New Brunswick Route 170 Explained

Province:NB
Type:NB
Route:170
Maint:New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length Km:17.69
Length Ref:[1]
Length Round:1
Established:1984
Direction A:East
Direction B:West
Terminus A: in Waweig
Cities:St. Stephen
Terminus B: in Calais, ME
Previous Type:NB
Previous Route:165
Next Type:NB
Next Route:172

Route 170 is an 18km (11miles)-long east–west secondary highway in southwest New Brunswick, Canada.

The route's eastern terminus is at an intersection with Route 127 in Gilmans Corner, New Brunswick. From there, it runs west crossing the Waweig River to the small community of Simpson Corner, New Brunswick. Route 170 then crosses Oak Bay and runs until its terminus in St. Stephen.

History

Route 170 was commissioned in 1984 as a renumbering of the former Route 20, which had existed since 1965. Initially consisting only of Milltown Boulevard, it connected downtown St. Stephen with the smaller Milltown border crossing to the west. It was extended eastward along a former routing of Route 1 to Waweig in 2008.

Intersecting routes

River crossings

Communities along the Route

See also

References


Notes and References

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