Nova Scotia Highway 103

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Highway 103
Fishermen's Memorial Highway
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Highway 103 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length: 291.3 km[1] (181.0 mi)
Existed: 1949 – present
Major junctions
East end: Hwy 102 in Halifax
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West end: Hardscratch Road in Yarmouth
Location
Counties: Halifax Regional Municipality, Lunenburg, Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth
Towns: Yarmouth, Shelburne, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Mahone Bay
Highway system
Provincial highways in Nova Scotia
← Hwy 102 Hwy 104 (TCH) x20px →

Highway 103 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Halifax to Yarmouth.

The highway follows a route of 291 kilometres (181 mi) along the province's South Shore region fronting the Atlantic coast. The route parallels its predecessor, local Trunk 3. The highway varies from 2-lane controlled access to 2-lane local secondary roads on the section between Yarmouth and Hebbville. East of Hebbville to Ingramport, the highway is 2-lane controlled access, with the exception of a 3 km (2 mi) 4-lane divided freeway near Chester. From just west of Ingramport (exit 5A), to the interchange with Highway 102 (near Bayers Lake) in Halifax, the highway is 4-lane divided freeway. Same as Highway 101, kilometre markers increase running west-to-east, increasing from Yarmouth to Halifax; with exit numbers running east-to-west, increasing from Halifax to Yarmouth.

In 2013, Highway 103 was redesignated as the Fishermen's Memorial Highway.

History

The highway has developed sporadically since the 1970s, with the 2-lane controlled access portion to Bridgewater being largely responsible for the abandonment of CN Rail's South Shore line, the former Halifax and Southwestern Railway.[citation needed]

In November 1998, construction was completed that twinned a five kilometer section of highway between exit 2 and exit 3.[2] In November 2006, construction was completed that twinned 15 kilometres of highway between exit 3 and exit 5.[3] In December 2006, an 8.3 kilometre bypass around Barrington was completed.[4]

In late September 2015 a new section of highway was opened to bypass the Port Joli area.[5] In November 2016, a new section was completed which bypassed Port Mouton. Residents complained that the single exit east of the community had lengthened the trip for people heading west from Port Mouton.

The new interchange in Ingramport (exit 5A) opened in January 2017.

Work on twinning Highway 103 from exit 5 (Tantallon) to exit 5A (Ingramport) began in February, 2018 and was completed in December, 2020. Twinning from exit 5A (Ingramport) to exit 6 (Hubbards) started in 2020 with an expected completion date of late 2022-early 2023.

Names of Highway 103

Safety concerns

Between 2006 and 2009, there were 29 deaths on the highway.[6] In 2009, it was considered Nova Scotia's deadliest highway and was ranked the second most dangerous highway in Canada by the Canadian Automobile Association.[7][8] In 2009 alone, ten people died in automobile accidents on the highway, according to the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.[9] Between 2008 and 2012, there were 22 fatalities on the highway.[10]

In September 2018, local residents raised concern over the presence of a road sign on the highway, near the turnoff to Port Mouton, that had a very confusing appearance, looking like a patchwork of several other road signs. It was supposedly revealed when a hotel removed its billboard advertisement, revealing the sign below.[11]

