Prince Edward Island Route 6

Last updated
PEI Highway 6.svg
Route 6
Route information
Maintained by Prince Edward Island Transportation and Public Works
Length68.7 km [1]  (42.7 mi)
Major junctions
West endPEI Highway 2.svgPEI Highway 20.svg Route 2  / Route 20 in Kensington
Major intersectionsPEI Highway 8.svgPEI Highway 20.svg Route 8  / Route 20 at New London

PEI Highway 13.svg Route 13 in Cavendish
PEI Highway 7.svg Route 7 at Oyster Bed Bridge
PEI Highway 15.svg Route 15 at Brackley Beach
PEI Highway 25A.svg Route 25A at West Covehead

PEI Highway 25.svg Route 25 at Covehead and Stanhope
East endPEI Highway 2.svg Route 2 at Bedford Corner
Location
Country Canada
Province Prince Edward Island
Counties Prince, Queens
Highway system
    PEI Highway 5.svg Route 5 PEI Highway 7.svg Route 7
    Route 6 at Margate Margate PEI.JPG
    Route 6 at Margate

    Prince Edward Island Route 6 is a secondary highway in central Prince Edward Island.

    Route 6 begins in Kensington at the junction of Routes 2 and 20, bearing east. It passes the community of New London before turning at a roundabout in Stanley Bridge. It is the main road through Cavendish, meeting Route 13 in the town, then turning south towards North Rustico. It meets Route 7 at Oyster Bed Bridge, turning east once again. Route 6 is co-signed with Route 15 for 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of Brackley Beach, then Route 6 proceeds east through Covehead and Stanhope, cosigned with Route 25 for 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi). It turns south once again near Grand Tracadie before terminating at Route 2 at Bedford Corner, near Dunstaffnage. [2]

    Major intersections

    CountyLocationkm [1] miDestinationsNotes
    Prince Kensington 0.00.0PEI Highway 2.svg Route 2 west (Victoria Street) Summerside
    PEI Highway 2.svgPEI Highway 20.svg Route 2 east / Route 20 north (Broadway Street) Charlottetown, Malpeque
    Western terminus
    0.070.043PEI Highway 101.svg Route 101 north (Woodleigh Drive) Park Corner
    Margate 4.52.8PEI Highway 104.svg Route 104 north
    Prince—Queens county line5.03.1PEI Highway 233.svg Route 233 south (County Line Road)
    Queens Clinton 7.94.9PEI Highway 107.svg Route 107 south (Kerrytown Road)
    New London 11.37.0PEI Highway 20.svgPEI Highway 8.svg Route 20 north / Route 8 south (Grahams Road) French River, Summerfield
    12.88.0PEI Highway 238.svg Route 238 (Fountain Road / Campbellton Road)
    Stanley Bridge 15.29.4PEI Highway 238.svg Route 238 north (Campbellton Road)
    15.99.9PEI Highway 254.svg Route 254 south (Rattenbury Road) North Granville, Springfield
    PEI Highway 224.svg Route 224 east (St. Marys Road) Hope River, New Glasgow
    Roundabout
    Cavendish 20.312.6Grahams Lane
    22.914.2PEI Highway 13.svg Route 13 (to West Gulf Shore Parkway) Prince Edward Island National Park, New Glasgow, Hunter River
    North Rustico 30.018.6Harbourview Drive (to West Gulf Shore Parkway) Prince Edward Island National Park
    26.816.7PEI Highway 269.svg Route 269 west (Line Road)
    Rusticoville 29.218.1PEI Highway 258.svg Route 258 west New Glasgow
    35.021.7PEI Highway 243.svg Route 243 north (Buntain Road)
    South Rustico 36.022.4PEI Highway 243.svg Route 243 (Church Road)
    36.322.6PEI Highway 242.svg Route 242 east (Grand Pere Point Road)
    39.324.4PEI Highway 242.svg Route 242 west (Grand Pere Point Road)
    Oyster Bed Bridge 41.625.8PEI Highway 7.svgPEI Highway 251.svg Route 7 south (Rustico Road) / Route 251 west (Crooked Creek Road) Charlottetown, Wheatley River Roundabout
    42.126.2PEI Highway 223.svg Route 223 south (Winsloe Road)
    Brackley Beach 45.528.3PEI Highway 15.svg Route 15 north Prince Edward Island National Park West end of Route 15 concurrency
    Brackley Point 48.029.8PEI Highway 15.svg Route 15 south Charlottetown East end of Route 15 concurrency
    49.931.0PEI Highway 221.svg Route 221 south (Union Road)
    50.831.6PEI Highway 252.svg Route 252 east (MacMillan Point Road)
    West Covehead 52.032.3PEI Highway 252.svg Route 252 west (MacMillan Point Road)
    52.532.6PEI Highway 25A.svg Route 25A south (West Covehead Road)
    Covehead 53.633.3PEI Highway 25.svg Route 25 south Charlottetown West end of Route 25 concurrency
    Stanhope 55.534.5PEI Highway 25.svg Route 25 north Covehead Harbour, Prince Edward Island National Park East end of Route 25 concurrency
    Dalvay 58.936.6Gulf Shore Parkway Prince Edward Island National Park
    Grand Tracadie 60.437.5PEI Highway 220.svg Route 220 south (Pleasant Grove Road)
    63.739.6PEI Highway 219.svg Route 219 east (Donaldson Road)
    Millcove 65.840.9PEI Highway 229.svg Route 229 west (Millcove Road / Dougan Road)
    Bedford Corner 68.742.7PEI Highway 2.svg Route 2  Souris, Charlottetown
    1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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    References

    1. 1 2 Google (September 16, 2019). "PEI Route 6" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
    2. Prince Edward Island Provincial Road Atlas (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). Government of Prince Edward Island. pp. 18, 22–23, 26, 29. Retrieved September 16, 2019.