Nova Scotia Highway 106
Route map:
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| North end |  Northumberland Ferries terminal in Cariboucontinues as  Route 1 (TCH) in Prince Edward Island | |||
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| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Nova Scotia | |||
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Highway 106 is a 19 km (12 mi) 2-lane
Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The provincial government named the highway the Jubilee Highway on December 21, 2012 in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.[2]
The highway is part of the Prince Edward Island loop of the Trans-Canada Highway and connects the Northumberland Ferries terminal in Caribou in the north with the mainline Trans-Canada at Highway 104 near Mount William in the south, 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of New Glasgow.
Route description
Highway 106 begins at a
trumpet interchange
with Highway 104.
The route bypasses to the west side of New Glasgow by running along the centre of Abercrombie Point.[3]
It crosses Pictou using the Harvey A. Veniot Causeway, which opened in 1968.[4]
A Prince Edward Island Highway 1.[3]
Major intersections
The entire route is in
Pictou County
.
| Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |  Hwy 104 (TCH) – New Glasgow, Cape Breton Island, Westville, Truro | Signed as exits 1E (east) and 1W (west) |
| Mount William | 1.3 | 0.81 | 1A | Abercrombie, Trenton | |
| | 6.6 | 4.1 | 2 | Granton, Abercrombie | |
Pictou | 8.6– 10.2 | 5.3– 6.3 | Harvey Veniot Causeway crosses Pictou Harbour | ||
| 11.7– 12.1 | 7.3– 7.5 | 3A | West River Road – Pictou | Pictou Rotary Signed as exits 3B (to Hwy 106 north) and 3E (to Hwy 106 south) | |
| 3C |  Tatamagouche, Amherst | ||||
| 3D |   Route 376 south to Route 256 – Lyons Brook, Durham | ||||
| Caribou | 19.4 | 12.1 | Caribou Ferry Terminal | ||
| Northumberland Strait | Northumberland Ferries Limited ferry to Wood Islands, PEI | ||||
| — | Charlottetown | Continues in Prince Edward Island | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Note: Exit numbers in Nova Scotia are sequential. | |||||
See also
References
KML is from Wikidata
- ^ a b Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Primary Traffic Volume Book, 2003–2010 (PDF) (Report). Province of Nova Scotia. pp. 155–156. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "Highway Naming Commemorates 60-Year Reign" (Press release). Government of Nova Scotia. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ a b Google (December 19, 2013). "Nova Scotia Highway 106 - Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ Little, Jennifer Vardy (July 10, 2008). "The causeway should stay, for now at least". The News. New Glasgow: TC Transcontinental. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
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