Newfoundland and Labrador Route 430
Route 430 | ||||
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| Great Northern Peninsula Highway Viking Trail | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 413 km[1] (257 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Route 1 (TCH) in Deer Lake | |||
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| North end | West Street / Goose Cove Road in St. Anthony | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route 430 is a 413-kilometre-long (257 mi) paved highway that traverses the
Trans Canada Highway) in Deer Lake and ends in St. Anthony. Officially known as the Great Northern Peninsula Highway, it has been designated as the Viking Trail since it is the main auto route to L'Anse aux Meadows, the only proven Viking era settlement in North America. It is the primary travel route in the Great Northern Peninsula and the only improved highway between Deer Lake and St. Anthony. It is the main access route to the Labrador
Ferry terminal in St. Barbe.
The route passes along the western coast of
St. Barbe as well as Gros Morne National Park
.
Route 430 is the longest provincial route on the island portion of the province that branches out from Route 1.
Route description
Route 430 begins at an interchange with
Great Brehat before it enters St. Anthony
, where Route 430 comes to an end at an intersection between West Street and Goose Cove Road just north of downtown.
Major intersections
| Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Corner Brook | Interchange; exit 16 on Route 1; southern terminus | ||||
| 2 | 1.2 | George Aaron Drive - Nicholsville | |||
| 3 | 1.9 | Reidville Road - Reidville | |||
| | 7 | 4.3 |  Route 422 east (Veterans Drive) – Cormack | Western terminus of Route 422 | |
Wiltondale | 30 | 19 |  Route 431 west (Bonne Bay Road) – Woody Point, Trout River | Eastern terminus of Route 431 | |
| | 31– 65 | 19– 40 | Passes through Gros Morne National Park | ||
Norris Point | |||||
| | 70– 119 | 43– 74 | Passes through Gros Morne National Park (discontinuous) | ||
Cow Head | |||||
| 113 | 70 | Cow Head Road ( Cow Head | |||
Port au Choix | |||||
| | 259 | 161 | Bartlett's Harbour Road ( Bartlett's Harbour | ||
| | 261 | 162 | Reefs Harbour Road (Route 430-36) - Reefs Harbour-Shoal Cove West-New Ferolle | ||
Main Brook | Western terminus of Route 432 | ||||
| 278 | 173 | Micheal's Drive ( Bird Cove | |||
Pond Cove | |||||
| | 291 | 181 | Forrester's Point Road ( Forrester's Point, Black Duck Cove | ||
Route 510 | |||||
| | 362 | 225 |  Main Brook
 St. Anthony Airport | Eastern terminus of Route 432; access road into airport | |
| 391 | 243 |  Cook's Harbour | Southern terminus of Route 435 | ||
| 403 | 250 |  St. Lunaire-Griquet, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park | Southern terminus of Route 436 | ||
| | 410 | 250 | St. Anthony Bight Road ( Great Brehat | ||
Goose Cove East
| Northern terminus; road continues into downtown as West Street | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways
- Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link
- St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
References
- ^ a b Google. "Route 430 in Newfoundland and Labrador" (Map). Google Maps. Google.