Route 2, also known as Veterans Memorial Highway and the All Weather Highway, is the longest highway in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada, at 216 kilometres (134 mi). It is a two-lane uncontrolled access highway that runs nearly the entire length of the province, from Tignish to Souris.[2] Route 2 was recognized as the first numbered highway in the province in 1890, when it opened between Charlottetown and Summerside.
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Energy | ||||
| Length | 217.1 km[1] (134.9 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1890–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Route 14 in Tignish | |||
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| East end |  Route 16 in Souris | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Prince Edward Island | |||
| Counties | Kings, Queens, Prince | |||
| Major cities | Charlottetown, Summerside | |||
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It passes through the cities of Summerside and Charlottetown and roughly parallels the former primary railway line through the province, which was abandoned in 1989.
The highway was first paved in the 1950s with many upgrades in recent decades. A perimeter arterial highway (ring road) across the northern and eastern part of Charlottetown was constructed as part of Route 2 in the 1990s with funding from a $200 million federal adjustment fund for road construction after the railway was abandoned. This section of road was extended to Upton Road and is now signed for Route 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway), although Route 2 uses a small portion of the arterial highway between the Malpeque Road and St. Peter's Highway.
Names
editRoute 2 is commonly called the "All Weather Highway," as it was one of the first roads in Prince Edward Island to be open for traffic in all seasons. In June 2002, premier Pat Binns designated the highway the "Veterans Memorial Highway".[3] Transportation minister Don MacKinnon said that the designation honoured the highway's vital role in the Second World War, when it provided "a transportation link to the military facilities of CFB Summerside and the air training facility in Mount Pleasant".[4]
Route 2 has several local names:
- Souris Road (Souris to Route 4 at Dingwells Mills)
- St. Peter's Highway (Dingwells Mills to Charlottetown)
- Malpeque Road (Charlottetown to Hunter River); the Malpeque Road alignment continuing thereafter on the Old Princetown Road
- New Annan Road (Kensington to Summerside)
- Western Road (Summerside to Tignish)
Mount Pleasant diversion
editThe portion of the highway running through the farming hamlet of Mount Pleasant west of Summerside was diverted for several years during the 1940s with the establishment of an air force base named RCAF Station Mount Pleasant.[5] The base was closed following World War II and the "Western Road" was returned to its original alignment which currently runs along the former flight line and tarmac of the air force base. The diversion road constructed around the base is still in use as a local public road.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince | | −1.4 | −0.87 |  Route 12 – North Cape, Alberton | |
| Tignish | 0.0 | 0.0 |  Route 14 east / Route 153 south (Church Street) – Skinners Pond, Alberton | Western terminus | |
| 1.3 | 0.81 |  Route 160 north (Ascension Road) | |||
| | 2.1 | 1.3 |  Route 158 west (Harper Road) | ||
| St. Peter and St. Paul | 4.5 | 2.8 |  Route 157 west (Deblois Road) | ||
| Profits Corner | 11.1 | 6.9 |  Route 152 (Union Road) | ||
| Alma | 12.5– 12.6 | 7.8– 7.8 |  Route 151 (Centre Line Road) | Intersections offset; 80 m (260 ft) concurrency | |
| Elmsdale | 16.9 | 10.5 |  Route 150 (Dock Road) | ||
| Rosebank | 20.1 | 12.5 |  Route 149 west (Piusville Road) | ||
| Bloomfield Corner | 24.2 | 15.0 |  Route 145 (Mill River East Road / Ohalloran Road) – Mill River East, Campbellton | Roundabout | |
| | 26.1 | 16.2 |  Route 146 (Duvar Road) | ||
| St. Anthony | 26.8 | 16.7 |  Route 143 west (Howlan Road) | ||
| 27.0 | 16.8 |  Route 136 east (Mill Road) | |||
| Woodstock | 29.2 | 18.1 |  Route 142 (O'Leary Road / Kelly Road) – Cascumpec, O'Leary | Roundabout | |
| Carleton | 31.9 | 19.8 |  Route 137 east (Trout River Road) | ||
| 37.6 | 23.4 | Route 14 west – Coleman, West Point | |||
| West Devon | 35.9 | 22.3 |  Route 138 south (Beaton Road) | ||
| | 37.6 | 23.4 | Route 12 west – Cascumpec, Alberton | West end of Route 12 concurrency | |
| Portage | 40.3 | 25.0 | Route 12 east – Foxley River | East end of Route 12 concurrency | |
| Inverness | 42.7 | 26.5 |  Route 175 north (Conway Road) | ||
| | 46.2 | 28.7 |  Route 134 east (McNeills Mills Road) | ||
| 49.9 | 31.0 |  Route 133 east (Ellerslie Road) | |||
| Mount Pleasant | 50.3 | 31.3 |  Route 11 east – Enmore | ||
| | 51.0 | 31.7 |  Route 169 east (Port Hill Station Road) | ||
| Springhill | 54.4 | 33.8 |  Route 130 west (Richards Road) | ||
| | 55.6 | 34.5 |  Route 132 east (Northam Road) | ||
| 56.5 | 35.1 |  Route 128 wast (Harmony Line Road) | |||
| Richmond | 59.2 | 36.8 |  Route 127 (MacIsacc Road Road) | ||
| | 55.6 | 34.5 | Route 132 east (Sunnyside Road) | ||
| 62.6 | 38.9 |  Route 125 west (Hackmatack Road) | |||
| Wellington Centre | 63.8 | 39.6 |  Route 179 west (Goodwin Road) | ||
| | 65.2 | 40.5 |  Route 124 west (Wellington Road) – Wellington | ||
| 68.8 | 42.8 |  Route 122 north (Allen Road) | |||
| Miscouche | 74.0 | 46.0 | Route 12 – Central Lot 16, Belmont, Southwest Lot 16 | ||
| Summerside | 80.7 | 50.1 | Central Street | Former Route 121 | |
| 81.0 | 50.3 | Granville Street | Roundabout | ||
| 82.0 | 51.0 |  Route 180 north (Shore Road) | |||
| Travellers Rest | 84.1 | 52.3 |   Route 1A south to Route 11 (Water Street) / Route 1 (TCH) – Summerside, Borden-Carleton, Confederation Bridge | Roundabout | |
| | 86.4– 86.5 | 53.7– 53.7 |  Route 120 (Waterview Road / Wilmont Valley Road) | Intersections offset; 120 m (390 ft) concurrency | |
| New Annan | 88.2 | 54.8 |  Route 106 north (Clermont Road) | ||
| | 89.5 | 55.6 |  Route 110 north (Old Station Road) | West end of Route 110 concurrency | |
| 89.8 | 55.8 | Route 110 south (MacIntyre Road) | East end of Route 110 concurrency | ||
| Kensington | 92.6 | 57.5 |    Route 20 north (Broadway Street N) / Route 6 east (Victoria Street E) to Route 101 north – Margate, Mapeque, Cavendish | ||
| 93.0 | 57.8 |  Route 109 south (Barrett Street) | |||
| Norboro | 96.2– 96.3 | 59.8– 59.8 |  Route 107 (Blue Shank Road / Nineteen Road) | Intersections offset; 90 m (300 ft) concurrency | |
| | 98.9 | 61.5 |  Route 108 west (North Freetown Road) | ||
| Prince—Queens county line | | 99.1 | 61.6 |  Route 233 north (County Line Road) | |
| Queens | Summerfield | 100.4– 100.6 | 62.4– 62.5 |  Route 8 (Freetown Road / Grahams Road) – New London, Freetown | Intersections offset; 160 m (520 ft) concurrency |
| Springfield | 103.7 | 64.4 |  Route 254 north (Rattenbury Road) | ||
| | 106.1 | 65.9 |  Route 231 (Ascension Road / Millvale Road) | ||
| 108.1 | 67.2 |  Route 227 south (Junction Road) | |||
| Pleasent Valley | 108.6 | 67.5 |  Route 230 north (Smith Road) | ||
| Fredericton | 111.0 | 69.0 |  Route 264 south (Fredericton Station Road) | ||
| Hazelgrove | 112.6 | 70.0 |  Route 228 north (Bertram Road) | ||
| | 114.6 | 71.2 | Route 228 west (Hazel Grove Road) | ||
| 115.0 | 71.5 |  Route 239 north | |||
| Hunter River | 117.4 | 72.9 |  Route 13 – Cavendish, Crapaud, Borden-Carleton | ||
| Greenville | 120.5 | 74.9 |  Route 243 north | ||
| Brookfield | 123.4– 123.5 | 76.7– 76.7 |  Route 226 (Millboro Road / Darlington Road) | Intersections offset; 100 m (330 ft) concurrency | |
| | 124.4 | 77.3 |  Route 9 south – Hampshire | ||
| Springvale | 126.8 | 78.8 |  Route 256 south (Loyalist Road) | West end of Route 256 concurrency | |
| 127.3 | 79.1 | Route 256 west (Crabbe Road) | East end of Route 256 concurrency | ||
| Milton Station | 129.3 | 80.3 |  Route 248 south (North York River Road) – Warren Grove, Cornwall | ||
| 130.2 | 80.9 |  Route 7 north – North Rustico, Cavendish | |||
| | 131.5 | 81.7 |  Route 236 south (Lower Malpeque Road) | ||
| Charlottetown | 133.2 | 82.8 | Route 233 north (Winsloe Road) | ||
| 135.7 | 84.3 | Route 1 (TCH) west (Perimeter Highway) / Malpeque Road – Cornwall, Borden-Carleton | Route 2 branches east onto Perimeter Highway; west end of Route 1 concurrency | ||
| 136.5 | 84.8 | Mount Edward Road | |||
| 137.4 | 85.4 |   Route 15 north (Brackley Point Road) – Charlottetown Airport, Brackley Beach | |||
| 138.9 | 86.3 | Route 1 (TCH) east (Perimeter Highway) / St. Peters Road – Stratford, Wood Islands | Route 2 branches east onto St. Peters Road; east end of Route 1 concurrency; displaced left turn | ||
| Marshfield | 142.2 | 88.4 |  Route 25 north – York, Stanhope | ||
| | 145.6 | 90.5 |  Route 222 north (Suffolk Road) | ||
| 147.5 | 91.7 |  Route 260 east (Frenchfort Road) | |||
| Bedford Corner | 149.1 | 92.6 | Route 6 north – Stanhope, Grand Tacadie | ||
| | 150.2 | 93.3 | Route 260 west (Frenchfort Road) | West end of Route 260 concurrency | |
| 150.5 | 93.5 | Route 260 north (Corrigan Road) | East end of Route 260 concurrency | ||
| Tenmile House | 151.9 | 94.4 |  Route 218 east (Portage Road) | ||
| Tracadie Cross | 154.5 | 96.0 | Route 218 (Blooming Point Road / Portage Road) | ||
| Mount Stewart | 162.0 | 100.7 |  Route 22 south – Cardigan, Pisquid | ||
| St. Andrews | 163.6 | 101.7 |  Route 217 north (French Village Road) | ||
| Kings | | 165.3 | 102.7 |  Route 323 east | |
| Canavoy | 168.5 | 104.7 |  Route 352 (MacEwans Creek Road / Douglas Station Road) | ||
| | 172.8 | 107.4 |  Route 350 west (Lakeside Road) | ||
| Morell | 176.9 | 109.9 |  Route 322 south (Green Meadows Road) | ||
| Morell East | 178.3 | 110.8 |  Route 321 south (Bangor Road) | ||
| Marie | 181.5 | 112.8 |  Route 337 south (Milburn Road) | ||
| Midgell | 182.8 | 113.6 |  Route 331 south (Church Road) | ||
| St. Peters Bay | 187.2 | 116.3 |   Route 313 south (Cardigan Road) to Route 312 – Cardigan | West end of Route 313 concurrency | |
| 187.5 | 116.5 | Route 16 north / Route 313 north – Cable Head | East end of Route 313 concurrency | ||
| | 193.2 | 120.0 |  Route 327 south (Albion Road) | ||
| Dingwells Mills | 200.2 | 124.4 |   Route 4 west (Dundas Road) / Route 332 south (Fortune Road) – Montague, Georgetown | ||
| | 201.5 | 125.2 |  Route 309 south (Selkirk Road) | ||
| Fortune Bridge | 204.9 | 127.3 |  Route 340 east (Fortune Wharf North Road) | ||
| Rollo Bay West | 206.5 | 128.3 |  Route 310 south (Fortune Road) | ||
| 206.8 | 128.5 |  Route 308 north (St. Charles Road) | |||
| | 209.2 | 130.0 |  Route 307 north (Bear River Road) | ||
| Rollo Bay | 210.9 | 131.0 |  Route 330 (Gowan Brae Road / Lower Rollo Bay Road) | ||
| Souris West | 213.5 | 132.7 |  Route 306 north (New Zealand Road) | ||
| 213.8 | 132.8 | Route 330 west (Lower Rollo Bay Road) | |||
| Souris | 215.3 | 133.8 |  Route 305 north (Chapel Avenue) | ||
| 217.1 | 134.9 |  Route 16 east (East Point Road) / MacPhee Avenue – South Lake, Îles de la Madeleine | Eastern terminus; roadway continues as Route 16 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "PEI Route 2" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
- ^ Prince Edward Island Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (2014). Provincial Road Atlas - Prince Edward Island (PDF) (Map). 1:50,000. Government of Prince Edward Island. pp. 5–10, 14–15, 18–19, 23–30, 35, 41, 47. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- ^ Stewart, Dave (20 June 2002). "Province designates Route 2 as Veterans Memorial Highway: Veterans say designation of road stretching the entire length of province is a fine tribute". The Guardian (Charlottetown).
- ^ Stewart, Dave (20 June 2002). "Province designates Route 2 as Veterans Memorial Highway: Veterans say designation of road stretching the entire length of province is a fine tribute". The Guardian (Charlottetown).
- ^ Graham, Allan; Graham, Jessie (1981). "Prince County's forgotten military past". Island Magazine. 10. Prince Edward Island Heritage Foundation: 19–22. Retrieved July 12, 2020.