Nova Scotia Route 325

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Nova Scotia Route 325.svg
Route 325
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Route 325 as it passes through Bridgewater, NS. Within the town, it is known as Victoria Road.
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length46 km [1]  (29 mi)
Major junctions
West endNova Scotia Route 208.svg Route 208 in Colpton
Major intersectionsNova Scotia Route 210.svg Route 210 in Newcombville
Nova Scotia 103.svg Hwy 103 in Wileville
Nova Scotia 3.svgNova Scotia Route 331.svg Trunk 3  / Route 331 in Bridgewater
Nova Scotia Route 324.svg Route 324 in Blockhouse
East endNova Scotia 3.svg Trunk 3 in Mahone Bay
Location
Country Canada
Province Nova Scotia
Counties Lunenburg
Highway system
Nova Scotia Route 324.svg Route 324 Nova Scotia Route 326.svg Route 326

Route 325 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in Lunenburg County and connects Colpton at Route 208 with Mahone Bay at Trunk 3.

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The route originated as a post road between Halifax and Liverpool, dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1825, following the construction of a bridge across the Lahave River at present-day Bridgewater, the surveyor George Wightman recommended a change in the alignment between Mahone Bay and the new bridge. This shortened the route (now more or less equivalent to Route 332) that required a ferry crossing at LaHave. The new connection led to the growth of Bridgewater as the main commercial and transportation centre of Lunenburg County. [2]

Communities

Parks

History

Nova Scotia 3A.svg
Trunk 3A
Location BridgewaterMahone Bay
Length15 km (9.3 mi)

The 15 km (9 mi) section of Collector Highway 325 between Bridgewater and Mahone Bay was once designated as Trunk Highway 3A. [3] It served as a shortcut between the two communities, bypassing a 30 km (19 mi) section of Trunk Highway 3; it was superseded in importance by Highway 103.

See also

References

  1. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 86-87
  2. Joan Dawson, Nova Scotia's Lost Highways: The Early Roads that Shaped the Province, Nimbus, 2009. pp. 72-80
  3. Province of Nova Scotia (1944). Official Road Map (Map). Province of Nova Scotia, Canada's Ocean Playground.