Route 121 is a mostly north–south provincial highway in the
Canadian
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province of
New Brunswick
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, although it's signed as an east–west highway. The road runs from the
Route 1 intersection in
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
* Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ha ...
. The road is 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
Route 1 and follows the
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
. The highway starts in Hampton as Hall Road, then Main Street. It is also called Main Street in Sussex.
History
Route 121 was commissioned in 1968 when Route 1 was moved to a new alignment on the south shore of the Kennebecasis River.
Intersecting routes
* Begins merged with
Route 100 over exit 158 at
Route 1 in Hampton
*separates from highway 100 on Main St in Hampton
*
Route 845 in
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
* Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ha ...
*
Route 855 in
Bloomfield
*
Route 124 in
Valley Waters
Valley Waters is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms which merged the village of Norton and all or part of five local service districts to form Valley Waters ...
*
Route 880 in
Apohaqui
*
Route 1 in
Sussex
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* Ends at
Route 111 in Sussex
River crossings
*
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
in Hampton
*
Millstream River Millstream may refer to:
Places
* Millstream, Queensland, a locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
*Millstream, a headstream of the Herbert River, Queensland, Australia
*Millstream Falls in Queensland, Australia
* Millstream-C ...
in Apohaqui
* Kennebecasis River, in Sussex
Communities along the Route
*
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
*Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
Canada
* Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ha ...
*
Central Norton
*
Valley Waters
Valley Waters is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms which merged the village of Norton and all or part of five local service districts to form Valley Waters ...
*
Riverbank
*
Apohaqui
*
Fox Hill
*
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...
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
121
121
Hampton, New Brunswick
Roads in Kings County, New Brunswick
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