Route 520, also known as North West River Road, is a north-south supplementary highway off of the

Trans-Labrador Highway The Trans-Labrador Highway (TLH) is a highway located in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the primary public road in Labrador. Its total length is . The complete paving of the highway was completed in July 2022. The ...

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, which connects

Happy Valley-Goose Bay Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Inuit: ''Vâli'') is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and the Churchill River, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is the largest popul ...

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. Route 520 is the highest numbered highway of any kind in the entire province of

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Route description

Route 520 begins at an intersection with Route 500 (Trans Labrador Highway) at the western edge of Happy Valley, with the road continuing into downtown as Hamilton River Road. It heads northwest through the Goose Bay portion of town to pass by Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay (and Goose Bay Airport),

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Marine Ferry terminal, and

Goose (Otter Creek) Water Aerodrome Goose (Otter Creek) Water Aerodrome is located in Terrington Basin at Lake Melville, near Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is open from June to November. Airlines ...

, before crossing the Goose River to leave Happy Valley-Goose Bay and wind its way north along the outer reaches of

Lake Melville Lake Melville is an estuary of Hamilton Inlet (itself an extension of Groswater Bay) on the Labrador coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Comprising and stretching inland to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, it forms part of the l ...

. The highway passes northeast through rural wooded areas for several kilometres before passing through

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and crossing over the

Naskaupi River The Naskaupi River is the second largest river in Labrador, Canada. Its drainage basin lies north of that of Labrador's longest river, the Churchill River. Like the Churchill River, it drains into the western end of the estuary known as Lake Mel ...

into North West River, with Route 520 officially ending shortly thereafter at an intersection with Portage Road.

Major intersections

Attractions along Route 520

* Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay *Goose Bay Airport *

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Ferry *

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Route description

Major intersections

Attractions along Route 520

See also

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