New Brunswick Route 126
Route 126 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation | ||||
Length: | 121.0 km[1] (75.2 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1965.[2] – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
North end: | Route 117 in Miramichi | |||
South end: | Route 106 in Moncton | |||
Location | ||||
Major cities: | Miramichi, Moncton | |||
Highway system | ||||
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
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Route 126 is a North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 117 intersection in Miramichi. The road has a length of approximately 121 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 New Brunswick East Coast Railway directly to the east. When the highway enters Moncton it changes to Ensley Drive, then Mountain Road.
History
Route 126 was commissioned in 1965 to replace the former route 33. It was shortened in Miramichi in 1997 to end at the new Route 117 bypass, rerouted in the Lutes Mountain area in 1998 to follow a short section of the former Trans-Canada Highway (Route 2), and shortened in Moncton in 2003 when the portion of Mountain Road south of Wheeler Boulevard (Route 15) was turned over to city control.
Intersecting routes
- New Brunswick Route 118 in Miramichi, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 440 in Rogersville, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 480 in Acadie Siding, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 116 in Harcourt, New Brunswick and Mortimer, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 465 in Coal Branch, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 515 in Hebert, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 485 in Canaan, New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Route 2 in Moncton
- New Brunswick Route 128 in Moncton
River crossings
- Carding Mill Brook - Miramichi, New Brunswick
- Barnaby River - Murray Settlement (2 crossings)
- Kouchibouguacis River - Kent Junction
- Richibucto River - Harcourt
- Canaan River - Canaan Station, New Brunswick
Communities along Route
- Miramichi, New Brunswick
- Nowlanville, New Brunswick
- Barnaby River, New Brunswick
- Murray Settlement, New Brunswick
- Collette, New Brunswick
- Rogersville, New Brunswick
- Acadie Siding, New Brunswick
- Noinville, New Brunswick
- Kent Junction, New Brunswick
- Harcourt, New Brunswick
- Grangeville, New Brunswick
- Adamsville, New Brunswick
- Coal Branch, New Brunswick
- Birch Ridge, New Brunswick
- Hebert, New Brunswick
- Canaan Station, New Brunswick
- Gallagher Ridge, New Brunswick
- Indian Mountain, New Brunswick
- Lutes Mountain, New Brunswick
- Moncton, New Brunswick
See also
References
- ↑ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
- ↑ New Brunswick, Highways.