Nova Scotia Highway 106

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Highway 106
Jubilee Highway
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length19.38 km[1] (12.04 mi)
Major junctions
South end Hwy 104 (TCH) near New Glasgow
Major intersections Trunk 6 / Route 376 at Pictou
North end Northumberland Ferries terminal in Caribou
continues as Route 1 (TCH) in Prince Edward Island
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia
100-series
← Hwy 105 (TCH)→ Hwy 107
The northern terminus of Highway 106 at the Northumberland Ferries terminal in Caribou

Highway 106 is a 19 km (12 mi) 2-lane limited-access highway located within Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

The provincial government named the highway the Jubilee Highway on December 21, 2012 in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.[2]

The highway is part of the Prince Edward Island loop of the Trans-Canada Highway and connects the Northumberland Ferries terminal in Caribou in the north with the mainline Trans-Canada at Highway 104 near Mount William in the south, 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of New Glasgow.

Route description[]

Highway 106 begins at a trumpet interchange with Highway 104. The route bypasses to the west side of New Glasgow by running along the centre of Abercrombie Point.[3] It crosses Pictou Harbour to the town of Pictou using the Harvey A. Veniot Causeway, which opened in 1968.[4] A traffic circle at the west end of Pictou, known as the Pictou Rotary, connects Highway 106 with the centre of town as well as Trunk 6 (the Sunrise Trail) and Route 376. The route is a super two expressway except for a short section of at-grade two lane highway near the northern terminus. The route ends in Caribou at the Northumberland Ferries terminal to Prince Edward Island, where the Trans-Canada Highway designation continues as Prince Edward Island Highway 1.[3]

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Pictou County.

Locationkm[1]miExitDestinationsNotes
​0.00.01 Hwy 104 (TCH) – New Glasgow, Cape Breton Island, Westville, TruroSigned as exits 1E (east) and 1W (west)
Mount William1.30.811AAbercrombie, Trenton
​6.64.12Granton, Abercrombie
Pictou8.6–
10.2		5.3–
6.3		Harvey Veniot Causeway crosses Pictou Harbour
11.7–
12.1		7.3–
7.5		3AWest River Road – PictouPictou Rotary
Signed as exits 3B (to Hwy 106 north) and 3E (to Hwy 106 south)
3C Trunk 6 west (Sunrise Trail) – River John, Tatamagouche, Amherst
3D Route 376 south to Route 256 – Lyons Brook, Durham
Caribou19.412.1 Caribou Ferry Terminal
Northumberland Strait Northumberland Ferries Limited ferry to Wood Islands, PEI
— Route 1 (TCH) west – CharlottetownContinues in Prince Edward Island
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Tolled
Note: Exit numbers in Nova Scotia are sequential.

References[]

Route map:

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  1. ^ a b Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal. Primary Traffic Volume Book, 2003–2010 (PDF) (Report). Province of Nova Scotia. pp. 155–156. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Highway Naming Commemorates 60-Year Reign" (Press release). Government of Nova Scotia. December 21, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Google (December 19, 2013). "Nova Scotia Highway 106 - Length and route" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Little, Jennifer Vardy (July 10, 2008). "The causeway should stay, for now at least". The News. New Glasgow: TC Transcontinental. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
Preceded by
PEI Highway 1.svg PEI Route 1
 Trans-Canada Highway
Nova Scotia Highway 106 (TCH).svg Highway 106 		Succeeded by
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