New Brunswick Route 11

Route 11 is a provincial highway in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. The 429-kilometre (267 mi) road runs from Shediac to the Quebec border, near Campbellton, at the Interprovinciale Bridge, following the province's eastern and northern coastlines.

Route 11
Route 11 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length	428.8 km[1] (266.4 mi)
Existed	1920s–present
Major junctions
South end	Route 15 in Shediac
	Route 8 in Miramichi Route 8 in Bathurst Route 17 near Glencoe
North end	Interprovinciale Bridge (Quebec border) continues to Route 132
Location
Major cities	Bouctouche, Richibucto, Miramichi, Tracadie–Sheila, Caraquet, Bathurst, Campbellton
Highway system
Provincial highways in New Brunswick Former routes ← Route 10 Route 15 →

Route 11 in Jacquet River, approximately halfway between Bathurst and Campbellton

Between Shediac Bridge and Miramichi, and between Bathurst and Campbellton, it is a two-lane road with some sections designed as a Super two expressway. The highway is twinned for 7 kilometres in the Shediac region near the Route 15 interchange.

Route description

Route 11's intersection with Route 17, east of Glencoe.

The highway's southern terminus is at an interchange with Route 15 in Shediac. It runs northward Parallel to Route 134 as a four-lane divided highway for 7 kilometres, then becomes a Super 2 controlled-access highway. The route passes through the communities of Shediac Cape, intersecting Route 134, then crossing the Shediac River, then entering Cocagne crossing the Cocagne River. Intersecting with Route 535, the route continues through Ward Corner passing McKees Mills and Saint-Francois-de-Kent at the intersection of Route 115. The Route Crosses the Little Bouctouche River then the Bouctouche River as it enters Bouctouche.

The Route then Continues to Richibucto as well as Kouchibouguac National Park. The highway reverts to a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway between the national park and the city of Miramichi to the northwest. The highway crosses the Miramichi River in the Miramichi borough of Chatham on the Centennial Bridge.

Immediately after crossing the Miramichi River, Route 11 interchanges with Route 8 (which turns north toward Bathurst on the direct route off the bridge). To follow Route 11, one must take the exit at the interchange and then continue on a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway northeast along the coast of Miramichi Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence as it runs around the perimeter of the Acadian Peninsula. Through this region, Route 11 typically forms the main street through most of the coastal towns and settlements such as Neguac, Caraquet, Bertrand, Grande-Anse, and Stonehaven. The only exception is a recently opened Super 2 controlled access bypass of the town of Tracadie-Sheila.

Route 11 interchanges again with Route 8 at Bathurst where Route 8 has its northern terminus. Route 11 becomes a Super 2 controlled access highway from Bathurst, running northwest several kilometres inland from the coast of Chaleur Bay to Glencoe, several kilometres west of the city of Campbellton. Near Glencoe, Route 11 interchanges in a T-intersection with Route 17 (Route 17 is a continuation of the direct Route 11 right-of-way).

To follow Route 11 further west to its northern terminus, one must turn at the intersection onto a 2-lane uncontrolled access local road which runs north to the Restigouche River taking the name Alford Drive, and then turn west and follow the river to the Interprovinciale Bridge which crosses the river at Matapedia, Quebec.

History

Centennial Bridge carries Route 11 over the Miramichi River.

Divided section of Route 11 outside Shediac.

Since the late 1960s, Route 11 has received several upgrades and re-designations as it progresses toward eventually becoming an expressway.

The most significant upgrade to the entire highway route along the east coast of New Brunswick was the opening of the Centennial Bridge which replaced a ferry service and bypassed the town of Chatham in 1967.[2]

In 1973 a new 4-lane expressway opened between Moncton and Shediac, which was then referred to as the Shediac Four-Lane Highway or Shediac Expressway (it was subsequently numbered Route 15 and is known as the Veterans Memorial Highway).[3] Prior to this new expressway, Route 11 followed the Shediac Road from Shediac to Moncton, terminating at Route 2, the Trans-Canada Highway in Lakeville. Route 11's southern terminus was then changed to the current interchange at Route 15 in Shediac.

Controlled access Super 2 expressway sections on Route 11 were completed during the 1970s in Bathurst and the Campbellton-Dalhousie area, as well as between Shediac and Bouctouche.

During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, two long stretches of Super 2 expressway were completed on Route 11; one running from Bouctouche to Kouchibouguac National Park (bypassing Richibucto), and another running between Bathurst and Charlo, where the existing Super 2 section running east from Campbellton ended. The Super 2 section in Bathurst was also extended eastward past Salmon Beach at the city's east end.

A bypass of Tracadie-Sheila opened to traffic in 2003.[4] Also, an extension to that existing bypass was done in 2009, linking the northern end and Six-Roads, near Pokemouche.[5]

Route 11 in Miramichi

A bypass of Caraquet opened to traffic in 2016. Also going south from exiting Route 11 from Portage Road to Bertrand. The 13 km construction started in 2013, then finished in 2016.[6]

In 2017, work was completed on a new interchange between Route 11 and 15 in Shediac, and 7 kilometres of twinned highway.[7]

Currently, two other sections of highway are being twinned. The first is from the south side of the Shediac River to the Cocagne River, and the second from the north side of the Cocagne River to the Little Bouctouche River, meaning the highway will revert to two lanes across the Cocagne River on the current bridge.[8][9]

Major intersections

County	Location	km[1]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Westmorland	Shediac	0.0	0.0	(0)	Route 15 west – Moncton	Eastbound exit, westbound entrance
		0.9	0.56	1	To Route 132 / Route 133 / Route 15 east – Shediac, Scoudouc	Westbound Route 15 access (via exit 31) to Route 11
	​	2.4	1.5	2	Route 134 – Lakeville, Shediac Cape
	Shediac Bridge	6.8	4.2	Crosses the Shediac River
		7.8	4.8	7	To Route 134 / Route 530 – Shediac Bridge, Grande-Digue
Kent	Cocagne	14.1	8.8	13	To Route 134 / Route 530 / Cocagne Sud Road	Southbound exit and entrance, full interchange proposed[10]
		14.4– 14.9	8.9– 9.3	Crosses the Cocagne River
		15.6	9.7	15	Route 535 to Route 134 – Cocagne, Notre-Dame, Saint-Antoine
	​	27.2	16.9	27	Route 115 to Route 134 / Route 535 – McKees Mills, Saint-Thomas
	​	27.9	17.3	Crosses the Little Bouctouche River
	Bouctouche	28.6	17.8	29	Sheridan Road
		32.0	19.9	Crosses the Bouctouche River
		10.1	6.3	32	Route 515 (Irving Boulevard) to Route 135 – Bouctouche, Sainte-Marie	Signed as exits 32A (east) and 32B (west)
	​	35.6	22.1		Route 135 – Saint-Maurice, MacIntosh Hill
	Sainte-Anne-de-Kent	41.5	25.8	42	To Route 134 / Route 475 / Route 505 – Sainte-Anne, South Branch
	Rexton	52.5	32.6	53	Route 134 to Route 116 / Route 505 – Rexton, Richibouctou-Village, Elsipogtog First Nation
		55.0– 55.6	34.2– 34.5	Crosses the Richibucto River
	Richibucto	56.3	35.0	57	Route 134 – Richibucto, Rexton
	Saint-Charles	63.1	39.2	64	Saint-Charles, Aidouane
	Saint-Louis-de-Kent	68.4	42.5	69	Saint-Louis, Saint-Ignace
		69.1	42.9	Crosses the Kouchibouguacis River
	​	74.1	46.0	75	Route 117 north / Route 480 west – Acadieville, Kouchibouguac National Park, Pointe-Sapin
	​			North end of freeway
	Kouchibouguac	76.8	47.7		Route 134 south – Saint-Louis-de-Kent
Northumberland	St. Margarets	95.3	59.2		Route 440 west – Rogersville
	Black River	107.2	66.6		To Route 117 / South Black River Road – Baie-Sainte-Anne
	Miramichi	118.5	73.6		King Street
				South end of freeway
		119.5	74.3	119	Route 8 south – Miramichi Airport, Fredericton Route 117 south (University Avenue) to Route 128	South end of Route 8 concurrency
		120.7	75.0	120	Church Street
		120.8– 121.9	75.1– 75.7	Centennial Bridge crosses the Miramichi River
		122.0	75.8	179	King George Highway Route 8 north – Bathurst	North end of Route 8 concurrency
				North end of freeway
	Bartibog Bridge	138.4	86.0	Crosses the Bartibog River
	Village-Saint-Laurent	155.1	96.4		Route 450 north – Lagacéville
	Neguac	163.1	101.3		Route 455 east (Fairisle Street)
		165.3	102.7		Route 460 north (Stymiest Street)
	Tabusintac	171.9	106.8		Route 455 east (Fairisle Street)
		173.9	108.1	Crosses the Tabusintac River
	​	175.2	108.9		Route 460 south
	Rivière-du-Portage	185.5	115.3		Route 370 north (Rivière-du-Portage Road)
Gloucester	Tracadie-Sheila	191.5– 191.9	119.0– 119.2	Crosses the Big Tracadie River
				South end of freeway
		192.7	119.7	192	Route 370 (Pointe-des-Feruson Road) – Point-Lafrance
		194.1	120.6	194	Principale Street
		196.9	122.3	198	Riviere-a-la-Truite Street
		198.8– 199.2	123.5– 123.8	Crosses the Little Tracadie River
		201.8	125.4	203	Route 150 north (Principale Street) to Route 160 – Saint-Isidore
				North end of freeway
	Six Roads	209.2	130.0		Route 150 south / Petit Carey Road
		210.5	130.8		Route 355 north – Sainte-Rose
	Pokemouche	216.0	134.2	Crosses the Pokemouche River
