Route 60, also known as Topsail Road in

Mount Pearl Mount Pearl is the third-largest settlement and second-largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The city is located southwest of St. John's, on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. Mount Pearl is the fo ...

and St. Johns, and as Conception Bay Highway for the rest of its length, is a east-west highway on the

Avalon Peninsula The Avalon Peninsula (french: Péninsule d'Avalon) is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland. It is in size. The peninsula is home to 270,348 people, about 52% of Newfoundland's population, according ...

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. It runs between the town of

Cupids Cupids is a town of 699 people (per the 2021 Census) on Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It has also been known as Coopers, Copers Cove, Cupers Cove, and Cuperts. It is the oldest continuously settled official British colony ...

and the city of St. John's.

Route description

Route 60 begins as Topsail Road at the west end of

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in downtown St. John's, where the road divides into Topsail Road and Waterford Bridge Road. It continues on through the west end of St. John's, then through the northern part of the city of

. After the overpass of

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, the road passes through the towns of

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, and Chamberlains. After reaching the town of Manuels, Route 60 becomes the Conception Bay Highway, continuing through

Conception Bay South Conception Bay South is a town located on the southern shore of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is commonly called C.B.S. Concepti ...

, Holyrood, Marysvale,

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and ending at the intersection of Route 70 in the town of

. Within

and St. John's, Topsail Road is a major

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and commercial area. Two shopping malls, Mount Pearl Square and the Village Shopping Centre, are located on the road, as well as a number of

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s, fast-food restaurants, other businesses, and residential properties. Once out of the city, Route 60 also runs along the side of

Conception Bay Conception Bay (CB) is a bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The population (in 2011) of people living in municipalities (or unincorporated census subdivisions) located along the coast of Conception Bay was 90,490 making it on ...

through many small rural communities. Route 60 was the main route for many people who live outside St. Johns area to travel into the city before Route 1 (TCH) was constructed. East of its intersection with Cornwall Avenue, Topsail Road narrows to two lanes. The section from Cornwall Avenue to Water Street is often referred to as Old Topsail Road, although this is not its official name. A large portion of the annual

Tely 10 The Tely 10 Mile Road Race (generally known as the ''Tely 10'') is a 10 mile road race held in the communities of Paradise, Mount Pearl and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that attracts over 4000 runners annually. The race course of ...

road race traces Route 60 eastbound through Paradise, Mount Pearl, and St. John's.

Communities along Route 60

* Cupids Crossing *

* Georgetown * Marysvale * Colliers * Conception Harbour * Ballyhack * Middle Arm * Avondale *

Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division 1, on Conception Bay. During King William's War, the village was destroyed in the Avalon Peninsula Campaign. Demog ...

* Holyrood *

* St. John's

Major intersections

References

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