Route Verte

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The Route Verte (in English, the "Green Route," or the "Greenway") is a network of bicycling and multiuse trails and designated roads, lanes, and surfaces, spanning 3924 kilometres (approximately 2437 miles) as of October 31, 2007, in the Canadian province of Quebec, inaugurated on August 10 of the same year. 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 Gaspésie region, and on the 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 shoulders, special lanes on motorways, or otherwise.

Route Number	Regions Served	Main Cities Served	Existing Trails Spanned
1	Outaouais, Laurentides, Laval, Montréal, Montérégie, Estrie, Centre-du-Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, Îles-de-la-Madelaine	Gatineau, Laval, Montréal, Longueuil, Granby, Sherbrooke, Lévis, Rivière-du-Loup, Rimouski, Gaspé, 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, Laurentides, Laval, Montréal, Montérégie	Ville-Marie, Rouyn-Noranda, Val-d'Or, Saint-Jérôme, Laval, Montréal, 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, Montréal, Lanaudière, Mauricie, Québec	Ontario border, Montréal, Trois-Rivières, Quebec City	Piste Cyclable Soulanges, Piste Cyclable des Berges, Chemin du Roy, Corridor du Littoral
6	Québec, Chaudière-Appalaches	Rivière-à-Pierre, Quebec City, Lévis, 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, Saguenay, Tadoussac, Rivière-du-Loup, New Brunswick border	Véloroute des Bleuets, Parc Linéaire Interprovincial Petit-Témis