauPiste cyclable Soulanges, Piste cyclable des Berges, Chemin du Roy, Corridor du Littoral, Véloroute Marie-Hélène-Promont, Véloroute des Baleines6Capitale-Nationale, Chaudière-AppalachesRivière-à-Pierre, Quebec City, Lévis, Saint-Georges, Maine borderPiste cyclable Jacques-Cartier / Portneuf, Corridor des Cheminots, Véloroute de la Chaudière, Sentier des Jarrets Noirs8Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Côte-Nord, Charlevoix, Bas-Saint-LaurentAlma, Saguenay, Tadoussac, Rivière-du-Loup, New Brunswick borderVéloroute des Bleuets, Parc Linéaire Interprovincial Petit-Témis
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See also Bicycle trail Rail trail EuroVelo United States Numbered Bicycle Routes
References
External links La Route verte Maps on Openstreetmap