Route 341 in
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
leads from
Lewisporte
Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the re ...
to
Laurenceton on the island of
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. The highway is relatively short and there aren't many communities along the way. The road is notoriously hilly and turny, ending in a large dip into Laurenceton. The highway is the only route for residents of Laurenceton to travel to Lewisporte for work.
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Route description
Route 341 begins in
Lewisporte
Lewisporte is a town in central Newfoundland, Canada, with a population of 3,288. It is situated in Burnt Bay which opens on to the Bay of Exploits. Lewisporte has a deep water port and related facilities that serve many communities in the re ...
an intersection with
Route 340 (Road to the Isles). It heads north along the banks of
Burnt Bay as Main Street to pass through a business district and some neighbourhoods before entering downtown, where Route 341 makes a sharp left at an intersection
Route 342. The highway now travels northwest through inland neighbourhoods as Premier Drive before leaving town and becoming Laurenceton Road. Route 341 passes through
Stanhope before heading westward through rural wooded areas along the coastline of the
Bay of Exploits
The Bay of Exploits is a large bay in the northeast of Newfoundland. It extends from the mouth of the Exploits River and opens on to Notre Dame Bay to the north. It is approximately 1,000 square kilometers (386 sq. miles) in size and contains ov ...
for several kilometres. The highway then winds its way through
Brown's Arm, where it meets a local road leading to
Porterville, before passing through more rural areas to enter
Laurenceton, where it has an intersection with a local road leading to neighbouring
Burnt Arm. Provincial maintenance ends at the western edge of Laurenceton, with the road continuing short and gravel to
Sandy Point.
Major intersections
See also
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List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways
This is a list of highways in Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador is unusual among jurisdictions in Canada in that it exclusively uses highway marker signs that do not use either the province's name, symbols, or other official ins ...
References
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Year 341 (Roman numerals, CCCXLI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellinus and Probinus (or, less freq ...