Nova Scotia Highway 118

Highway 118, in Nova Scotia, is a short suburban freeway connecting (officially) Victoria Road via Woodland Ave. in Dartmouth with Highway 102 at Fall River, 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) to the north. The highway crosses the Historic Shubenacadie Canal. It also runs along the western shore of Lake Micmac and the western edge of Shubie Park and is known as Lakeview Drive. Running parallel to the highway from the Waverley Road to exit 14 is a portion of the Halifax Lateral of the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (natural gas). The highway serves both as an "A-Train and B-Train" route between the Burnside Industrial Park and Highway 102. The highway has the only collector-express section in Atlantic Canada. It is located at the new exit 12 Dartmouth Crossing interchange.

Highway 118
Lakeview Drive
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length14.2 km[1][2] (8.8 mi)
Existed1971–present
Major junctions
South endLaurier Street in Dartmouth
  Hwy 111 near Dartmouth
Hwy 107 near Burnside
North end Hwy 102 near Fall River
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia
100-series
Hwy 113Hwy 125
Highway 118, north of Dartmouth at the village of Waverley.

The south end of provincial maintenance is at the Highway 111 interchange.[3]

History

In the early 1970s, it was decided that a new highway was required to directly link Highway 102 with Dartmouth. In 1970, the then Department of Highways expropriated a portion of land for the construction of Highway 118. The highway was completed in 1971.

Exit list

The entire route is located in Halifax Regional Municipality. 

Locationkm[1]miOld exitNew exitDestinationsNotes
Dartmouth−2.8−1.7 Victoria Road (Route 322) – Macdonald BridgeAt-grade, traffic signals; part of Woodland Avenue
−0.9−0.56Micmac Boulevard, Lancaster DriveAt-grade, traffic signals
0.00.0111 Hwy 111 south to Trunk 7 (Main Street) / Route 318 – Eastern Shore, Eastern PassageSouthern terminus; exit 4 on Hwy 111
Hwy 111 north to Trunk 7 – Mackay Bridge, HalifaxSouthbound exit only; south end of southbound collector/express lane
1.00.622Commodore Drive – Dartmouth CrossingSouthbound exit and entrance
1.81.1312Wright Avenue – Dartmouth Crossing, Burnside Industrial ParkNorth end of southbound collector/express lane
4.72.9413 Hwy 107 to Route 318 / Akerley Boulevard Cole Harbour, Eastern Shore, Burnside Industrial ParkSigned as exits 13E (east) and 13W (west); exit 13 on Hwy 107
Fall River13.68.5514 To Trunk 2 / Route 318 (Perrin Drive) Fall River, Waverley, WellingtonNorthbound exit, southbound entrance
14.28.8 Hwy 102 north – Halifax International Airport, TruroNorthern terminus; northbound exit, southbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  • Exit 1 was used from 1971 to 2007 and renumbered Exit 11
  • Exits 2 and 3 used to be a work site until construction started on Dartmouth Crossing in 2005
  • Exit 4 was used until 1979, when it was renumbered to Exit 13
  • Exit 5 was also used until 1979, when it was renumbered to Exit 14

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Google (July 16, 2017). "Highway 118 in Nova Scotia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
  2. Halifax Regional Municipality Atlas ISBN 978-1-55109-641-4 ISBN 1-55109-641-2 Page 10"
  3. Halifax Regional Municipality, By-Law No. T-400 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, as amended July 29, 2000
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