		216.7	134.7	217	Route 113 north – Shippagan, Lameque Route 350 west – Paquetville	At-grade
	​	220.1	136.8		Route 345 east to Route 335 – Evangeline, Saint-Simon
	Caraquet	227.4	141.3		To Route 145 / Rue du Portage – Bas-Caraquet, Caraquet	South end of Caraquet Bypass
		232.6	144.5	234	To Route 145 / Alexis Road – Caraquet	Interchange
	Bertrand	240.3	149.3		Route 145 north – Caraquet Route 325 south – Paquetville	Roundabout; north end of Caraquet Bypass
	​	246.0	152.9		Route 303 east – Maisonnette
	​	249.5	155.0		Route 320 east – Anse-Bleue
	Grande-Anse	253.6	157.6		Route 330 south – Saint-Leolin
	Pokeshaw	260.5	161.9		Route 135 south – Paquetville, Saint-Leolin
	Janeville	278.7	173.2		Route 340 south – Notre-Dame-des-Érables
	​			South end of freeway
	Bathurst	298.5	185.5	300	Route 134 (Miramichi Avenue) – Allardville	Signed as exits 300A (north) and 300B (south)
		298.9– 299.8	185.7– 186.3	301	Route 8 south – Miramichi	Route 8 northern terminus
		301.3	187.2	Crosses the Nepisiguit River
		301.7	187.5	304	Route 430 (King Avenue)
		306.9	190.7	308	St-Anne Street
		308.4	191.6	310	Route 180 (Vanier Boulevard) to Route 134 – Bathurst Airport, South Tetagouche
		309.3	192.2	311	Route 315 (Sunset Drive) – North Tetagouche
	Beresford	316.4	196.6	318	To Route 134 – Beresford, Robertville
	Nigadoo	319.6	198.6	321	To Route 134 / Route 315 – Nigadoo, Nicholas-Denys
	LaPlante	324.4	201.6	326	Route 315 to Route 134 – LaPlante, Petit-Rocher
	​	330.9	205.6	333	To Route 134 – Madran, Pointe-Verte
	Belledune	337.8	209.9	344	To Route 134 / Turgeon Road – Belledune
Restigouche		348.8	216.7	351	To Route 134 / Jacquet River Drive
	Nash Creek	355.3	220.8	357	To Route 134 – Nash Creek, Lorne
	Charlo	373.7	232.2	375	To Route 134 – Charlo
		378.0	234.9	385	To Route 134 – Charlo, Charlo Airport, Balmoral
	​	380.6	236.5	388	Route 280 to Route 134 – Eel River Crossing
	Dalhousie	384.3	238.8	391	Route 275 to Route 134 – Dalhousie, Eel River Bar, Eel River Crossing
	Dalhousie Junction	389.9	242.3	397	To Route 134 – Dalhousie Junction, Point La Nim
	​	395.8	245.9	403	Route 280 to Route 134 – Dundee, McLeods
	Campbellton	404.8	251.5	412	To Route 134 / Route 132 – Campbellton, Pointe-à-la-Croix, QC
	Atholville	407.8	253.4	415	To Route 134 – Atholville, Campbellton	Former Route 270
	Glencoe			North end of freeway
		415.3	258.1		Route 17 south – Saint-Leonard	Route 17 northern terminus
	Tide Head	418.5	260.0		Route 134 south – Atholville	Route 134 northern terminus
New Brunswick–Quebec border		428.8– 429.8	266.4– 267.1	Matapédia Bridge (Interprovinciale Bridge) crosses the Restigouche River
Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec)	Matapédia	429.9	267.1		Route 132 – Amqui, Matapédia, Gaspe, Pointe-à-la-Croix	T-intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also

• List of New Brunswick provincial highways

References

1. Google (January 16, 2020). "New Brunswick Route 11" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
2. Fowler, Shane (September 30, 2017). "Miramichi's Centennial Bridge marks 50 years as 'lifeline'". CBC. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
3. "Extensive Improvements Planned for Highways". Telegraph Journal. February 28, 1974. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
4. "Tracadie-Sheila bypass opens (03/10/30)". Communications New Brunswick. October 30, 2003. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
5. "Tracadie-Sheila to Six Roads bypass completed (09/10/19)". Communications New Brunswick. October 19, 2009. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
6. "La voie de contournement de Caraquet ouverte à la circulation". Acadie Nouvelle. October 10, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
7. "Newly twinned section of Route 11 now open". New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
8. Poitras, Jacques (March 21, 2019). "Ministers pile on confusion over Route 11 twinning pledge". CBC. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
9. Poitras, Jacques (December 11, 2019). "2 stalled hospital units back on list of provincial capital projects". CBC. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
10. "Route 11: Shediac to Little Bouctouche River" (PDF) (Map). Province of New Brunswick. January 2, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2020.