Bedford Highway

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Bedford Highway

Route information
Maintained by Halifax Regional Municipality
Transportation & Public Works
Length13.1 km [1]  (8.1 mi)
Component
highways
Nova Scotia 1.svgNova Scotia 2.svg Trunk 1  / Trunk 2
Major junctions
South endNova Scotia 111.svg Hwy 111  / Windsor Street
Major intersectionsNova Scotia 7.svg Trunk 7 (Dartmouth Road)
Nova Scotia 2.svg Trunk 2 (Hammonds Plains Road)
North endNova Scotia 101.svgNova Scotia 102.svg Hwy 101  / Hwy 102
Location
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
Highway system

The Bedford Highway is a highway in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia that is part of Trunk 2. It runs around the western side of the Bedford Basin. The highway starts at the Windsor Street intersection on the Halifax Peninsula and passes by the communities of Fairview, Rockingham, and Bedford, where it becomes part of Trunk 1 to Highway 101 .

Contents

Historically the Bedford Highway was part of the route from Halifax to Windsor, but also formed the first stage of a journey to Truro, with Sackville's Twelve Mile House staging inn marking the start of the Truro road. [2] The never-completed Annapolis Road also began on the Bedford Highway, at today's intersection with Kearney Lake Road, which is believed to partly follow the alignment of the early road. [3]

History

In 1958, the original Section of Highway 1 was blocked and knocked off due to the opening of Nova Scotia Highway 102 from Range Park to Memory Lane from Bedford, Nova Scotia to Sackville, Nova Scotia.

In 1970, Halifax ended their original terminus of Nova Scotia Highway 1 via Barrington Street, Quinpool Road, Robie Street, Spring Garden Road, Joseph Howe and Bayers Road to Main Road (renamed Bedford Highway in 1977) following the opening of The MacKay Bridge. The Concurrent Highway in Halifax ended Days Before the open of the new bridge.

In 1977, the whole main road was renamed Bedford Highway.

Notable places

The Chickenburger located at 1531 Bedford Highway (September 2018). The Chickenburger in 2018 (47342131212).jpg
The Chickenburger located at 1531 Bedford Highway (September 2018).

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Halifax Regional Municipality. 

Locationkm [1] miExitDestinationsNotes
Halifax 0.00.0Lady Hammond Road
Nova Scotia 111.svgNova Scotia 2.svg Hwy 111 east / Windsor Street (Trunk 2 south) MacKay Bridge, Dartmouth
Windsor Street Exchange; south end of Trunk 2 concurrency; continues as Lady Hammond Road
0.50.31Nova Scotia 3.svgNova Scotia 102.svg To Trunk 3  / Hwy 102  / Joseph Howe DriveInterchange
1.30.81Bayview Road
2.61.6Flamingo Drive
4.02.5Kearney Lake Road
5.93.7Larry Uteck Boulevard
Bedford 7.64.7Southgate Drive
8.35.2Nova Scotia Route 213.svg Hammonds Plains Road (Route 213 west)
9.76.0Meadowbrook Drive
10.56.5Union Street
11.06.8Nova Scotia 7.svg Dartmouth Road (Trunk 7 east) Dartmouth
11.27.0Nova Scotia 2.svg Trunk 2 north (Rocky Lake Drive) Waverley Nova Scotia 1.svg Trunk 1 eastern terminus; north end of Trunk 2 concurrency; south end of Trunk 1 concurrency
Lower Sackville 12.2–
13.1
7.6–
8.1
1G/HNova Scotia 102.svgOntario M502.svg Hwy 102  Airport, Truro, Halifax Signed as exits 1H (north) and 1G (south); exit 4A/B on Hwy 102
1KNova Scotia 1.svg Trunk 1 west (Cobequid Road) Lower Sackville Eastbound exit, westbound entrance; north end of Trunk 1 concurrency
Nova Scotia 101.svg Hwy 101 west Windsor, Annapolis Valley Continues as Hwy 101
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 Google (January 28, 2020). "Bedford Highway" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  2. "A Brief History of Sackville". Fultz House Museum. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  3. Sanders, Mike; Beanlands, Sara (August 2009). "Highway 113 Archaeological Assessment" (PDF). Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  4. "House of Intercessory Prayer Ministries" . Retrieved January 30, 2020.