Description
Route 102 is a
highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-acces ...
that follows the west bank of the
Saint John River for 157 kilometres from
Pokiok to
Westfield. Most of the route is colloquially (but not officially) known as the Old River Road, as it was the original road connecting
Fredericton and
Saint John.
The highway progresses along the Saint John River in Pokiok passing the
Hawkshaw Bridge to
Route 105 turning northeast as it passes through
Hawkshaw,
Barony, and
Dumfries. The route then passes through
Prince William
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Born in London, William was educa ...
crossing Joslin Creek Basin then entering
Lower Prince William as it passes
Kings Landing and an interchange with
Route 635. The route continues past
Longs Creek Passing the northern terminus Of The
New Brunswick Route 3
Route 3 is 92 kilometres long and goes from Route 170 in St. Stephen to Route 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway) at Longs Creek, near Fredericton.
From St. Stephen, Route 3 goes north along the west bank of Dennis Stream, through the community of M ...
Continuing Following the river past
Woolastook Park and the
Mactaquac Dam
The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in Mactaquac, New Brunswick. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 670 megawatts of electricity from 6 turb ...
through
Upper Kingsclear,
Central Kingsclear, and
Lower Kingsclear, as well as
French Village and
Island View as it enters Fredericton.
The route enters Fredericton in the neighbourhood of
Silverwood
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continuing onto the Woodstock Road, then follows Brunswick Street or a riverfront parkway known as
St. Anne's Point Drive (depending on direction) through the downtown area, leaving on Waterloo Row. Route 102 continues to follow the river along
Lincoln
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Road, passing the
Fredericton International Airport
Fredericton International Airport is an airport in Lincoln, New Brunswick, Canada, southeast of Fredericton.
The airport is classified as an international airport by Transport Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA ...
and reaching the town of
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Route 102 continues along the river passing the Burton Bridge through
Burton,
Upper Gagetown,
Coytown,
Mill Road,
Gagetown,
Upper Hampstead, and
Pleasant Villa. Continuing past the
Otnabog Lake, the route continues through
Queenstown,
Central Hampstead, and
Hampstead.
Evandale is the next destination, continuing through Upper Greenwich,
Oak Point and
Central Greenwich as well as
Glenwood,
Browns Flat, and
Greenwich Hill.
Continuing along, the route continues into
Lower Greenwich,
Public Landing,
Morrisdale, and
Woodmans Point then crosses the
Nerepis River to reach Grand Bay-Westfield on the west side. The route continues crossing
Route 177 then finally ending at Route 7 at exit 80.
History
The section from Pokiok to Fredericton, a former alignment of the
Trans-Canada Highway
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(
Route 2), became part of Route 102 in stages between 2000 and 2006, as sections of the new 4-lane Trans-Canada Highway were opened. This section begins at the interchange of Route 2 and Route 102 in Pokiok, following a newly built access road for a short distance to an interchange with the Pokiok Road (formerly part of Route 2).
An extension of the route was built in the 1980s to meet with
Route 7. The
Gagetown,
Hampstead and
Evandale ferries, small, toll-free,
cable ferries connect Route 102 to the other side of the river.
As the River Road, the present-day Route 102 (then a part of Route 2) was the first road connecting Fredericton and Saint John to be paved, ahead of the Broad Road (the present-day Route 7). With the alignment of the Trans-Canada Highway bypassing Saint John, and the upgrades of the Broad Road in the 1950s taking most traffic off the River Road, its importance as a major traffic route diminished. The River Road became Route 102 in 1965.
See also
*
List of New Brunswick provincial highways
This is a list of numbered provincial highways in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. These provincial highways are maintained by the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure in New Brunswick. For a list of formerly-numbered highways, ...
References
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New Brunswick provincial highways
Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)
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
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