New Brunswick Route 127

Route 127 is an East/West provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The Highway starts out in Lawrence Station at the intersection of Route 3 The road travels mainly south for almost 60 km through mostly rural communities. The road does pass Rickets Island and runs along the Canada/US border as is the main route into St. Andrews where the road name changes to Bayview Drive and Mowat Drive. In St. Andrews the highway takes a sharp almost U-Turn before finally ending in the community of Bocabec.

Route 127
Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length59.9 km[1] (37.2 mi)
Existed1965.[2]–present
Major junctions
East end Route 3 in Lawrence Station
West end Route 1 in Digdeguash
Location
Major citiesSt Andrews
Highway system
Provincial highways in New Brunswick
Former routes
← Route 126Route 128 →

History

Route 127 was commissioned in 1965 as a short loop off Route 1 into St. Andrews. (Route 1 at that point followed the eastern shore of the St. Croix River as far as Ghost Road in Bayside, then crossed over to the east side of the peninsula to go north along Passamaquoddy Bay.) When a new alignment of Route 1 opened in 1973 between Waweig and Digdeguash, Route 127 was extended along the bypassed segments of Route 1. It was extended further north to Lawrence Station in 1984 when Route 765 was decommissioned.

Intersecting routes

River crossings
  • Digdeguash River in Dumbarton
  • (unknown river) south of Waweig
  • Bocabec River in Bocabec

Communities along the Route
  • Watt
  • Dumbarton
  • Greenock
  • Leverville
  • Waweig
  • Gilmans Corner
  • Bayside
  • Wileys Corner
  • St. Andrews
  • Edwards Corner
  • Chamcook Lake
  • Bocabec Cove

See also

References
  1. New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. New Brunswick, Highways.


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