Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1
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| Length: | 903 km (561 mi) | |||
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| West end: | Channel-Port aux Basques | |||
| East end: | St. John's | |||
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Highways in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Highways in Newfoundland and Labrador
Route 1 is a Canadian highway in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Also carrying the designation Trans-Canada Highway in the province, Route 1 is the primary east-west surface road on the island of Newfoundland.
The eastern terminus of Route 1 is St. John's. From there, the highway crosses the island 903 kilometres (561 mi) to Channel-Port aux Basques, its western terminus.
From there, the Trans-Canada Highway is carried across the Cabot Strait by ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
The following description details the highway from its eastern terminus to its western terminus.
Route 1's official eastern terminus is at the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeastern part of the city. The highway proceeds west on the Outer Ring Road, a freeway. Route 1 maintains the name Outer Ring Road, intersecting with St. John's roads such as Aberdeen Avenue, Portugal Cove Road, Torbay Road, Allandale Road, Thorburn Road, Topsail Road and Kenmount Road until the interchange with Pitts Memorial Drive, 20 km to the west.
Route 1 proceeds in a generally southwestern direction for another 25 km as it follows the southern shore of Conception Bay (several kilometres inland) until it reaches the interchange with Route 13 where it turns west and then northwest, continuing for another 29 km on a 4-lane expressway to Whitbourne where the divided highway ends at the interchange with Route 80/81.
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