Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1

Route 1
Route Transcanadienne
Trans-Canada Highway
Route 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by
Length	903 km (561 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Marine Atlantic Nova Scotia ferry / Route 470 in Channel-Port aux Basques
Major intersections	Route 480 at Barachois Pond Provincial Park Route 430 in Deer Lake Route 410 in Sheppardville Route 350 in Bishops Falls Route 360 in Bishops Falls Route 340 in Route 330 in Gander Route 320 in Gambo Route 230 at Route 210 in Goobies Route 100 in Whitbourne Route 75 in Roaches Line Route 2 in St. John’s
East end	Route 30 / E White Hills Road in St. John's
Highway system
Highways in Newfoundland and Labrador ← Route 520 → Route 2

Route 1 is a highway in the Canada province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the easternmost stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 is the primary east–west road on the island of Newfoundland.^[1]

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.

Route description[]

Trans Canada Highway Route 1 at Corner Brook. This is a 4-lane section at this point in the highway's 903-kilometre length.

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 begins as a freeway, proceeding west on the Outer Ring Road. 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 freeway ends at the interchange with Route 80/81.

Route 1 transitions to a 2-lane controlled access highway and continues northwest from Whitbourne along the isthmus of the Avalon Peninsula and 188 km north to Glovertown, bypassing Clarenville, small communities like Arnold's Cove, Goobies and passing through Terra Nova National Park; park admission is not required to use Route 1. The Bonavista Peninsula and Burin Peninsula can be accessed via interchanges near Clarenville and Goobies, respectively.

From Glovertown, the highway proceeds northwest 182 km to Badger, bypassing Gander, Glenwood. Lewisporte (about 11 km north on Route 340), Norris Arm Bishop's Falls and Grand Falls-Windsor; Route 1 has a 6 km 4-lane section through Grand Falls-Windsor. As of August 2008, there are no gas stations along the highway between the towns of Gander and Bishop's Falls. The Isles of Notre Dame region of the province, which includes Fogo, the Twillingate Islands, New World Island and surrounding areas, can be accessed via Route 340 at the interchange near Lewisporte. The Bay d'Espoir region can be accessed via the Bay D'Espoir Highway near Botwood. Botwood, Point Leamington and Leading Tickles can be accessed via the Botwood Highway, officially Route 350 at an interchange in the Bishop's Falls-Grand Falls-Windsor area.

From Badger, Route 1 heads due north for 64 km to Springdale where the highway swings southwest for 137 km to Pasadena, passing through Deer Lake.

At Pasadena, the highway transitions to a 4-lane expressway and continues southwest along the south shore of Deer Lake before following the Humber River through the narrow Humber Valley. The 4-lane section proceeds for 38 km in a southwest direction, where it transitions back to a 2-lane controlled access highway west of the interchange with Route 450 (Lewin Parkway), southwest of Corner Brook.

From the Confederation Drive interchange, Route 1 proceeds for 213 km in a southwest direction, bypassing Stephenville (accessible via Route 460 and Route 490) and passing through the Codroy Valley (where it is a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway) to Port aux Basques. It terminates southeast of the town at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal.

New alignment[]

New highway construction during the 1990s extended Route 1 on what is called the Outer Ring Road to the interchange with Logy Bay Road in the northeast part of St. John's, including passing by the Stavanger Drive Shopping Area. Prior to this construction, Route 1 and the Trans-Canada Highway designation began at St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street and proceeded west on Pitts Memorial Drive and then on the current alignment of Route 1 to the southwest. It is for this reason that the city named its hockey arena and convention centre Mile One Centre, adjacent to the city hall.

To follow an unofficial alignment of Route 1 from St. John's City Hall, one must head geographically east for 1.5 km into the southeastern part of the city, continuing onto Duckworth Street (Route 60). Proceed north for 1 km on Ordnance Street and King's Bridge Road before turning east for 1.5 km along the north shore of Quidi Vidi Lake on The Boulevard.

Continue north on East White Hills Road, which becomes controlled access several hundred metres north of its intersection with The Boulevard. The East White Hills Road transitions into the Outer Ring Road 4 km to the north at the interchange with the Logy Bay Road.

Exit list[]

Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Cabot Strait	903	561	Marine Atlantic ferry to North Sydney Hwy 105 (TCH) continues in Nova Scotia
Channel-Port aux Basques	903	561	Channel-Port aux Basques ferry terminal
	902	560	1	Route 470 – Isle aux Morts	Provides access to La Poile-Rose Blanche ferry
	901	560	-	High Street	Unnumbered Exit
	899	559	-	Grand Bay West	At-grade intersection
​	895	556	-	Edna's Road -	At-grade intersection
​	893	555	-	J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park main entrance	At-grade intersection; access road into park
​	877	545	-	Route 408 – Cape Ray	At-grade intersection
Tompkins	868	539	-	Route 407 – Tompkins, St. Andrew's	At-grade intersection
	865	537	-	Route 406 – Upper Ferry, Codroy	At-grade intersection
South Brook	848	527	-	South Brook	At-grade intersection
	844	524	-	South Brook	At-grade intersection
​	808	502	-	Route 405 – St. David's, Highlands	At-grade intersection
​	807	501	-	main entrance	At-grade intersection; access road into park
​	804	500	-	Route 404 – Jeffrey's, McKay's	At-grade intersection
Robinsons	798	496	-	Route 404 – Robinsons, Heatherton	At-grade intersection
​	770	480	-	Route 403 – Flat Bay, St. Teresa	At-grade intersection
​	765	475	-	Route 461 – St. George's, Barachois Brook	At-grade intersection
Barachois Brook	759	472	2	Route 490 – Stephenville, Stephenville Crossing	Katarina Roxon Way
Barachois Pond Provincial Park	750	470	-	Barachois Pond Provincial Park main entrance	At-grade intersection; access road into park
	747	464	-	Route 480 (Burgeo Highway) – Burgeo	At-grade intersection; provides access to Ramea ferry
	735	457	3	Route 460 (White's Road, Hansen Highway) – Stephenville, Port au Port Peninsula
​	731	454	-	Route 402 – Gallants	At-grade intersection
Corner Brook	691	429	4	Route 450 (Lewin Parkway)
	688	428	5	Massey Drive
	686	426	6	Route 450A (Lewin Parkway)
	682	424	7	Route 440 (Riverside Drive) – Cox's Cove	Admiral Palliser's Trail
Steady Brook	679	422	8	Marble Drive	Marble Mountain
Humber Village	673	418	9	Marble Drive
Little Rapids	669	416	10	Strawberry Loop, Strawberry Lane
	666	414	11	Bonnell Drive, Boom Siding Road
Pasadena	659	409	12	Main Street, Boom Siding Road
	649	403	13	Stentaford Avenue
St. Jude's	643	400	14	Ridgeview Road
Deer Lake	639	397	15A	Glide Lake Road
	638	396	15	High Street
	636	395	16	Route 430 – Port au Choix, St. Anthony	Viking Trail
	637	396	-	Airport road - Deer Lake Regional Airport	At-grade intersection; access road into airport
​	610	380	-	Route 401 – Howley	At-grade intersection
	594	369	-	Route 420 – Hampden, Jackson's Arm	At-grade intersection
Sheppardville	542	337	-	Route 410 – Baie Verte, La Scie	At-grade intersection; Dorset Trail
	541	336	-	Sheppardville	At-grade intersection
​	521	324	-	Route 390 – Springdale, King's Point	At-grade intersection
​	520	320	-	Springdale Airport main entrance	At-grade intersection; access road into airport
South Brook	508	316	-	Route 380 – Roberts Arm, Triton	At-grade intersection; provides access to Little Bay Islands and Long Island ferries; Beothuck Trail
​	465	289	-	main entrance	At-grade intersection; access road into park
Badger	456	283	-	Route 370 – Millertown, Buchans	At-grade intersection; Buchans Highway
​	435	270	-		Now closed at-grade intersection
​	433	269	-		At-grade intersection
Grand Falls-Windsor	429	267	17	Main Street
	427	265	-	Duggan Street	Unnumbered Exit; westbound exit and entrance only
	426	265	18 A/B	Cromer Avenue
	425	264	19	Union Street
	424	263	20	Scott Avenue
Bishops Falls	412	256	21	Main Street - Bishops Falls
	408	254	22	Route 350 – Bishops Falls, Botwood
	407	253	-	Route 360 – St. Alban's, Harbour Breton	At-grade intersection; Bay d’Espior Highway
Norris Arm	403	250	-	Route 351 – Norris Arm	At-grade intersection
	385	239	-	Route 351 – Norris Arm	At-grade intersection
​	383	238	-	Norris Arm North Side	At-grade intersection
	377	234	23	Route 340 – Lewisporte, Twillingate	Road to the Isles; provides access to Fogo Island and Change Islands ferries
	376	234	-	main entrance	At-grade intersection; access road into park
Glenwood	360	220	-	Forest Resource Road - Salmon Pond, Lumber Yard	Unnumbered Exit
	359	223	-	Spruce Avenue	At-grade intersection
	358	222	-	Main Street / River Drive	At-grade intersection
Appleton	357	222	-	River Road / Richards Road	At-grade intersection
