Talk:New Brunswick Route 2

Under construction exit list

Feel free to continue converting it to ELG standards. (→vishwin60 - new age roads) 21:08, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Commented out, since I made one without seeing this one here. --NE2 11:42, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

History of bypasses

[1] has some more recent information. Other information is from various maps. --NE2 12:09, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

• QC east for 5.6 km: October 14, 2003 [2]
• "Saint-Jacques toward Edmundston" (2.9 km): 1993
• "Victoria Street Interchange, Edmundston": November 12, 2004 [3]
• Trout River to 18: 1989
• 18 to 21: 1991
• 21 to west of 26: 1996
• West of 26 to 56: 1999
• 56?: 1992
• 56 to ?: 1994
• 58 to 75: December 9, 2003 [4]
• 75 to 81: early
• "Grand Falls Interchange" (which one? 2.6 km): 1991
• 79 to 104: under construction
• East of 104? to 115?: December 9, 2003 [5]
• 115 to 184: under construction
• 152 to 199: early
  • Lockhart Mill Road interchange: built 2004 [6]
  • 185 to 191: upgraded 1996
  • Hodgdon Road interchange (194?): built 2004
• 199 to west of 232: 2003
• West of 232 to west of 258: November 3, 2006 [7]
• West of 258 to 280: 1999
• 280 to 297: 2000 (old bypass was early)
• 297 to 301: 1992
• 301 to 306: 2000
• 306 to 339: 2001
• 339 to 347: 1999
• 347 to 423: 2001
• 423 to east of 423: 1999
• East of 423 to 450: early along Homestead Road; bypassed 1997
• 450 to east of 506: early, with some differences (see the map on [8], which also shows that the road at the time used present Route 1 to past exit 233 and then along Danation Road to Route 106): used Renaissance Street near exit 482, and is that all?
  • 450 to 454: 1991
  • 454 to 467: 1994
  • 467 to 474: 1995
  • 474 to 488: 1997
  • 488 to west of 504: 1995
  • West of 504 to east of 506: 1996
• East of 506 to NS: 1993

[9] 1967: bypass north of Hartland completed --NE2 23:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

The old road has the following numbers

• Route 144, 8 to 75
• Route 108, 75 to Grand Falls
• Route 130, Grand Falls to 172
• Route 590, 172 to 184

Note: older Route 2 is Route 105, Perth-Andover to Hartland; Route 103, Hartland to Woodstock; Route 165, Woodstock to 194

• To remain Route 2, 184 to 194
• Route 165, 194 to 212
• No name, 212 to 231
• Route 102, 231 to Fredericton
• Route 105, Fredericton to Youngs Cove
• Route 10, Youngs Cove to Sussex

Does anybody have the most recent official map, and can confirm and clarify this, as well as clarify the new interchanges? Thank you. --NE2 13:40, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[10] has the new exit numbers. --NE2 14:00, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

And [11] has the new changes. --NE2 16:05, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

New or modified interchanges

Several can be seen on poor-quality aerials on Google Maps. For some reason, the map embedded in [12] has different data than the main Google Maps. Please help fill in details of any missing ones. --NE2 14:35, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

• 16 Victoria Street: south-pointing folded diamond [13]
• 69 Bourgoin Road: diamond
• 75 Route 108/Route 255: diamond
• 77 Route 108: half diamond
• 79 Daigle Boulevard/Route 218: existing
• Route 2 near Argosy Road: ?
• Route 2 south of Route 375: ?
• 115 Route 109/Route 190: existing with new Route 109 connection to the bridge
• Route 110: diamond [14]?
• Hartland Connector Road: diamond [15]?
• 184 Lockhart Mill Road: north-pointing folded diamond; westbound ramps connect to Route 560 [16] [17]
• 194 Hodgdon Road: south-pointing folded diamond
• 200 Dugan Road: diamond at 46.042676°N 67.561283°W / 46.042676; -67.561283
• 212 Route 122: diamond at 45.979101°N 67.467856°W / 45.979101; -67.467856
• 223 Charlie Lake Road: westbound exit onto Temple Road and eastbound entrance from Charlie Lake Road
• 231 Pokiok: diamond, except the eastbound entrance is folded
• 253 Route 635: diamond
• 281 Route 640: ?

[18] page 81 shows the new alignment between Perth-Andover and Woodstock. According to [19], exit 77 essentially replaced exit 75, while exit 75 is new. [20] shows the new Route 109 between exit 115 and the bridge. [21] also has information. --NE2 18:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Here are a few maps: [22] [23] [24] --NE2 23:10, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Length

Madawaska County

• Quebec - 2.436 - 0.945 east of du Bloc Road
• 0.945 east of du Bloc Road - 74.949 - Victoria County

Victoria County

• Madawaska County - 4.016 - Michaud Road
• Michaud Road - 1.046 - Route 130
• Route 130 - 22.550 - Aroostook River Bridge
• Aroostook River Bridge - 2.324 - east of the Aroostook River Bridge
• 2.324 kilometres east of the Aroostook River Bridge - 8.595 - Wark Brook
• Wark Brook - 15.598 - Carleton County

Carleton County

• Victoria County - 19.508 - 1.8 east of Stacey Road
• 1.8 east of Stacey Road - 25.348 - 3.7 kilometres east of Hugh John Flemming Bridge
• 3.7 east of Hugh John Flemming Bridge - 11.788 - Lockhart Mill Road
• Lockhart Mill Road - 1.531 - Route 550
• Route 550 - 23.767 - York County

York County

• Carleton County - 17.851 - Allandale Road
• Allandale Road - 2.5 - 2.5 east of Allandale Road
• 2.5 east of Allandale Road - 26.446 - Prince William Road
• Prince William Road - 4.959 - boundary between Prince William Parish and Kingsclear Parish
• boundary between Prince William Parish and Kingsclear Parish - 34.813 - Sunbury County

Sunbury County

• York County - 32.770 - Queens County

Queens County

• Sunbury County - 62.694 - Kings County

Kings County

• Queens County - 23.632 - Westmorland County

Westmorland County

• Kings County - 104.067 - Nova Scotia

Exit 19

Exit 19 is missing from the list. Link. 24.202.202.94 (talk) 00:39, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Opening of sections

Two good retrospectives on the Fredericton-Moncton highway, including plenty of dates and history. http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/resourcecentre/readingroom/conference/conf2006/docs/s018/scott.pdf http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/resourcecentre/readingroom/conference/conf2005/docs/s13/johnson.pdf -- Floydian ^τ _¢ 04:07, 14 October 2022 (UTC)