Marconi Trail

Marconi Trail
Route information
Length	63 km [1]  (39 mi)
Component highways	Route 255
Major junctions
South end	Trunk 22 in Louisbourg
North end	Trunk 4  / Trunk 28 in Glace Bay
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Nova Scotia
Counties	Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia 100-series

The Marconi Trail is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Located in eastern Cape Breton Island, the route is entirely within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and runs from Louisbourg to Glace Bay along the island's eastern coast. ^[2]

The Glace Bay terminus is at the Marconi National Historic Site, which marks the location of the first radio transmission from North America to Europe, made by Guglielmo Marconi in 1902. The Marconi Trail measures approximately 63 km (39 mi) in length. ^[1]

Mira Gut Bridge

Macroni Trail crossed the Mira River along Mira Bay Drive at the community of Mira Gut along the 140-year-old Mira Gut Bridge. In 2017, the structure was demolished after it was deemed unsafe. A replacement bridge opened on schedule in 2022, ending a 20 km (12 mi) detour along Brickyard Road and Hornes Road (Route 255) that crossed the Mira River along Trunk 22 at Albert Bridge. ^{[3] [4]}

Highways

Numbered

• Route 255

Named Roads

• Louisbourg Main-à-Dieu Road
• Main-à-Dieu Road
• Mira Bay Drive
• Long Beach Road
• Donkin Highway

Communities

• Louisbourg
• Little Lorraine
• Main-à-Dieu
• Bateston
• Catalone Gut
• Mira Gut
• Round Island
• Homeville
• Black Brook
• Port Morien
• Donkin
• Port Caledonia
• Glace Bay

References

1. "Sunrise Trail" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved May 18, 2020.
2. Scenic Roadways Locator Map (PDF) (Map). 1:1,100,000. Province of Nova Scotia. 2019.
3. Jala, David (May 11, 2020). "New Mira Gut bridge to be completed in 2022". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
4. Latimer, Emily. "5-year detour finally ends as new bridge opens over Mira River, Cape Breton". CBC News.