New Brunswick Route 128 Explained

Province:NB
Type:NB
Route:128
Maint:New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Map Custom:yes
Length Km:11.82
Length Ref:[1]
Length Round:1
Established:1965[2]
Direction A:East
Direction B:West
Terminus A: in Lutes Mountain
Junction: in Berry Mills
Cities:Moncton
Terminus B: in Moncton
Previous Type:NB
Previous Route:127
Next Type:NB
Next Route:130

Route 128 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The highway starts in Lutes Mountain as Homestead Road at Route 126. The road travels in a horseshoe pattern through two small communities before ending in the city of Moncton at an interchange with Route 15 (Wheeler Boulevard). In the community of Berry Mills, New Brunswick, the road is called Berry Mills Road and in Moncton, Route 128 is also designated Killam Drive.

History

The Berry Mills Road follows a former rail line. When two rival lines, who had built within literally feet of each other, merged in the early 20th century, one was torn up and turned into a road bed. Route 128 was commissioned in 1965, taking over a small part of the former Route 30. It was extended north from Berry Mills in 1997 to Lutes Mountain along a former alignment of Route 2, and shortened in 2003 when the portion of Killam Drive east of Wheeler Boulevard was turned over to City of Moncton control.

Notes and References

  1. New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. http://the506.com/roads/NB/128.html New Brunswick