Route 50, also known as Thorburn Road and St. Thomas Line, is a east-west highway on the
Avalon Peninsula of
Newfoundland in the
Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. It extends from the city of
St. John's west to
Paradise
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.
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Route description
Route 50 begins in the town of
Paradise
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at an intersection with
Route 60 (Topsail Road). It heads north as St. Thomas Line through neighbourhoods to cross into
Portugal Cove-St. Philips, where it passes through the St. Philips portion of town to have an intersection with
Route 41 (Tuckers Hill Road), which leads to the
Bell Island Ferry, and becomes Thorburn Road. The highway now winds its way southeast through rural areas to enter the
St. John's city limits at an interchange with
Route 1 (
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 ...
/Outer Ring Road, Exit 44). Route 50 continues east through neighbourhoods to cross over
Route 3A (Team Gushue Highway) without an interchange and have an intersection with Goldstone Street. It now enters a business district as it passes by the
Avalon Mall to have an intersection with
The Parkway (Columbus Drive/Prince Philip Drive). The highway now curves to the curves to the south and comes to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection between
Kenmount Road and Freshwater Road (former Route 1).
A small section of Thorburn Road branches off of Tuckers Hill Road (Route 41) toward Broad Cove, though this part becomes Thorpes Road before reaching the cove.
Major intersections
References
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Streets in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador