New Brunswick Route 15
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| New Brunswick Route 15 |
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| Length: | 79.0 km[1] (49.1 mi) |
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| Formed: | 1920s |
| West end: |  Route 106 in Moncton |
| Major junctions: |
 Route 2 (TCH) in Dieppe Route 11 in Shediac |
| East end: |  Route 16 (TCH) in Port Elgin |
| Major cities: | Dieppe, Shediac, Cap-Pele |
New Brunswick Highway 15 is 79 km long and is in the southeastern corner of the province. Starting at the north end of a causeway across the Petitcodiac River, it loops around the city of Moncton on Wheeler Boulevard, then turns northeast from Dieppe to Shediac. From there, it turns east and bypasses Cap-Pele, then southeast to meet the Trans-Canada Highway at Port Elgin.
All but the last portion east of Cap-Pele is a divided freeway.
[edit] History
Route 15 only extended from Shediac to Port Elgin until the early 1970s, when the Shediac Four-Lane Highway (the first rural expressway in New Brunswick) was built from Dieppe to Shediac. Its construction was controversial, with critics alleging that it was only built to give Moncton-area politicians better access to their summer cottages in the Shediac area. A two-lane bypass of Shediac itself was built shortly afterward.
The Wheeler Boulevard was developed and constructed through the 1970s and 1980s, and was fully complete by 1989.
The Shediac bypass was twinned in the early 1990s, and a two-lane bypass of Cap-Pele opened to traffic in 1998.
[edit] List of interchanges
| Location | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Moncton | 0 | Baig Boulevard |
| Moncton | 1 | St. George Street |
| Moncton | 3 | Killam Drive / Berry Mills Road (Highway 128) |
| Moncton | 5 | Mountain Road (Highway 126) |
| Moncton | 6 | Mapleton Road (westbound only) |
| Moncton | 7 | Connaught Avenue / Morton Avenue |
| Moncton | 8 | Archibald Street / Universite de Moncton |
| Moncton | 9** | Lewisville Road (Highway 134) |
| Moncton (Halls Creek) | 9** | Main Street ( Highway 106) |
| Dieppe | 10 | Paul Street |
| Dieppe | 16 | Dieppe Boulevard |
| Dieppe | 17 | Greater Moncton International Airport (eastbound only) |
| Dieppe | 19 |  Highway 2 |
| Shediac | 31 |  Highway 11 / Scoudouc Road (Highway 132) |
| Shediac | 37 | Ohio Road (Highway 140) |
| Barachois | 43 | Highway 933 |
| Robichaud | 46 | Chemin Acadie (Highway 133) |
| Cap-Pele | 53 | Highway 950 |
| Cap-Pele | 58** | Chemin Acadie (Highway 133) |
- * At-grade intersection
- ** At-grade intersection, exit number not posted (kilometre-post used)
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