Route 116 begins in Longueuil at the junction of
Route 134 (
Boulevard Taschereau) in Borough of
Le Moyne and called Boulevard
Sir Wilfrid-Laurier, and name that it holds until
Autoroute 20 east of
Saint-Hyacinthe. Route 116 shares a
concurrency with
Route 112 until
Saint-Hubert, just south of the
Saint-Hubert Municipal Airport, to the junction of
Autoroute 30 in
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville. This section is a
controlled-access Autoroute-grade freeway. This portion was once envisioned to be part of
Autoroute 16. An unofficial extension of Route 116 as thought of by locals, from the western terminus follows the
Route 134 limited access expressway to the
Jacques Cartier Bridge. East of Autoroute 30, Route 116 is a high-volume, divided expressway with at-grade intersections as it passes through the growing
South Shore suburbs of
Montreal. It overlaps with
Autoroute 20 for , then has lighter traffic counts up to
Richmond. Between Richmond and
Plessisville traffic is heavier as it passes bigger towns as it is located further away from Autoroute 20; however the section from Plessisville and Lévis does not have much traffic due to its proximity to Autoroute 20. ==Municipalities along Quebec 116==