New Brunswick Route 101

Route 101 is 76 kilometres long and runs from downtown Fredericton to a junction with Route 7 in Welsford.

Route 101
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length75.9 km[1] (47.2 mi)
Existed1965–present
Major junctions
North end Route 102 in Fredericton
  Route 7 in Fredericton
Route 2 (TCH) in New Maryland
South end Route 7 in Welsford
Location
Major citiesNew Maryland, Tracy, Fredericton Junction
Highway system
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes
Route 100 Route 102

The highway follows Regent Street from downtown Fredericton up a large hill to the edge of the city, where it continues south to New Maryland, Nasonworth, Beaver Dam Tracyville and Tracy at Route 645. From Tracy, the highway turns east along the South Branch of the Oromocto River to Fredericton Junction. Route 101 then turns southeast, paralleling the New Brunswick Southern Railway line through Blissville, Hoyt and Wirral crossing Route 7 to its end at Eagle Rock road at Welsford.

History

  • Route 101 was known as Route 28 until 1965.
  • October 2013 the route was extended over a new section of Route 7 and now ends at Eagle Rock Road at Welsford.

See also

References

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


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