New Brunswick Route 118 Explained

Province:NB
Type:NB
Route:118
Maint:New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length Km:40.12
Length Ref:[1]
Length Round:1
Established:1965.[2]
Direction A:North
Direction B:South
Terminus A: in Miramichi
Cities:Miramichi, South Nelson
Terminus B: in Miramichi River Valley
Previous Type:NB
Previous Route:117
Next Type:NB
Next Route:119

Route 118 is a North/South provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The road runs from Route 126 intersection in Miramichi. The road has a length of approximately 40 kilometres, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The road parallels the Miramichi River as well as Route 108 and later Route 8 directly to the North side of the river. The highway starts in Miramichi as Islandview Drive. The Highway starts next to Beaubears Island later passing Barnaby Island and lastly Doctors Island. In Miramichi River Valley, the Highway changes to Colonial Drive and lastly Campbell Road.

History

Route 118 was commissioned in 1965 to replace the former route 36.

Intersecting routes

River crossings

Communities along the Route

See also

Notes and References

  1. New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. http://the506.com/roads/NB/118.html New Brunswick