100-series highways (Nova Scotia)

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Nova Scotia 100-series highways
Nova Scotia 101.svg Nova Scotia Highway 104 (TCH).svg
Standard highway markers for Nova Scotia
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Map of the system
Highway names
Arterial (100-series) highwaysNova Scotia Highway 1XX (Hwy 1XX)
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The 100-Series highways are a series of arterial highways in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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A 100-series highway is a designation applied to a highway that can be a controlled-access expressway, Super-2, or fully divided freeway. The designation can also be applied in some cases to sections of uncontrolled access roads which are deemed strategically important and which will be upgraded in the future to controlled-access.

These highways connect major population centres such as the Halifax Regional Municipality and Cape Breton Regional Municipality with smaller population centres such as Yarmouth, Truro, New Glasgow and Amherst, as well as the neighbouring province of New Brunswick. [1]

Some of the 100-series highways also carry the Trans-Canada Highway designation on their routes.

The typical naming convention is to add 100 to a route containing a local trunk highway. E.g. Trunk 3 is a local trunk highway and Highway 103 is the 100-series highway running parallel to Trunk 3 in this corridor.

A 100-series freeway is roughly equivalent in function to the 400-series highways of Ontario, Autoroutes of Quebec, or the Interstate Highway System of the United States, albeit on a much reduced scale and amount of traffic. Many of these highways were developed during the 1960s–1990s as political projects and proved detrimental to rural railway service in the province, resulting in many rail line abandonments.

Route list

NumberLength (km)Length (mi)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusLocal namesFormedRemovedNotes
Nova Scotia 101.svg Hwy 101 308.5191.7 Trunk 3 in Yarmouth Hwy 102  / Trunk 1 in Lower Sackville Harvest Highway01962-01-011962currentPasses through the Annapolis Valley and Digby.
Nova Scotia 102.svg Hwy 102 100.862.6 Halifax Hwy 104 in Onslow  Veterans Memorial Highway
 Bicentennial Drive
01958-01-011958currentPasses through Bedford, Lower Sackville, and Truro.
Nova Scotia 103.svg Hwy 103 291.3181.0Hardscratch Road in Yarmouth Hwy 102 in Halifax Fishermens' Memorial Highway01963-01-011963currentPasses through Bridgewater, Liverpool, and Barrington Passage.
Nova Scotia Highway 104 (TCH).svg Hwy 104 (TCH) 274.1170.3 New Brunswick border near Fort Lawrence
(continues as NB 2)
Hwy 105  / Trunk 4  / Trunk 19 in Port Hastings   Trans-Canada Highway
 Miners Memorial Highway
01964-01-011964currentPasses through Amherst, Truro, New Glasgow, and Antigonish.
Nova Scotia 104.svg Hwy 104 37.323.2 Trunk 4 near Port Hawkesbury Trunk 4 near St. Peter's 01976-01-011976current
Nova Scotia Highway 105 (TCH).svg Hwy 105 (TCH) 141.888.1 Hwy 104  / Trunk 4  / Trunk 19 in Port Hastings Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney
(continues as NL 1)
  Trans-Canada Highway
 Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way
01970-01-011970current Ferry connection to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nova Scotia Highway 106 (TCH).svg Hwy 106 (TCH) 19.412.1 Hwy 104 near New Glasgow Northumberland Ferries terminal in Caribou
(continues as PE 1)
  Trans-Canada Highway
 Jubilee Highway
01968-01-011968current Ferry connection to Prince Edward Island.
Nova Scotia 107.svg Hwy 107 52.132.4 Hwy 102 near Bedford Trunk 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour 01972-01-011972current [2]
Nova Scotia 111.svg Hwy 111 12.98.0 Trunk 2 in Halifax Route 322 in Dartmouth  Circumferential Highway
 Highway of Heroes
01960-01-011960current
Nova Scotia 113.svg Hwy 113 9.96.2 Hwy 103 in Hubley Hwy 102 in Bedford proposed [3]
Nova Scotia 118.svg Hwy 118 14.28.8 Hwy 111 in Dartmouth Hwy 102 near Fall River 01971-01-011971currentThe highway has the only collector-express section in Atlantic Canada.
Nova Scotia 125.svg Hwy 125 28.317.6 Hwy 105 near Sydney Mines Trunk 4 in Sydney Peacekeepers Way01970-01-011970currentPasses through North Sydney.
Nova Scotia 142.svg Hwy 142 6.13.8 Trunk 2 in Springhill Hwy 104 near Springhill 01970-01-011970current
Nova Scotia 162.svg Hwy 162 8.45.2 Hwy 105 near Bras d'Or Point Aconi 01978-01-011978current
  •       Unbuilt or under construction

Historical Note: Nova Scotia's original arterial highway number system had route number signs in the same shape as the U.S. Highway route number signs. These signs are now used for trunk highways.

Nova Scotia is planning to convert many 100-series highways to divided 4-lane highways during the 21st century, pending availability of funding.

See also

References

  1. Nova Scotia Road Map (Map). 1:640,000. Province of Nova Scotia. 2019.
  2. "Highway 107 Sackville-Bedford-Burnside Connector (Highway 107 Extension)". Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. Nova Scotia Transportation & Public Works (March 2006). "Focus Report for the Proposed Highway 113 Class I Environmental Assessment" (PDF). Nova Scotia Environment. Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved April 7, 2020.