Exit list

County Location km[1] mi Exit Destinations Notes
Halifax Halifax 0.0 0.0 1B Hwy 102 to Hwy 101 – Halifax, Dartmouth, Windsor, Airport, Truro, Bedford Hwy 103 eastern terminus.
0.4 0.25 1D Dunbrack Street Eastbound exit only.
1.2 0.7 2 Trunk 3 west (St. Margarets Bay Road) to Route 333 (Lighthouse Route) – Beechville, Lakeside, Peggys Cove Westbound signed as exits 2A (west) and 2B (east)
Timberlea 5.6 3.5 3 To Trunk 3 / Invalid type: road
Hubley 12.7 7.9 4 Trunk 3 – Timberlea, Five Island Lake
Upper Tantallon 19.6 12.2 5 Route 213 (Hammond's Plains Road) to Trunk 3 / Route 333 – Peggys Cove, Bedford
​ 29.9 18.6 5A To Trunk 3 – Ingramport, Black Point, Boutiliers Point
Lunenburg Hubbards 40.8 25.4 6 Trunk 3 / Route 329 – Queensland, Blandford
East River 50.0 31.1 7 Trunk 3 / Route 329 – Chester, Blandford
Chester 57.2 35.5 8 Trunk 14 – Chester, Windsor
Chester Basin 61.3 38.1 9 Trunk 12 – Kentville, New Ross
Mahone Bay 75.0 46.6 10 Trunk 3 – Lunenburg, Martin's River
Blockhouse 79.9 49.6 11 Route 324 (Cornwall Road) to Route 325 – Mahone Bay, Lunenburg
Bridgewater 91.6 56.9 12 Trunk 10 to Route 331 / Route 332 – West LaHave, East LaHave, Riverport
91.8 57.0 Crosses the LaHave River
94.8 58.9 13 Route 325 (Victoria Road) to Route 331 – Bakers Settlement, Wileville
Hebb's Cross 101.4 63.0 14 Trunk 3 east – Hebbville, Bridgewater At-grade
Italy Cross 107.9 67.0 15 Italy Cross Road − Crousetown, Petite Riviere, Broad Cove, Rissers Beach Provincial Park At-grade
Middlewood 111.7 69.4 16 Hirtle Road / Camperdown School Road − Vogler's Cove, Broad Cove, Camperdown At-grade
Queens ​ 122.4 76.1 17 Route 331 – East Port Medway, Voglers Cove, Charleston, Cherry Hill At-grade
Crosses the Medway River
124.2 77.2 17A Port Medway Road − Mill Village, Port Medway, East/West Berlin, Charleston At-grade
130.5 81.1 18 Trunk 3 west – Brooklyn, Liverpool At-grade
Liverpool 136.9 85.1 19 Trunk 8 to Trunk 3 – Milton, Brooklyn
137.5 85.4 Crosses the Mersey River
​ 140.3 87.2 20A To Trunk 3 (Old Port Mouton Road) – White Point, Hunt's Point At-grade
153.2 95.2 21 To Trunk 3 – Summerville Centre, Hunt's Point, White Point At-grade
Port Mouton 155.9 96.9 Trunk 3 east Intersection closed, use exit 21[12]
​ 160.7 99.9 22 Trunk 3 west – Port Joli, East Side Port l'Hébert, Kejimkujik National Park (Seaside Adjunct) At-grade; Trunk 3 is unsigned
163.3 101.5 Trunk 3 east – Port Joli Intersection closed, use exit 22[12]
Shelburne Sable River 176.6 109.7 23 Trunk 3 west – Lockeport At-grade
Jordan Falls 190.3 118.2 24 Trunk 3 east / Invalid type: road – Lockeport At-grade
190.8 118.6 Jordan Branch Road − Jordan Branch, Jordan Ferry, Jordan Bay At-grade
​ 196.0 121.8 25 Trunk 3 west – Shelburne At-grade
Shelburne 200.0 124.3 26 Route 203 – Ohio, East Kemptville At-grade
Birchtown 206.9 128.6 27 Trunk 3 east – Gunning Cove, Ingomar At-grade
Clyde River 220.3 136.9 28 Route 309 south (South Road) / Invalid type: road – Port Clyde, Eel Bay, Port La Tour At-grade
Barrington 230.0 142.9 29 Trunk 3 west to Route 309 – Port La Tour At-grade
Riverhead 234.3 145.6 30 To Trunk 3 – Barrington Passage, Lower Woods Harbour, Upper Woods Harbour
Yarmouth Pubnico 256.0 159.1 31 To Trunk 3 / Route 335 – Lower Argyle At-grade
Argyle 268.4 166.8 32 Trunk 3 east – Central Argyle, Argyle Head East end of Trunk 3 unsigned concurrency; at-grade
267.0 165.9 Crosses the Argyle River
269.4 167.4 32A Trunk 3 west – Glenwood West end of Trunk 3 unsigned concurrency; at-grade
​ 276.2 171.6 Eel Lake Road / Belleville Road At-grade
276.8–
277.4		 172.0–
172.4		 Crosses Eel Lake
Tusket 281.2 174.7 33 Route 308 to Trunk 3 – Quinan
282.4 175.5 Crosses the Tusket River
Yarmouth 291.3 181.0 Hardscratch Road − Brooklyn Hwy 103 western terminus
292.1 181.5 Trunk 3 (Starrs Road) to Hwy 101 / Trunk 1 – Ferry
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Communities

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Four Lanes Open on Highway 103 Government of Nova Scotia
  3. ↑ Highway 103 Greatly Improved Government of Nova Scotia
  4. ↑ Barrington Bypass Completed Government of Nova Scotia
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Canada's most notorious highways CBC.ca
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. "The Top 12 Most Dangerous Highways in Canada"
  9. ↑ 10 most dangerous roads in Canada Archived 2010-10-21 at the Wayback Machine MSN.ca
  10. ↑ Highway 103 safety review launched in Nova Scotia CBC.ca
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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