New Brunswick Route 121
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| Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation | ||||
| Length: | 40.1 km[1] (24.9 mi) | |||
| Existed: | 1968.[2] – present | |||
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| North end: |
 Route 1 in Hampton | |||
| South end: |
 Route 111 in Sussex | |||
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| Major cities: | Hampton, Norton, Apohaqui | |||
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Provincial highways in New Brunswick
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Route 121 is a mostly North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 1 intersection in Hampton. 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 Route 1 and follows the Kennebecasis River. The highway starts in Hampton as Hall Road, then Main Street. It is also called Main Street in Sussex.
History
Route 121 was commissioned in 1968 when Route 1 was moved to a new alignment on the south shore of the Kennebecasis River.
Intersecting routes
- Begins merged with Route 100 over exit 158 at Route 1 in Hampton, New Brunswick
- separates from highway 100 on Main St in Hampton, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 845 in Hampton, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 855 in Bloomfield, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 124 in Norton, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 880 in Apohaqui, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 1 in Sussex, New Brunswick
- Ends at New Brunswick Route 111 in Sussex, New Brunswick
River crossings
- Kennebecasis River in Hampton, New Brunswick
- Millstream River in Apohaqui, New Brunswick
- Kennebecasis River, in Sussex, New Brunswick
Communities along Route
- Hampton, New Brunswick
- Central Norton, New Brunswick
- Norton, New Brunswick
- Riverbank, New Brunswick
- Apohaqui, New Brunswick
- Fox Hill, New Brunswick
- Sussex, New Brunswick
See also
References
- ↑ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
- ↑ New Brunswick, Highways.
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