Route 490, also known as Stephenville Access Road and Katarina Roxon Way, is a north–south highway on the western coast of

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in the

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of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of two highways that connects the town of Stephenville with the Trans-Canada Highway (

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), with the other being Route 460 (Hansen Memorial Highway).

Route description

Route 490 begins at an interchange with Route 1 (Exit 2) in the community of

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and heads north through rural areas to have an intersection and become concurrent with Route 461. This is the only example of a

road concurrency A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical roadway bearing two or more different route numbers. When two roadways share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurre ...

in the entire province of Newfoundland and Labrador. They head north along the coastline to have an intersection with a local road leading to

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before crossing a bridge over an inlet to enter the town of

Stephenville Crossing Stephenville Crossing (2021 population: 1,634) is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is on the island of Newfoundland at the easternmost limit of Bay St. George.Ernest Harmon Air Force Base. The highway now passes through wooded areas for a few kilometres before making a sharp right turn at an intersection with Minnesota Drive. Route 490 comes to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection with Route 460 just northeast of downtown.

Major intersections

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