100-series highways (Nova Scotia)

The 100-Series Highways are a series of arterial highways in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Standard highway markers for Nova Scotia
Map of the system
Highway names
Arterial (100-series) highwaysNova Scotia Highway 1XX (Hwy 1XX)
System links

A 100-series highway is a designation applied to a highway that can be a controlled-access expressway, Super-2, or fully divided freeway. The designation can also be applied in some cases to sections of uncontrolled access roads which are deemed strategically important and which will be upgraded in the future to controlled-access.

These highways connect major population centres such as the Halifax Regional Municipality and Cape Breton Regional Municipality with smaller population centres such as Yarmouth, Truro, New Glasgow and Amherst, as well as the neighbouring province of New Brunswick.[1]

Some of the 100-series highways also carry the Trans-Canada Highway designation on their routes.

The typical naming convention is to add 100 to a route containing a local trunk highway. E.g. Trunk 3 is a local trunk highway and Highway 103 is the 100-series highway running parallel to Trunk 3 in this corridor.

A 100-series freeway is roughly equivalent in function to the 400-series highways of Ontario, Autoroutes of Quebec, or the Interstate Highway System of the United States, albeit on a much reduced scale and amount of traffic. Many of these highways were developed during the 1960s–1990s as political projects and proved detrimental to rural railway service in the province, resulting in many rail line abandonments.

Route list

Number Length (km) Length (mi) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Local names Formed Removed Notes
Hwy 101 308.5191.7 Trunk 3 in YarmouthHwy 102 / Trunk 1 in Lower Sackville Harvest Highway 01962-01-011962current Passes through the Annapolis Valley and Digby.
Hwy 102 100.862.6 HalifaxHwy 104 in Onslow  Veterans Memorial Highway
 Bicentennial Drive
01949-01-011949current Passes through Bedford, Lower Sackville, and Truro.
Hwy 103 291.3181.0 Hardscratch Road in YarmouthHwy 102 in Halifax Fishermens' Memorial Highway 01949-01-011949current Passes through Bridgewater, Liverpool, and Barrington Passage.
Hwy 104 (TCH) 274.1170.3 New Brunswick border near Fort Lawrence
(continues as NB 2)
Hwy 105 / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 in Port Hastings  Trans-Canada Highway
 Miners Memorial Highway
01964-01-011964current Passes through Amherst, Truro, New Glasgow, and Antigonish.
Hwy 104 37.323.2 Trunk 4 near Port HawkesburyTrunk 4 near St. Peter's 01976-01-011976current
Hwy 105 (TCH) 141.888.1 Hwy 104 / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 in Port HastingsMarine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney
(continues as NL 1)
 Trans-Canada Highway
 Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way
01970-01-011970current Ferry connection to Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hwy 106 (TCH) 19.412.1 Hwy 104 near New GlasgowNorthumberland Ferries terminal in Caribou
(continues as PE 1)
 Trans-Canada Highway
 Jubilee Highway
01968-01-011968current Ferry connection to Prince Edward Island.
Hwy 107 43.226.8 DartmouthTrunk 7 in Musquodoboit Harbour 01978-01-011978current Extension proposed to Hwy 102 near Bedford.[2]
Hwy 111 12.98.0 Trunk 2 in HalifaxRoute 322 in Dartmouth  Circumferential Highway
 Highway of Heroes
01960-01-011960current
Hwy 113 9.96.2 Hwy 103 in HubleyHwy 102 in Bedford proposed[3]
Hwy 118 14.28.8 Hwy 111 in DartmouthHwy 102 near Fall River 01971-01-011971current The highway has the only collector-express section in Atlantic Canada.
Hwy 125 28.317.6 Hwy 105 near Sydney MinesTrunk 4 in Sydney Peacekeepers Way 01970-01-011970current Passes through North Sydney.
Hwy 142 6.13.8 Trunk 2 in SpringhillHwy 104 near Springhill 01970-01-011970current
Hwy 162 8.45.2 Hwy 105 near Bras d'OrPoint Aconi 01978-01-011978current
  •       Unbuilt or under construction

Historical Note: Nova Scotia's original arterial highway number system had route number signs in the same shape as the U.S. Highway route number signs. These signs are now used for trunk highways.

Nova Scotia is planning to convert many 100-series highways to divided 4-lane highways during the 21st century, pending availability of funding.

See also

References

  1. Nova Scotia Road Map (Map). 1:640,000. Province of Nova Scotia. 2019.
  2. "Highway 107 Sackville-Bedford-Burnside Connector (Highway 107 Extension)". Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. Nova Scotia Transportation & Public Works (March 2006). "Focus Report for the Proposed Highway 113 Class I Environmental Assessment" (PDF). Nova Scotia Environment. Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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