Route 118 is a North/South provincial highway in the

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province of

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. The road runs from Route 126 intersection in Miramichi. The road has a length of approximately 40 kilometres, and services small, otherwise isolated rural communities. In these areas, the highway is often unofficially referred to as "Main Street." The road parallels the

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 ...

as well as Route 108 and later Route 8 directly to the North side of the river. The highway starts in Miramichi as Islandview Drive. The Highway starts next to

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later passing Barnaby Island and lastly Doctors Island. In Blackville, the Highway changes to Colonial Drive and lastly Campbell Road.

History

Route 118 was commissioned in 1965 to replace the former route 36.

Intersecting routes

* Route 126 in Miramichi * Route 8 in Blackville

River crossings

* Passing Bridge in Nelson Junction *

Barnaby River The Barnaby River is a tributary of the Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada. The Barnaby River rises in southern Northumberland County, close to the Kent County, New Brunswick boundary and flows north and west into the south side of the Sout ...

- Kirkwood * Passing Bridge in Renous-Quarryville *

Southwest Miramichi River The Southwest Miramichi River is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. The river has its origin in Carleton County, at Miramichi Lake in the Miramichi Highlands (a part of the Appalachian Mountains). Its two branches join near the hamlet of Junipe ...

- Blackville

Communities along the Route

* Nelson Junction * Kirkwood *

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* McKinleyville * Doyles Brook * White Rapids * Grays Rapids * Coughlan *Blackville

References

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Transport in Miramichi, New Brunswick