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Trans-Canada Highway
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The Trans-Canada Highway is a transcontinental federal-provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the Atlantic on the east. The main route spans 8,030 kilometres across the country, the system was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway Act of 1949, with construction commencing in 1950. The highway officially opened in 1962, and was completed in 1971, upon its original completion, the Trans-Canada Highway was the most lengthy uninterrupted highway in the world. The highway system is recognizable by its distinctive white-on-green maple leaf route markers, throughout much of Canada, there are at least two routes designated as part of the Trans-Canada Highway. For example, in the provinces, both the main Trans-Canada route and the Yellowhead Highway are part of the Trans-Canada system. As of 2012, this made it the longest electric vehicle ready highway in the world, the Trans-Canada is otherwise designated as east-west from Nanaimo to St. Johns, although there are significant north-south sections north of Hope, Sault Ste. From Departure Bay, a 57 km ferry route connects the highway to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver, at this point, the Trans-Canada Highway becomes a high mobility freeway and passes through the Vancouver metropolitan area, crossing the Fraser River with the Port Mann Bridge. The section around the Bridge has started being electronically tolled as of 8 December 2012, from Horseshoe Bay, the TCH then heads 170 km east through the Fraser Valley to Hope. Then it continues 496 km east through Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, Rogers Pass, Golden, the northwest and northeast segments of Stoney Trail were completed in 2009, serving as an east-west bypass of Calgary. East of Calgary,293 km the highway reaches Medicine Hat. It continues 79 km east to the city of Regina that is bypassed by a freeway segment. Beyond Regina it continues east into Manitoba to the cities of Brandon and Portage la Prairie, throughout the prairie provinces, the speed limit varies from 90 km/h to 110 km/h. The speed limit is restricted to 90 km/h through national parks in Canada, east of Banff, most of Highway 1 through Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba is 110 km/h, but is 100 km/h east of Winnipeg. Speed limits on the British Columbia mainland segment of the Trans-Canada range from 80 km/h to 110 km/h, east of Winnipeg, the highway continues for over 200 kilometres to Kenora, Ontario. At the provincial border, the designation of the highway changes from 1 to 17. In Kenora, the Trans-Canada designation includes both the route through the citys urban core and the 33.6 km Highway 17A bypass route. The existing branch from Kenora continues east for 136 km to Dryden, a second branch extends 157 km southward along Highway 71 from Kenora to Chapple, then 320 km eastward along Highway 11 to Shabaqua Corners, where it reunites with Highway 17. Highway 11/Highway 17 proceeds southeast for 65 km to Thunder Bay, an 83-kilometre segment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Thunder Bay and Nipigon is commemorated as the Terry Fox Courage Highway
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Nova Scotia Highway 104
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Highway 104 in Nova Scotia, Canada, runs from Fort Lawrence at the New Brunswick border near Amherst to River Tillard near St. Peters. Except for the portion on Cape Breton Island between Port Hawkesbury and St. Peters, it is part of the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 104 mostly supplants the former route of Trunk 4. The provincial government named the highway the Miners Memorial Highway on 8 September 2008 one month before the 50th anniversary of the Springhill Mining Disaster of 23 October 1958. KM0 to 48 From the inter-provincial border at Fort Lawrence and this section had been built in the 1960s as a Super 2 and was upgraded to a 4-lane divided freeway that opened in 1993. It has a speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour. KM48 to 93 From Thomson Station the highway runs southeast for 45 kilometres to Masstown as a 4-lane divided freeway and this segment is a tolled section known as the Cobequid Pass, which opened on 15 November 1997. It has a speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour throughout. KM93 to 180 From Masstown, the highway runs east and northeast for 87 kilometres past the towns of Truro, Westville, Stellarton and this section is a 4-lane divided freeway and has a posted speed limit of 110 kilometres per hour. KM145 to 160, section from Salt Springs to Westville Road was built as a new alignment of 4-lane divided freeway that opened in the late 1990s, prior to this new alignment opening, Highway 104 ran east on the present alignment of Trunk 4. KM160 to 167, section from Westville Road to Plymouth had been built in the 