Nova Scotia Highway 107

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Highway 107

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Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Public Works
Length43.2 km [1]  (26.8 mi)
Existed1975–present
Major junctions
West endNova Scotia 102.svg Hwy 102 in Bedford
(future)
Major intersectionsAkerley Boulevard in Dartmouth
Nova Scotia 118.svg Hwy 118 in Dartmouth
Nova Scotia 7.svg Trunk 7 in Dartmouth
Nova Scotia 7.svg Trunk 7 near Cherry Brook
East endNova Scotia 7.svg Trunk 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour
Location
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
Highway system
← Nova Scotia Highway 106 (TCH).svg Hwy 106 (TCH) → Nova Scotia 111.svg Hwy 111
Nova Scotia Highway 107 near its western terminus with Trunk 7. NSRoute107.jpg
Nova Scotia Highway 107 near its western terminus with Trunk 7.

Highway 107 in Nova Scotia runs through the eastern suburbs of the Halifax Regional Municipality, from the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth to an intersection with Trunk 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour. It is 43.2 km (26.8 mi) long, and is mostly two lane, controlled access highway.

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Route description

From its current western terminus at the intersection of Akerley Boulevard and Burnside Drive in Burnside, [1] Highway 107 travels northeast to its interchange with Highway 118, then continues southeast on the Forest Hills Extension to an intersection of Main Street in Dartmouth and Trunk 7 in Westphal. The highway then travels east, concurrent with Trunk 7, through the Sunset Acres neighbourhood in Westphal and the community of Cherry Brook for about 5 km (3.1 mi). Near Preston, Highway 107 and Trunk 7 split, and Highway 107 continues eastward as a controlled access two-lane highway for the remainder of its route. The highway travels past the communities of Preston, Lake Echo, Porters Lake and Head of Chezzetcook before reaching its eastern terminus with Trunk 7 west of Musquodoboit Harbour.

History

Dartmouth to Musquodoboit Harbour section

Construction of the highway began in 1972/73. [2] The first segment, running from Trunk 7 to Mineville Road, opened to traffic during the 1975/76 fiscal year. At that time a further extension of the road, across Lake Echo, was under construction. [3]

Grading work for the final segment from Head of Chezzetcook (exit 20) to Musquodoboit Harbour began in 1986/87. [4]

Dartmouth Bypass

The section of Highway 107 between Trunk 7 (at Forest Hills) and Highway 118 was also known as the Dartmouth Bypass. The first section of the bypass (from Trunk 7 to the interchange at Montague Road) opened to traffic in 1985/86. [5] The remaining section, connecting to Highway 118, opened in 1986/87. [4]

A short extension to Akerley Boulevard in the Burnside Industrial Park was constructed in the early 1990s.

Burnside/Sackville extension

The highway is being extended from Akerley Boulevard along the southwestern side of Anderson Lake and from there continuing north to connect to Duke Street/Glendale Avenue near exit 4C on Highway 102. This extension, known locally as the Burnside Expressway, will allow commuters from Halifax and Burnside heading to Sackville to bypass the Bedford Bypass and Windmill Road and instead go through Burnside and connect directly into Sackville. Construction is in progress. [6]

Exit list

The entire route is located in Halifax Regional Municipality. 

Locationkm [1] miExitDestinationsNotes
Lower Sackville
Bedford 		10Nova Scotia 102.svgNova Scotia 101.svgNova Scotia 2.svgNova Scotia 7.svg Hwy 102 to Hwy 101  / Trunk 2  / Trunk 7  / Duke Street, Glendale AvenueHwy 102 exit 4C; future western terminus [7]
Burnside 11 Burnside Drive (extension)Future interchange (eastbound exit and westbound entrance) [7]
0.00.012Akerley BoulevardFuture interchange (westbound exit and eastbound entrance); [7] Hwy 107 currently transitions to Akerley Boulevard
Dartmouth 2.21.413Nova Scotia 118.svgOntario M502.svg Hwy 118  – Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Truro, Dartmouth, Halifax Signed as exit 13S (south) and 13N (north); Hwy 118 exit 13
5.83.614Nova Scotia Route 318.svg To Route 318  / Waverley Road, Braemar Drive
10.16.3Nova Scotia 7.svg Main Street (Trunk 7 west) – Dartmouth
Nova Scotia Route 318.svg To Route 318  / Forest Hills Parkway – Westphal 		At grade; western end of Trunk 7 concurrency
Cherry Brook 13.88.6Nova Scotia Route 328.svg Ross Road (Route 328 south)At-grade
​15.39.517Nova Scotia 7.svg Trunk 7 east – Preston At grade; eastern end of Trunk 7 concurrency
Mineville 18.811.718Nova Scotia 7.svg To Trunk 7 (Mineville Road) – Mineville, Lake Echo
Porters Lake 27.016.819Nova Scotia 7.svgNova Scotia Route 207.svg To Trunk 7  / Route 207 (West Porters Lake Road) – West Porters Lake, Lawrencetown Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
28.817.920Nova Scotia 7.svgNova Scotia Route 207.svg To Trunk 7  / Route 207 (William Porter Connector) – West Chezzetcook, Porters Lake, Lake Echo
​33.320.721Nova Scotia 7.svg To Trunk 7 (East Chezzetcook Road) – Gaetz Brook, East Chezzetcook Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
Musquodoboit Harbour 40.225.0Nova Scotia 7.svg Trunk 7  – Musquodoboit Harbour, Sheet Harbour At-grade; Hwy 107 eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google (July 14, 2017). "Highway 107 in Nova Scotia" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Department of Highways for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1973. Halifax: Nova Scotia Department of Highways. 1973. p. 13. Work was started on the first section of Highway 107, extending from Little Salmon Bridge outside Dartmouth to the Minesville Road in Preston, a distance of 3.0 miles.
  3. ↑ Annual Report. Nova Scotia Department of Highways. 1976. p. 10. Work started several years ago on this new highway on the Eastern Shore of Halifax County. The first three-mile section was paved and opened to traffic from a point outside Dartmouth to the Minesville Road in Preston. Grading work was continued as far as Lake Echo and two bridges were built across the lake.
  4. 1 2 Annual report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1987. Nova Scotia Department of Transportation. 1987. p. 14.
  5. ↑ Annual report for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1986. Nova Scotia Department of Transportation. 1986. p. 14. One section, from Trunk 7 at Westphal to the Montague Road, was completed and opened to traffic. The remaining section, from the Montague Road to Highway 118 at Porto Bello, was near completion, with expected opening of the entire bypass to be in the summer of 1986.
  6. ↑ Traffic Study for Highway 107 Phase 1 – Burnside to Sackville (PDF). Province of Nova Scotia (Report). Genivar. February 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 Highway Engineering Services (February 2019). Sackville-Bedford-Burnside Connector Highway (Highway 107 Extension) (jpg) (Map). Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Retrieved June 13, 2021.

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