New Brunswick Route 3

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NB 3.svg

Route 3
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length91.5 km [1] (56.9 mi)
Existed1927–present
Major junctions
South endNB 170.svgNB 1.svg Route 170 / Route 1 near St. Stephen
 NB 4.svg Route 4 near McAdam
North endNB 2 (TCH).svgNB 102.svg Route 2 (TCH) / Route 102 near Longs Creek
Highway system
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes
NB 2 (TCH).svg Route 2 (TCH) Route 4 NB 4.svg

Route 3 is 92 kilometres long and goes from Route 170 in St. Stephen to Route 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Longs Creek, near Fredericton.

Contents

From St. Stephen, Route 3 goes north along the west bank of Dennis Stream, through the community of Moores Mills. The road turns northeast through Lawrence Station and mostly uninhabited land to meet Route 4 near York Mills. From there, Route 3 continues in a northeasterly direction through Harvey Station, then turns north to the Trans-Canada Highway at Longs Creek.

There have been no major changes or realignments to Route 3 since the 1950s.

Junction list

CountyLocationkm [2] [3] miDestinationsNotes
Charlotte St. Stephen 91.556.9NB 170.svgNB 1.svg Route 170 / Route 1  Saint Stephen, Calais, ME, Saint John Southern terminus; interchange with Route 170, Exits 9A And B On Route 1
Moores Mills 83.852.1NB 745.svg Route 745 north Oak Hill, Canoose Southern terminus of Route 745
DeWolfe 77.648.2NB 730.svg Route 730 west Oak Hill, Basswood Ridge Eastern terminus of Route 730
Baillie 68.042.3NB 755.svg Route 755 south Honeydale, Oak Bay Northern terminus of Route 755
Andersonville 66.741.4NB 630.svg Route 630 north Saint Croix Southern terminus of Route 630
Lawrence Station 60.637.7NB 127.svg Route 127 south Waweig, Saint Andrews Northern terminus of Route 127
York Thomaston Corner 33.020.5NB 4.svg Route 4 west McAdam, Saint Croix Eastern terminus of Route 4
York Mills 29.518.3NB 635.svg Route 635 north Lower Prince William, Kings Landing Southern terminus of Route 635
Harvey Station 18.811.7NB 636.svg Route 636 north Lake George Southern terminus of Route 636
Acton 15.29.4NB 640.svg Route 640 north Yoho, Hanwell Southern terminus of Route 640
Longs Creek 0.00.0NB 2 (TCH).svg Route 2 (TCH)  Edmundston, Fredericton
NB 102.svg Route 102  Pokiok, Fredericton
Northern terminus; two interchanges; Exit 258 on Route 2
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  3. Google Maps Canada, March 14, 2020.