Nova Scotia Highway 103

Highway 103 in Nova Scotia, Canada
Fishermen's Memorial Highway
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Basic data
Operator:	Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Start of the street:	Halifax ( 44 ° 39 ′  N , 63 ° 39 ′  W )
End of street:	Yarmouth ( 43 ° 51 ′  N , 66 ° 5 ′  W )
Overall length:	294 km
County :	Halifax Regional Municipality Lunenburg County Region of Queens Municipality Shelburne County Yarmouth County
Course of the road Halifax Halifax N after Truro , S by Halifax -Zentrum Bayer's Lake O to Halifax Center , W to Beechville Parkdale Hubley O to Timberlea , W to Five Island Lake Upper tantallon Ingramport Lunenburg Hubbards East River E to East River , W to Chester Chester O to Milford Station , W to Robinsons Corner Chester Basin N to Kentville , S to Chester Basin Mahone Bay O to Martins River , W to Lunenburg Block house Bridgewater N to Middleton , S to Bridgewater Wileville Hebb's Cross O to Hebbville Joint routing with Italy Cross Middlewood Queens Mill Village, Nova Scotia Brooklyn O to Liverpool End of the common route with Liverpool N to Annapolis Royal , S to Bristol Port Mouton O to Summerville Joint routing with Port Joli Shelbourne Sable River W after Lockeport End of the common route with Jordan Falls O to Lockeport Joint routing with Shelburne W to Shelburne End of the common route with Birchtown O to Birchtown Joint routing with Clyde River W after Barrington End of the common route with Barrington Yarmouth The Pubnicos Argyle O to Argyle Joint routing with W to Yarmouth End of the common route with Glenwood Tusket Yarmouth  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Nova Scotia Highway 103 (NS 103) is located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia , it has a length of 294 km. The highway begins south of Halifax and ends in Yarmouth . As a feeder route, the route is part of the National Highway System . In memory of Nova Scotia fishermen who perished while working at sea, the highway was named the Fishermen's Memorial Highway in 2013.

course

The highway begins on Highway 102 in the southwest of Halifax, it runs from there in a northwest direction to St. Margarets Bay . The route runs essentially parallel to the east coast of Nova Scotia and develops it. It serves as a bypass road around the localities; Highway 103 replaces its predecessor, Highway 3 , in large parts . With its remaining sections, this leads the towns directly or even closer to the coast. From St. Margarets Bay it goes along the coast in a southwest direction. In Mahone Bay Highway 3 branches off to Lunenburg from which to UNESCO - World Heritage belongs. At Barrington , Highway 103 changes direction to the northwest and ends in Yarmouth .

Web links

Commons : Nova Scotia Highway 103  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canada's National Highway System - Annual Report 2017. Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety, accessed April 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Suzette Belliveau: Nova Scotia's Highway 103 renamed Fishermen's Memorial Highway. In: CTV News Atlantic . CTV Atlantic, June 12, 2013, accessed April 24, 2019 .