Route 109 is a
highway
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in
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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; Its western terminus starts along the
Tobique River The Tobique River (pro. Toe-Bick) is a river in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. The river rises from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park and flows for 148 kilometres to its confluence with the Saint John River near Perth-Andover.
Th ...
on
Route 105 in
Perth-Andover
Perth-Andover (2016 population: 1,590) is a village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Geography
The village is divided by the Saint John River (New Brunswick), Saint John River with Perth on the east ba ...
. The route travels east where the route is known as Gulch Road passing through
Craig Flats,
Quaker Brook and
Currie
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where it begins following the Tobique River again. The route then passes through
Licford and
Arthurette where it crosses the Tobique River briefly merging with
Route 390 from the south side to the north side continuing to follow the river east. The route passes by
Picadilly then passes by eastern terminus of
Route 380 in
Saint Almo. The route continues through
Three Brooks and the western terminus of
Route 395, then passes
Ox Island entering
Linton Corner where the route is now known as Main Street as it enters
Plaster Rock. The route ends at the intersection of
Route 108 and
Route 385 near
Roulston Lake, a distance of 35.9 kilometres.
History
From its original assignment in 1965 until the 1997 opening of the Route 108 Plaster Rock bypass, to which Route 109 is connected; the route followed the south bank entirely, while
Route 390 followed the north bank. Route 109 also formerly extended along the Plaster Rock-
Renous highway, although it was redesignated as part of Route 108 in 1976.
See also
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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
New Brunswick provincial highways
Roads in Victoria County, New Brunswick
1965 establishments in New Brunswick
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