Route 117 is an East/West provincial highway in the
Canadian
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province of
New Brunswick
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. The road runs from
Route 11 intersection in
Saint-Louis. The road has a length of approximately 114 kilometres, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The Road is called Loggie Road, Wellington Street, University Avenue, and Airport Road in the city of Miramichi. This Route Mainly follows the
Gulf of St. Lawrence
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in New Brunswick.
History
Route 117 was created in 1965 from parts of the former
Routes 12 (between Nelson and Chatham) and
37 (between
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
and
Bay du Vin).
The Chatham bypass and
Miramichi Bridge
The Miramichi Bridge is a bridge crossing the Miramichi River in the City of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.Locals call it the "new" Bridge. The Miramichi. bridge is not to be confused with the Centennial Bridge located in Miramichi.
It opened ...
were completed in 1997, creating a high-speed controlled-access connector between
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*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
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and
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
in the City of Miramichi.
Intersecting routes
North to East to South to West
*Starts Merged with
Route 8 at the Intersection of
Route 126 and Water Street in Miramichi.
*Unmerges with
Route 8 at the Intersection of
Route 11 in
Miramichi The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Mirami ...
*
Route 134 in
Kouchibouguac
*
Route 11 in
Kouchibouguac
River crossings
*
Bay du Vin River (
Bay du Vin)
*
Little Branch Black River (
Black River Bridge)
*
Black River (
Black River Bridge)
*
Napan River (
Napan)
*
Miramichi River
The Miramichi River is a river located in the east-central part of New Brunswick, Canada. The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'km ...
(Miramichi)
Miramichi Bridge
The Miramichi Bridge is a bridge crossing the Miramichi River in the City of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.Locals call it the "new" Bridge. The Miramichi. bridge is not to be confused with the Centennial Bridge located in Miramichi.
It opened ...
Communities along the Route
*
Saint-Louis,
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Kouchibouguac
*
Pointe-Sapin
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Escuminac
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Baie-Sainte-Anne
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Hardwicke
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Gardiner Point
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Bay du Vin
*
Miramichi Bay
Miramichi Bay is an estuary located on the west coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Miramichi River. Miramichi Bay is separated into the "inner bay" and the "outer bay", with the division being a line of uni ...
*
Black River Bridge
*
Napan
*
Miramichi The name "Miramichi" was first applied to a region in the northeast of New Brunswick, Canada, and has since been applied to other places in Canada and the United States. Although other interpretations have been suggested, it is believed that "Mirami ...
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
Roads in Northumberland County, New Brunswick
117 117 may refer to:
*117 (number)
*AD 117
*117 BC
*117 (emergency telephone number)
*117 (MBTA bus)
* 117 (TFL bus)
*117 (New Jersey bus)
*''117°'', a 1998 album by Izzy Stradlin
*No. 117 (SPARTAN-II soldier ID), personal name John, the Master Chief ...