1960s as a Super 2 and was upgraded to a 4-lane divided freeway that opened in the early 1990s. KM167 to 175, section from Plymouth to Pine Tree had been built in the 1960s as a Super 2 and was upgraded to a 4-lane divided freeway that opened in fall 2011. KM175 to 180, section from Pine Tree to Sutherlands River had been built in the 1960s as an access highway and was upgraded to a 4-lane divided freeway that opened in fall 2012. KM180 to 197 From the end of the 4-lane divided freeway section at Sutherlands River and this section was built between 1964 and 1965 as a Super 2 and remains as a controlled access highway with dedicated passing lanes and has a posted speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour. KM197 to 209 From the end of the Super 2 section at Barneys River Station and this section had been built in between 1964 and 1965 as an uncontrolled access highway and remains as an uncontrolled access highway with a posted speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour. KM209 to 217 From the end of the uncontrolled access section at James River and this section was built between 1964 and 1965 as a Super 2 and remains as a controlled access highway with a posted speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour. KM217 to 228 From the end of the Super 2 section at Addington Forks and this section was built as a new alignment of 4-lane divided freeway that opened on 19 September 2012 and has a posted speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour. Prior to this new alignment opening, Highway 104 ran east on the present alignment of Trunk 4 and Post Road in the town of Antigonish and included three intersections controlled by traffic lights. KM228 to 235 A new 4-lane divided freeway section opened at South River Road, the highway runs east for 7 kilometres to Dagger Woods
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Nova Scotia Trunk 4
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Trunk 4 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotias system of Trunk Highways. The route runs from Highway 104 exit 7 at Thomson Station to Glace Bay, until the construction of the Trans-Canada Highway, Trunk 4 was a major traffic link in northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and is still used on Cape Breton as an alternative to Highway 105. The highway was called the Kings Highway, however, this name is no longer applied to the entire road. The only remaining section of the highway that maintains the name King is Kings Road in Sydney. Thomson Station to Glenholme The section between the terminus at Exit 7, Highway 104 in Thomson Station to Mahoneys Corner was originally built as Highway 104 in the 1960s. It was bypassed by the Cobequid Pass in 1997 and redesignated Trunk 4 at that time, the section between Mahoneys Corner and Glenholme was originally part of Trunk 4 until the 1960s when it was designated Highway 104. This section was also redesignated Trunk 4 in 1997 after the opening of the Cobequid Pass, Glenholme to Onslow The section between Glenholme and Onslow is co-designated with Trunk 2. Trunk 4 is discontinuous between Exit 14A, Highway 102 in the west and Pictou Road in Bible Hill in the east, Bible Hill to Barneys River Station Trunk 4 reappears in Bible Hill, following Pictou Road and the original Trunk 4 alignment east. In Kemptown, Trunk 4 follows an old alignment of Highway 104 for several kilometres, Trunk 4 continues east of Kemptown on its original alignment through Mount Thom to Salt Springs. From Salt Springs to Westville, the present alignment of Trunk 4 was used as Highway 104 from the 1960s until being bypassed in the 1990s, now redesignated Trunk 4, the highway designation continues into Westville on Truro Road and then Westville Road. At Sutherlands River, Trunk 4 follows a new alignment between School Rd and Highway 245 and it then continues east to Barneys River Station. Marshy Hope to South River Station Trunk 4 is discontinuous between Barneys River Station and Marshy Hope as Highway 104 uses the old Trunk 4 alignment for this section, from Marshy Hope, Trunk 4 proceeds east to Antigonish. In Antigonish, it follows Post Road, James Street, Main Street, east of Antigonish it proceeds to South River Station. Heatherton to Aulds Cove Trunk 4 is discontinuous between South River Station and Heatherton as Highway 104 mostly uses the old Trunk 4 alignment, from Heatherton, Trunk 4 proceeds east to Aulds Cove. Port Hastings to Glace Bay Trunk 4 is discontinuous between Aulds Cove and Port Hastings as Highway 104 uses the old Trunk 4 alignment. From Port Hastings, Trunk 4 proceeds east through Port Hawkesbury and St. Peters before turning northeast along the shore of Bras dOr Lake through Big Pond. It continues east to Sydney River to Sydney, in Sydney it follows Kings Road, Esplanade Road, Welton Street, and Grand Lake Road. East of Sydney it continues to Reserve Mines and Glace Bay, in Glace Bay it follows Reserve Street and Union Street and ends at the intersection of Union and Commercial Streets
