Nova Scotia Highway 105

Highway 105
Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length:	142 km (88 mi)
Existed:	1970 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Hwy 104 (TCH) / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 near Port Hawkesbury
	Hwy 162 near Bras d'Or Hwy 125 to Sydney
East end:	North Sydney Ferry Terminal
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia ← Hwy 104 (TCH) Hwy 106 (TCH) →

Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the Port Hastings Rotary just east of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of 142 kilometres (88 mi).

In 2010, the provincial government named the entire highway Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way in honour of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard and her husband Alexander Graham Bell, who resided and are buried at Beinn Bhreagh near Baddeck.^[1]

Highway 105 crosses the Great Bras d'Or Channel of Bras d'Or Lake using the Seal Island Bridge.

Route description

The highway travels northeast from Port Hastings along the base of a group of mountains known as "The Big Ridge" to Whycocomagh. It then follows the north shore of Bras d'Or Lake, bypassing Baddeck on a short Super two controlled access segment. Still running in a general northeast direction, at St. Anns the highway begins ascending the west slope of Kelly's Mountain on the Cape Dauphin Peninsula. Highway 105 descends the east slope of Kelly's Mountain using a series of sharp turns including a 180° hairpin turn at New Harris Forks before crossing the Great Bras d'Or Channel of Bras d'Or Lake on the Seal Island Bridge. The road crosses Boularderie Island using another short Super two controlled access segment and then runs southeast as an uncontrolled access road through the villages of Bras d'Or and Florence. Highway 105 regains controlled access for the final 3 km (1.9 mi) to its eastern terminus at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney where travellers can continue to Newfoundland.

With some minor exceptions noted above, the highway is two lanes and uncontrolled access. In addition, there are two intersections controlled by traffic lights in Florence.

The Cabot Trail, which is usually used to describe a different road, is signed along a portion of Highway 105 between Nyanza and St. Anns so that the signed route forms a loop.

History

Highway 105 is descended from the former Trunk 5, which no longer exists; Highway 105 follows the old Trunk 5 alignment, with Routes 205, 305 and Old Route 5 following areas bypassed by Highway 105. The 105 name was applied in 1970.

List of interchanges

Location	Exit	km	Intersecting Roads	Notes
Port Hastings	1	0	Highway 104, Trunk 4, Trunk 19	Canso Causeway, Fleur-de-Lis Trail, Ceilidh Trail
Kingsville	2	18	Riverside Road	at-grade
Melford	3	31	River Denys Road	at-grade
Iron Mines	4	42	Orangedale Road	at-grade (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive)
Whycocomagh	5	47	Route 395	at-grade
Little Narrows	6	58	Route 223	at-grade (Bras d'Or Lakes Scenic Drive)
Nyanza	7	76	Cabot Trail	at-grade
Baddeck	8	83	Route 205	at-grade
Baddeck	9	85	Riverside Road
MacAulays Hill	10	94	Route 205	at-grade
St. Anns	11	103	Cabot Trail	at-grade
Englishtown	12	107	Route 312	at-grade
Big Bank	13	120	Kempt Head Road	at-grade, end of Seal Island Bridge
Boularderie East	14	122	Old Trunk 5	at-grade
New Dominion	15	126	St. James Road	at-grade
Millville Boularderie	16	132	Millville Road	at-grade
Bras d'Or	17	135	Highway 162	at-grade
Bras d'Or / Florence	18	136	Route 305, Church Road	at-grade
Florence	19	138	Park Road	at-grade
Sydney Mines	20	139	Highway 125, Main Street
North Sydney	21	142	Route 305 (Queen Street)

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. Highway 105 Designated Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way - Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal