New Brunswick Route 128

Route 128 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The highway starts in Lutes Mountain as Homestead Road at Route 126. The road travels in a horseshoe pattern through two small communities before ending in the city of Moncton at an interchange with Route 15 (Wheeler Boulevard). In the community of Berry Mills, New Brunswick, the road is called Berry Mills Road and in Moncton, Route 128 is also designated Killam Drive.

Route 128 marker
Route 128
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Route information
Maintained by New Brunswick Department of Transportation
Length11.82 km[1] (7.34 mi)
Existed1965[2]–present
Major junctions
East end Route 126 in Lutes Mountain
Major intersections Route 2 (TCH) in Berry Mills
West end Route 15 in Moncton
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
Major citiesMoncton
Highway system
Route 127 Route 130

History

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The Berry Mills Road follows a former rail line. When two rival lines, who had built within literally feet of each other, merged in the early 20th century, one was torn up and turned into a road bed. Route 128 was commissioned in 1965, taking over a small part of the former Route 30. It was extended north from Berry Mills in 1997 to Lutes Mountain along a former alignment of Route 2, and shortened in 2003 when the portion of Killam Drive east of Wheeler Boulevard was turned over to City of Moncton control.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Westmorland County.

Locationkm[3]miDestinationsNotes
Lutes Mountain0.00.0   Route 126 to Route 2 (TCH) east – Moncton, Miramichi
Berry Mills3.0–
3.8
1.9–
2.4
Homestead RoadPartial cloverleaf interchange
4.93.0  Route 2 (TCH) – Saint John, Fredericton, SackvilleExit 446 (TCH 2)
Moncton11.3–
11.8
7.0–
7.3
   Route 15 to Route 114 – Moncton Centre, Riverview, Shediac, SackvilleExit 3 (Route 15)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ New Brunswick Department of Transportation: Designated Provincial Highways, 2003
  2. ^ New Brunswick, Highways. Archived October 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Route 128" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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