Route 101 is 76 kilometres long and runs from downtown

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to a junction with Route 7 in

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. The highway follows Regent Street from downtown Fredericton up a large hill to the edge of the city, where it continues south to New Maryland, Nasonworth,

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Tracyville and Tracy at Route 645. From Tracy, the highway turns east along the South Branch of the

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. Route 101 then turns southeast, paralleling the

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line through Blissville,

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and Wirral crossing Route 7 to its end at Eagle Rock road at Welsford.

History

*Route 101 was known as Route 28 until 1965. *October 2013 the route was extended over a new section of Route 7 and now ends at Eagle Rock Road at Welsford.

References

New Brunswick provincial highways Roads in York County, New Brunswick Roads in Sunbury County, New Brunswick Roads in Queens County, New Brunswick Roads in Kings County, New Brunswick Transport in Fredericton {{NewBrunswick-road-stub

History

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