Newfoundland and Labrador Route 516

Route 516
Route 516
Cartwright Highway
	Route 516 highlighted in pink
Route information
	Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	94 km (58 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) at Cartwright Junction
North end	Cartwright
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador
Highway system
	Highways in Newfoundland and Labrador; ;

Route 516, also known as Cartwright Highway, is a 94-kilometre-long (58 mi) north–south highway in southeastern Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It connects the town of Cartwright, along with the community of Paradise River, with the Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) at Cartwright Junction. The highway passes through remote, wooded, and hilly terrain for its entire length.^[1] The road is unpaved. Cell phone reception along Route 516 is severely limited.

Route description

View along Route 516

Route 516 begins at an intersection with Trans-Labrador Highway (Route 510) at Cartwright Junction and heads northward through remote, hilly, and wooded terrain for the next several kilometres. It crosses the Paradise River before meeting a local road leading to the community of the same name. This aforementioned intersection is located at the site of the former Paradise River Airport. The highway then parallels the eastern shore of Sandwich Bay for several kilometres, where it passes by Cartwright Airport, before entering the Cartwright town limits. Route 516 comes to an end at an intersection between Point Road and Main Road in downtown Cartwright near the harbour.

History

Phase II of the Trans-Labrador Highway involved completion of highway north to Cartwright from Red Bay, and was opened in 2002. Although the entire route was initially designated as Route 510, upon completion of Phase III, the northern 94 km (58 mi) from Cartwright Junction was designated as Route 516.

Major intersections

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Cartwright Junction	0.0	0.0	Route 510 (Trans-Labrador Highway) – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Charlottetown, Port Hope Simpson	Southern terminus
	50.8	31.6	Paradise River Road - Paradise River
	87.6	54.4	Cartwright Airport (not a scheduled destination)^[2]	Access road into airport
Cartwright	94	58	Point Road / Main Road	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ "Route 516" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
^ "Air Labrador Route Map". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

[1] "Route 516" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 18, 2020.

[2] "Air Labrador Route Map". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-01.

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