Peter Road, or ''Peterville Road'', labelled Route 159, is a 2-lane collector highway in western

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. It is near the community of

Tignish Tignish is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is located approximately northwest of the city of Summerside, and northwest of the city of Charlottetown. It has a population of 719. The name "Tignish" is derive ...

. Its maximum speed limit is . The highway runs from Route 158 (Harper Road) to Route 160 (Ascension Road) passing through the communities of

Peterville Peterville (also known as Peter Road) is a small community located on Route 159 from 2.01 – 3.78 miles SW of Tignish, in the Lot 1 township. Peterville is within the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, in Eastern Canada. The communi ...

, Leoville, and Ascension.

History

The southern half of the road, from Route 158 (Harper Road) to about 1.50 miles NW, was first paved in 1979, followed by the northern half of the road from Route 160 (Ascension) to 1.50 miles SW in 1980. Part of the remaining dirt section was paved in 2004, and now there remains only about 200 yards of unpaved road on Route 159. The northernmost 800 metres of Peter Road was resurfaced in July 2008.

Other information

Addresses from the Route 160 (Ascension Road) intersection SW to before the clay road receive electric power from the Elmsdale/Tignish substation, and remaining addresses from the other end of the clay road to Route 158 (Harper Road) receive electric power from the St. Louis/Bloomfield division. Basic cable service from Eastlink is not available on the road, but

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from

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is available from civic addresses 550–900 on Route 159.

List of roads merging off Route 159

*Harper Rd - Route 158 (Leoville) *Ascension Rd - Route 160 (Ascension) *Gunion Rd (Peterville) *Brennan Rd (Peterville) *Gavin Rd (Ascension)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:159 Prince Edward Island provincial highways Roads in Prince County, Prince Edward Island