Nova Scotia Route 204 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
Length | 54 km [1] (34 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Trunk 2 in Amherst | |||
Route 301 / Route 321 in Oxford | ||||
East end | Route 368 in Streets Ridge | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Nova Scotia | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 204 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
It is located in Cumberland County and runs from Amherst at Trunk 6 to Streets Ridge at Route 368.
Heading east from the Town of Amherst the route is a two-lane collector highway with a posted speed limit of 80 km/h. In Oxford town limits the route follows Little River Road, Main Street, Water Street and Birchwood Road. From Oxford it continues heading due east with a posted speed limit of 80 km/h until its terminus at Route 368. It was originally part of Trunk 4 until 1970.
Route 204 has been around unofficially for many decades and for many years was the main road between Truro and Amherst. Before the current alignment of Highway 104 was constructed the route was part of the Trans Canada Highway.
Before the 1960s, the section of Route 204 from Oxford to Streets Ridge was designated as Trunk 4.
Cumberland County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
Oxford is a town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is 32 km (20 mi) east of Amherst. The town is directly serviced by Routes 104, 204, 301, and 321. Despite its small size and demographic, Oxford is the world's largest processor and distributor of individually quick frozen (IQF) wild blueberries.
Highway 102 is a north-south highway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Onslow, immediately north of the town of Truro. It is the busiest highway in Atlantic Canada.
Highway 104 in Nova Scotia, Canada, runs from Fort Lawrence at the New Brunswick border near Amherst to River Tillard near St. Peter's. Except for the portion on Cape Breton Island between Port Hawkesbury and St. Peter's, it forms the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway across the province.
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