DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE LA MAURICIE NATIONAL PARK SCENIC ROAD

The "La Mauricie" National Park's scenic road is the first of its kind in Canada. It was built into an underdeveloped territory, where no other transportation facility existed. The 14 million dollar road covers 62.5 kilometres; the design and construction started in 1971 and was completed by 1980. The scenic road links the developed sectors of the park. This paper is a summary of the different steps in the design and construction of the road. Because Parks Canada's main goal is the protection of surrounding territory, many design and location criteria were added to current standards. These preservation criteria bring additional constraints for the execution. The methods of construction and some elements of design were modified so that the project could be both economical and practical. (Author/TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented during the 1982 Roads and Transportation Association of Canada Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • DEMERS, D
  • TREMBLAY, J
• Publication Date: 1982-9

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Design; Environmental protection; Foreign; Governments; Highway design; Highways; Land use; Land use planning; National parks; Parks; Planning; Road construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 2755: Highway; 2855: Highway design; 356: Land use; 143: Planning; 3665: Road construction
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382377
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM