Route 432, also known as Main Brook Highway, is a 110-kilometre-long (68 mi) east-west highway on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It connects the towns of Roddickton, Bide Arm, Main Brook, along with many other smaller communities, with Route 430 (Great Northern Peninsula Highway/Viking Trail) and the town of St. Anthony. Route 432 also carries the designation The Grenfell Loop after the Grenfell Mission founded by Sir Wilfred Grenfell.[1]
Main Brook Highway The Grenfell Loop | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
Length | 110 km (68 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Route 430 in Plum Point | |||
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East end | Route 430 at St. Anthony Airport | |||
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Country | Canada | |||
Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | |||
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Route description
editRoute 432 begins at an intersection with Route 430 in Plum Point and winds its way east through wooded, hilly, and rural terrain for several kilometres. The highway has an intersection with Route 433 (Englee Highway) just north of Roddickton before winding its way northeast to have an intersection with Route 438 (Croque Road) and passing through Main Brook. Route 432 continues northward through rural areas for several kilometres before coming to an end at another intersection with Route 430 at the St. Anthony Airport.[2]
Major intersections
editLocation | km | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Plum Point | 0.0 | 0.0 | Route 430 (Great Northern Peninsula Highway/Viking Trail) to Route 1 (TCH) – Deer Lake, Rocky Harbour, St. Barbe, St. Anthony | Western terminus; provides access to Gros Morne National Park and Labrador Ferry | |
| 53.6 | 33.3 | Route 433 south (Englee Highway) – Roddickton, Bide Arm, Englee, Conche | Northern terminus of Route 433 | |
Main Brook | 76.1 | 47.3 | Route 438 east (Croque Road) – Croque, St. Julien's | Western terminus of Route 438 | |
| 110 | 68 | Route 430 (Great Northern Peninsula Highway/Viking Trail) to Route 1 (TCH) – Deer Lake, Rocky Harbour, St. Barbe, St. Anthony
| Eastern terminus; road continues north as an access road to the airport | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
edit- ^ "The Grenfell Loop". www.explorenewfoundlandandlabrador.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Route 432" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 11, 2020.