James Bay Road

It was originally constructed to carry loads of 300 tons and has mostly gentle curves and hills with wide shoulders.

[1] The road is maintained by the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government (formerly by the municipality of Baie-James).

a proposal supported by the region's Cree communities to build a gravel extension some 250 kilometres (160 mi) farther north to the twin communities on the Great Whale River: the Cree village of Whapmagoostui and the northern (primarily Inuit) village of Kuujjuarapik, in the Nunavik region.

Gravel branch routes have since been built from the highway, including four roads west to Cree villages on or near James Bay (the one to Chisasibi is paved for most of the way).

There are no services and development along the James Bay Road except for a full-service station at 381 kilometres (237 mi) from Matagami.