Highway 106 is a 19 km (12 mi) 2-lane limited-access highway located within 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]
Highway 106 | ||||
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| Route Transcanadienne | ||||
| Jubilee Highway Trans-Canada Highway | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 19.38 km[1] (12.04 mi) | |||
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| North end | continues as | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Nova Scotia | |||
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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
editHighway 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 Harbour to the town of Pictou using the Harvey A. Veniot Causeway, which opened in 1968.[4] A traffic circle at the west end of Pictou, known as the Pictou Rotary, connects Highway 106 with the centre of town as well as Trunk 6 (the Sunrise Trail) and Route 376. The route is a super two expressway except for a short section of at-grade two lane highway near the northern terminus. The route ends in Caribou at the Northumberland Ferries terminal to Prince Edward Island, where the Trans-Canada Highway designation continues as Prince Edward Island Highway 1.[3]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Pictou County.
| Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 | |||||
| 3D | |||||
| Caribou | 19.4 | 12.1 | |||
| Northumberland Strait | |||||
| — | 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 "Nova Scotia Highway 106 - Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. 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.