Nova Scotia Highway 105
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Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the east end of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of 142 kilometres (88 miles).
The highway travels northeast from Port Hastings along the base of a group of mountains known as Big Ridge to Whycocomagh. It then follows the north shore of Bras d'Or Lake, bypassing Baddeck on a controlled access segment. Still running in a general northeast direction, the highway ascends and descends a number of hills, before reaching the peak of Kellys Mountain. Highway 105 descends using a series of sharp turns, and crosses the Great Bras d'Or of Bras d'Or Lake on the Seal Island Bridge. The road then runs east through the villages of Bras d'Or and Florence, and has controlled access for the final three kilometres to its end at the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, where travellers can continue to Newfoundland.
With some minor exceptions, the highway is two lanes and uncontrolled access, with some traffic lights in the Florence area.
The Cabot Trail, which is usually used to describe a different road, is signed along a portion of Highway 105 so that the signed route forms a loop.
Highway 105 is descended from the former Trunk Highway 5, which no longer exists. The 105 name was applied in 1970.
[edit] List of interchanges
| Location | Exit | km | Intersecting Roads | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Hastings | 1 | 0 | Route 4, Route 19, Canso Causeway | |
| Kingsville | 2 | 18 | Riverside Road | at-grade |
| Melford | 3 | 31 | River Denys Road | at-grade |
| Iron Mines | 4 | 42 | Orangedale Road | at-grade |
| Whycocomagh [1] | 5 | 47 | Route 395 | at-grade |
| Little Narrows | 6 | 58 | Route 223 | at-grade |
| Buckwheat Corner | 7 | 76 | Cabot Trail | at-grade |
| Baddeck | 8 | 83 | Route 205 | at-grade |
| Baddeck | 9 | 85 | Riverside Road | |
| MacAulays Hill | 10 | 94 | Route 205 | at-grade |
| South Haven | 11 | 103 | Cabot Trail | at-grade |
| Englishtown | 12 | 107 | Route 312 | at-grade |
| Big Bank | 13 | 120 | Kempt Head Road | at-grade, end of Seal Island Bridge |
| Boularderie East | 14 | 122 | Old Route 5 | at-grade |
| New Dominion | 15 | 126 | St. James Road | at-grade |
| Millville | 16 | 132 | Millville Road | at-grade |
| Bras dOr | 17 | 135 | Highway 162 | at-grade |
| Bras d'Or / Florence | 18 | 136 | Route 305 / Church Road | at-grade |
| Florence | 19 | 138 | Park Road | at-grade |
| Sydney Mines | 20 | 139 | Highway 125 / Main Street | |
| North Sydney | 21 | 142 | Route 305 (Queen Street) |
| Preceded by: NS Highway 104 |
Trans-Canada Highway NS Highway 105 |
Succeeded by: NL Route 1 |
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