Route 404 is a short provincial highway on the west coast of
Newfoundland in the
Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. It is one of four provincial routes that start and end at the same route (in this case, the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on ...
/
Route 1) - the only other such provincial highways are
Route 201,
Route 213 and
Route 351. When exiting the Trans-Canada Highway at the east access, the route starts several kilometers south of
Robinsons and ends at the Trans-Canada Highway several kilometres south of
Jeffrey's.
Route description
Route 404 begins on Route 1 (TCH) in a very rural area and it heads through wooded terrain for several kilometres. It enters
Jeffrey's, where it makes a sharp right at an intersection with a local road leading to
St. David's and
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town, linking it wi ...
. The highway now follows the coastline as it heads northeast through
McKay's. Route 404 crosses the
Barachois River to pass through
Cartyville before crossing the
Robinsons River into
Robinsons. It passes through town, where it makes a sharp right at an intersection with a local road leading to
Heatherton, before heading eastward through inland terrain for several kilometres to come to an end at another intersection with Route 1.
Major intersections
References
{{Newfoundland and Labrador highways
Roads in Newfoundland and Labrador
404