Québec Border to Saint-Jacques:

Project: Twinning existing highway

Federal-Provincial Agreements: Canada/New Brunswick Highway Improvement Prosgram, Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program, Atlantic Freight Transition Program

Length: 7 km

Status: Opened to traffic in 2003

Contractors: Clarence Daigle & Fils Ltée, St. Onge Forest Products

Construction Facts:

• 448,000 cubic metres of common material excavated
• 167,000 cubic metres of solid rock excavated
• 71,000 tonnes of imported material
• 300,000 tonnes of crushed material
• 36,000 tonnes of asphalt
• 5 km of guide rail
• 185,000 square metres of topsoil placed
• 299,000 square metres of land hydroseeded

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