	356	221	-	Bowater Road / Simms Road	At-grade intersection
Gander	334	208	-	Magee Road - Gander	At-grade intersection
	333	207	-	Caldwell Street - Gander	At-grade intersection
	332	206	-	Cobhan Street - Gander	At-grade intersection
	331	206	-	Route 330 – Gander, Carmanville, Musgrave Harbour	At-grade intersection; Road to the shore; provides access to Gander International Airport and Canadian Forces Base Gander
Benton	315	196	-	Benton	At-grade intersection
Gambo	291	181	24	Route 320 – Gambo, New-Wes-Valley	Road to the Shore
Glovertown	274	170	25	Route 310 – Glovertown	Road to the Beaches
Terra Nova National Park	265	165	-	To Route 310 – Terra Nova National Park	At-grade intersection
	249	155	-	Route 301 (Terra Nova Road) – Terra Nova	At-grade intersection
	242	150	-	Charlottetown	At-grade intersection
Port Blandford	222	138	-	Main Street - Port Blandford	At-grade intersection
	219	136	-	Blackmore’s Road - Port Blandford	At-grade intersection
	218	135	-	Route 233 – Port Blandford, Musgravetown	At-grade intersection
George's Brook	202	126	26	Route 230 – Catalina, Trinity, Bonavista	Discovery Trail
Clarenville	192	119	-	Route 230A (Manitoba Drive) – Clarenville, George's Brook	At-grade intersection
Deep Bight	182	113	-	Deep Bight, Adeytown	At-grade intersection
Adeytown	177	110	-	Adeytown, Deep Bight	At-grade intersection
Hillview	174	108	-	Route 205 – Hillview, St. Jones Within	At-grade intersection
Ivany's Cove	171	106	-	Ivany's Cove, North West Brook	At-grade intersection
North West Brook	168	104	-	Route 204 – Hodge's Cove, Little Heart's Ease	At-grade intersection
Goobies	159	99	-	Route 210 – Goobies, Marystown, Grand Bank	At-grade intersection; provides access to Saint Pierre and Miquelon ferry
Come By Chance	148	92	26B	Main Road - Come By Chance, Sunnyside
Arnold's Cove	141	88	26A	Refinery Road - Arnold's Cove
​	134	83	-	Southern Harbour	At-grade intersection
​	121	75	-	Route 201 – Chance Cove, Bellevue	At-grade intersection; Osprey Trail
Bellevue Beach	114	71	-	Route 203 to Route 201 – Bellevue, Fair Haven	At-grade intersection
Chapel Arm	99	62	27	Route 201 / Route 202 – Long Harbour, Norman's Cove-Long Cove	Osprey Trail (Route 201)
Whitbourne	88	55	-	Route 100 – Placentia, St. Bride's	At-grade intersection; provides access to Marine Atlantic Ferry at Argentia
	86	53	28	Route 80 (Trinity Road) / Route 81 (Markland Road) – Whitbourne, New Harbour	Baccalieu Trail (Route 80)
	78	48	29	Ocean Pond Road
	75	47	30	Route 71 (Hodgewater Line) – Makinsons
Roaches Line	71	44	31	Route 75 (Veterans Memorial Highway) to Route 70 – Bay Roberts, Carbonear	Baccalieu Trail
Brigus Junction	68	42	32	Brigus Junction Road - Brigus Junction
	63	39	33	Middle Gull Pond Road
Avondale	61	38	34	Route 63 (Avondale Access Road) – Avondale, Harbour Main
Holyrood	57	35	35	Route 90 (Salmonier Line) – Holyrood, St. Mary's	Western portion of Irish Loop Drive
	49	30	36	Route 62 (Holyrood Access Road) – Holyrood
	47	29	37	Route 13 (Witless Bay Line) – Bay Bulls
	43	27	38	Butter Pot Provincial Park
Conception Bay South	30	19	39	Route 61 (Foxtrap Access Road) – Foxtrap
St. John's	25	16	40	Paddy's Pond/Cochrane Pond
	19	12	41 A/B	Route 2 (Pitts Memorial Drive/Peacekeepers Way) – Conception Bay South, Mount Pearl, Downtown	Outer Ring Road
Mount Pearl	17	11	42 A/B	Kenmount Road - Mount Pearl	Outer Ring Road
Paradise	16	9.9	43	Route 60 (Topsail Road) – Paradise, Mount Pearl	Outer Ring Road
St. John's	12	7.5	44	Route 50 (Thorburn Road) – St. Philip's	Outer Ring Road
	10	6.2	45	Route 3A (Team Gushue Highway)	Outer Ring Road
	6	3.7	46	Allandale Road - Confederation Building, Pippy Park	Outer Ring Road
	4	2.5	47 A/B	Route 40 (Portugal Cove Road)	Outer Ring Road. Provides access to St. John's International Airport and the Bell Island Ferry
	3	1.9	48 A/B	Route 20 (Torbay Road)	Outer Ring Road. No access from Route 20 to Route 1 eastbound
	2	1.2	49	Aberdeen Avenue, Stavanger Drive	Outer Ring Road
	0	0.0	50	Route 30 (Logy Bay Road)	Outer Ring Road. Eastern terminus; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; road continues east as E White Hills Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access       Tolled

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Preceded by Hwy 105 (TCH)

Trans-Canada Highway Route 1 (TCH)

Succeeded by terminus

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