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Port Hawkesbury
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Port Hawkesbury is a town located on the southwestern end of Cape Breton Island, on the north shore of the Strait of Canso, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The towns schools are Tamarac Education Centre, SAERC and the Strait Area Campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, the community is named after Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. Schooners and fishing boats were built for the inshore and banks fishery by firms such as the noted boatbuilder H. W. Embree. The port further developed in the 19th century when railway connections arrived, Port Hawkesbury experiences a Humid continental climate. Due to the proximity to surrounding bodies of water, seasons tend to be delayed compared to areas further inland. Precipitation is high, with the fall and winter being the wettest time of year, winters are cold, snowy and stormy with frequent snowstorms. Summer is the most pleasant time of year, with less precipitation. The highest temperature recorded in the strait area was 35.0 °C on 7 July 1912 and 19 July 1975. The coldest temperature recorded was −28.5 °C on 7 February 1993. With a land area of 8.1 km2, it had a density of 396. 8/km2 in 2016. Burnt Island Provincial Park Lennox Passage Provincial Park 101.5 - The Hawk SAERC FM -93, the Port handled 31.6 million metric tonnes in 2006,21.6 million tonnes of crude petroleum. The port is served by tugs of Svitzer Towing such as the tug Point Chebucto, historically it was a stop for American coastal steam ships. Her best selling novels include Strange Heaven, Play the Monster Blind, Saints of Big Harbour, the Giller Prize nominated Antagonist, mark Day, a film and television actor now living in Toronto and Los Angeles. Henry Embree, noted 19th-century boatbuilder Aaron Johnson, an NHL draft pick now playing with the AHLs Stockton Heat, arthur John Langley, entrepreneur, civic politician, mayor for several terms. Owned marine railway in Point Tupper, henry Nicholas Paint, member of Parliament for Richmond County, merchant and land owner. His family received land grants at Belle Vue on the Strait of Canso in 1817 and at Point Tupper in 1863, list of municipalities in Nova Scotia Town of Port Hawkesbury
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Cabot Trail
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The Cabot Trail is a highway and scenic roadway in northern Victoria County and Inverness County on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. The route measures 298 km in length and completes a loop around the tip of the island, passing along. It is named after the explorer John Cabot who landed in Atlantic Canada in 1497, although most historians agree his landfall likely took place in Newfoundland, construction of the initial route was completed in 1932. Its northern section of the Cabot Trail passes through Cape Breton Highlands National Park, the western and eastern sections follow the rugged coastline, providing spectacular views of the ocean. The southwestern section passes through the Margaree River valley before passing along Bras dOr Lake and this trail is the only trunk secondary highway in Nova Scotia which does not have a signed route designation. Road signs along the route instead have a unique mountain logo, the road is internally referred to by the Department of Transportation and Public Works as Trunk 30. The Trunk 30 road named the Cabot Trail loops from Exit 7 on Nova Scotia Highway 105 at Buckwheat Corner to Exit 11 on Highway 105 at South Haven. The scenic travelway known as the Cabot Trail includes all of Trunk 30, the entire route is open year-round. Baddeck, the gateway to the Cabot Trail and the location of the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, st. Anns, home of the world-famous Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts. Ingonish, a village and one of the first areas settled on Cape Breton and home to the Keltic Lodge resort. It is also home to Cape Smokey Provincial Park as well as the Broad Cove Campground, chéticamp, an Acadian fishing village famous for its hooked rugs and fiddle music, it is the western entrance to Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Pleasant Bay, Halfway Destination on the Cabot Trail, known as the whale watching capital of Cape Breton, dingwall, a small fishing village located in the highlands of Cape Breton Island. Cape North, the northernmost point of the Cabot Trail and home of the North Highlands Community Museum, list of Nova Scotia provincial highways Cabot Trail official website Cabot Trail on Nova Scotia Tourism website Hike the Highlands Festival Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Hwy 104 (TCH) / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 near Port Hawkesbury
Hwy 162 in Bras D'or
Hwy 125 near Sydney Mines
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