Newfoundland and Labrador Route 360
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| Bay d'Espoir Highway | ||||
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| Length | 204 km (127 mi) | |||
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| South end | Harbour Breton | |||
 Route 364 north of Harbour Breton
 Route 361 east of Milltown–Head of Bay d'Espoir | ||||
| North end |  Route 1 (TCH) in Bishop's Falls | |||
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Route 360, also known as Bay d'Espoir Highway, is a provincial highway in Newfoundland and Labrador. It runs from the Bishop's Falls area to Bay d'Espoir and Harbour Breton. The road is very isolated for at least 140 kilometres (87 mi), where there are no communities or stops to refuel. Bishop's Falls and Harbour Breton are the only two settlements of any size along the entire length of Route 360[1], with other town and communities being along the other highways it intersects.[2]
Route description[]
Route 360 begins as Southside Drive in Harbour Breton at a dead end along the coast of Fortune Bay. It winds its way west through neighbourhoods before bypassing downtown along Canada Drive. The highway now leaves Harbour Breton and winds its way northward up the entire length of the Connaigre Peninsula to have an intersection with Route 364 (Hermitage River Road). Route 360 heads up the Valley to pass by and have an intersection with Route 362 (Belleoram Road) before winding its way through remote, scenic, and hilly terrain for the next several kilometres. The highway now passes by and has intersections with Route 365 (Conne River Road) and Route 361 (St. Alban's Road), where it crosses the before heading through remote wilderness for the next 140 kilometres (87 mi), where the highway crosses the . Route 360 now enters the outskirts of Bishop's Falls, where the comes to an end at an intersection with Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway).
Major intersections[]
| Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Harbour Breton | 0.0 | 0.0 | Dead End | Southern terminus | |
| | 29.3 | 18.2 | Route 364 south (Hermitage River Road) – Hermitage, Seal Cove | Northern terminus of Route 364; provides access to the  Gaultois and McCallum Ferry | |
| 34.5 | 21.4 | Hardy's Cove Road - | |||
| | 42.2 | 26.2 |  Route 362 south (Belleoram Road) – Pool's Cove, Belleoram | Northern terminus of Route 362; provides access to Rencontre East passenger-service Ferry at Pool's Cove | |
| | 71.1 | 44.2 | main entrance | Access road into park | |
| | 73.3 | 45.5 |  Route 365 south (Conne River Road) – Conne River, Miawpukek First Nation | Northern terminus of Route 365 | |
| | 77.0 | 47.8 | Route 361 west (St. Alban's Road) – Milltown, St. Alban's | Eastern terminus of Route 361 | |
| Bishop's Falls | 204 | 127 | Route 1 (TCH) – Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Touring Newfoundland's Connaigre Peninsula". Cape Breton Post. Saltwire Network. November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ Google (February 23, 2020). "Route 360" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- Newfoundland and Labrador provincial highways