New Brunswick Route 118

Route 118 shield

Route 118
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length: 40.1 km[1] (24.9 mi)
Existed: 1965.[2] – present
Major junctions
North end: Route 126 in Miramichi
South end: Route 8 in Blackville
Location
Major cities: Miramichi, South Nelson
Highway system

Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes

← Route 117Route 119 →

Route 118 is a North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 126 intersection in Miramichi. The road has a length of approximately 40 kilometers, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The road parallels the Miramichi River as well as New Brunswick Route 108 and later New Brunswick Route 8 directly to the North side of the river. The highway starts in Miramichi as Islandview Drive. The Highway starts next to Beaubears Island later passing Barnaby Island and lastly Doctors Island. In Blackville, the Highway changes to Colonial Drive and lastly Campbell Road.

History

Route 118 was commissioned in 1965 to replace the former route 36.

Intersecting routes

River crossings

Communities along Route

See also

References

  1. ↑ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. ↑ New Brunswick, Highways.
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