Route 12 is a 112 km (70 mi), two-lane, uncontrolled-access, secondary highway in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. Its southern terminus is at Route 11 in Miscouche and its northern terminus is at the North Cape Hiking Trail in Tignish. The route parallels Route 2 as it travels toward the North Cape.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by the Department of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Energy | ||||
Length | 112 km[1] (70 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Route 11 in Miscouche | |||
North end | North Cape Hiking Trail in Tignish | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Canada | |||
Province | Prince Edward Island | |||
Counties | Prince | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editThe route begins at its southern terminus, goes north, and turns left near Rosehill. It crosses the Grand River and turns right in the community of the same name. It continues north and turns left in Low Point. Two left turns in Foxley River lead to a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) concurrency with Route 2 between Portage and West Devon. Two bridges over the Trout and Mill rivers lead to a right turn into Alberton. Travelling further north up the north coast of the island, the route crosses the Kildare River and goes by Tignish before ending at the North Cape Hiking Trail.
Junction list
editCounty | Location | km | mi | Junction | Notes |
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Prince County | Miscouche | 0 | 0 | Route 11 | Southern terminus of route |
1.5 | 0.9 | Route 2 | |||
Rosehill | 5.7 | 3.5 | Route 123 | ||
8.2 | 5.1 | Route 123 | |||
14.1 | 8.8 | Route 122 | |||
Grand River | 19.0 | 11.8 | Route 127 / Route 131 | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 131 | |
19.6 | 12.2 | Route 131 | Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 131 | ||
Birch Hill | 26.6 | 16.5 | Route 131 | ||
29.0 | 18.0 | Route 132 | |||
Tyne Valley | 34.8 | 21.6 | Route 169 | ||
Ellerslie-Bideford | 38.4 | 23.9 | Route 133 | ||
40.5 | 25.2 | Route 163 | |||
41.8 | 26.0 | Route 134 | |||
Freeland | 46.7 | 29.0 | Route 173 | ||
47.0 | 29.2 | Route 174 | |||
Foxley River | 50.6 | 31.4 | Route 168 | ||
Portage | 56.0 | 34.8 | Route 2 | Southern terminus of concurrency with Route 2 | |
58.7 | 36.5 | Route 2 | Northern terminus of concurrency with Route 2 | ||
Coleman | 62.8 | 39.0 | Route 137 | ||
O'Leary | 64.8 | 40.3 | Route 142 | ||
Cascumpec | 68.7 | 42.7 | Route 136 | ||
70.7 | 43.9 | Route 172 | |||
Alberton | 76.9 | 47.8 | Route 145 | ||
77.3 | 48.0 | Route 150 | |||
78.7 | 48.9 | Route 152 | |||
87.3 | 54.2 | Route 154 | |||
Tignish | 87.9 | 54.6 | Route 162 | ||
99.2 | 61.6 | Route 2 | |||
105 | 65.2 | Route 161 | |||
108 | 67.1 | Route 182 | |||
112 | 69.6 | North Cape Hiking Trail | Northern terminus of route |
References
edit- ^ Google Maps (Map). Google. Retrieved September 15, 2016.