Prince Edward Island Route 6
Prince Edward Island Route 6 is a secondary highway in central Prince Edward Island.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by Prince Edward Island Transportation and Public Works | ||||
Length | 68.7 km[1] (42.7 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | ||||
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East end | ||||
Location | ||||
Counties | Prince, Queens | |||
Highway system | ||||
Provincial highways in Prince Edward Island
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Route 6 begins in Kensington at the junction of Routes 2 and 20, bearing east. It passes the community of New London before turning at a roundabout in Stanley Bridge. It is the main road through Cavendish, meeting Route 13 in the town, then turning south towards North Rustico. It meets Route 7 at Oyster Bed Bridge, turning east once again. Route 6 is co-signed with Route 15 for 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of Brackley Beach, then Route 6 proceeds east through Covehead and Stanhope, cosigned with Route 25 for 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi). It turns south once again near Grand Tracadie before terminating at Route 2 at Bedford Corner, near Dunstaffnage.[2]
Major intersections
County | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Prince | Kensington | 0.0 | 0.0 | Western terminus | |
0.07 | 0.043 | ||||
Margate | 4.5 | 2.8 | |||
Prince—Queens county line | | 5.0 | 3.1 | ||
Queens | Clinton | 7.9 | 4.9 | ||
New London | 11.3 | 7.0 | |||
| 12.8 | 8.0 | |||
Stanley Bridge | 15.2 | 9.4 | |||
15.9 | 9.9 | Roundabout | |||
Cavendish | 20.3 | 12.6 | Grahams Lane | ||
22.9 | 14.2 | ||||
North Rustico | 30.0 | 18.6 | Harbourview Drive (to West Gulf Shore Parkway) − Prince Edward Island National Park | ||
26.8 | 16.7 | ||||
Rusticoville | 29.2 | 18.1 | |||
| 35.0 | 21.7 | |||
South Rustico | 36.0 | 22.4 | |||
| 36.3 | 22.6 | |||
39.3 | 24.4 | ||||
Oyster Bed Bridge | 41.6 | 25.8 | Roundabout | ||
42.1 | 26.2 | ||||
Brackley Beach | 45.5 | 28.3 | West end of Route 15 concurrency | ||
Brackley Point | 48.0 | 29.8 | East end of Route 15 concurrency | ||
| 49.9 | 31.0 | |||
| 50.8 | 31.6 | |||
West Covehead | 52.0 | 32.3 | |||
52.5 | 32.6 | ||||
Covehead | 53.6 | 33.3 | West end of Route 25 concurrency | ||
Stanhope | 55.5 | 34.5 | East end of Route 25 concurrency | ||
Dalvay | 58.9 | 36.6 | Gulf Shore Parkway − Prince Edward Island National Park | ||
Grand Tracadie | 60.4 | 37.5 | |||
| 63.7 | 39.6 | |||
Millcove | 65.8 | 40.9 | |||
Bedford Corner | 68.7 | 42.7 | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Google (September 16, 2019). "PEI Route 6" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- Prince Edward Island Provincial Road Atlas (PDF) (Map) (2014 ed.). Government of Prince Edward Island. pp. 18, 22–23, 26, 29. Retrieved September 16, 2019.