Route 2, also known as Pitts Memorial Drive and Peacekeeper's Way, is a

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on the

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in the

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. The road provides a direct link from the

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(TCH) to downtown

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, which was previously accessible only via city streets such as

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(which was part of the TCH until the Outer Ring Road was built). Initially called the Harbour Arterial, construction began in the early 1970s and was completed in 1979. The $52-million project was funded by the federal and provincial governments. It was renamed by the city council in 1984 after local businessman James Stewart Pitt (1847-1914). The road bypasses

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to the south and then runs parallel to the Waterford River on an embankment/cutting along the Southside Hills. It enters the downtown on a concrete

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that carries it over the Waterford River valley and the terminus of the former

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. At the end of the viaduct, it meets New Gower Street which continues into downtown St. John's. As a major route into and out of the city, the road is subject to heavy traffic and has had its share of unfortunate incidents and shutdowns.

Route description

Route 2 begins as Peacekeeper's Way in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Conception Bay South (locally known as C.B.S.) at an at-grade intersection with Route 60 (Conception Bay Highway) in the Seal Cove portion of town. It immediately heads northeast as a two-lane Freeway (super-two) to bypass the town along its southern edge while having interchanges with several local roads, including Route 61 (Foxtrap Access Road) and the Manuels Access Road, where Route 2 wides to a divided four-lane as it enters the town of

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. The highway now passes through mainly rural areas before following the

- St. John's city at a large interchange with Route 1 (

). Route 2 now becomes Pitts Memorial Drive and passes through Mount Pearl's southernmost neighbourhoods, where it has an interchange with Route 3 (Robert E Howlett Memorial Drive/Goulds Bypass). This interchange is also proposed to be the eventual southern terminus of Route 3A (Team Gushue Highway). Route 2 now fully enters the St. John's city limits as it passes through farmland just north of Goulds for a few kilometres before entering neighbourhoods at an interchange between Route 10 (Bay Bulls Road) and The Parkway (Columbus Drive) in Kilbride. The highway begins following a ridge overlooking the city as it passes through St. John's southernmost neighbourhoods, crossing over Route 11 (Blackhead Road) without an interchange, before crossing the Waterford River along a concrete

and coming to an end at interchange/at-grade intersection between

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, Hamilton Avenue, and New Gower Street in downtown.

Exit list

Except for the Conception Bay Highway and Hamilton Avenue intersections, all intersections are

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References

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Streets in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador