New Brunswick Route 106

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Route 106
Length:	91.82 km[1] (57.1 mi)
Formed:	1984
West end:	Route 1 in Petitcodiac
Major junctions:	Route 112 in Salisbury Route 15 in Moncton Route 132 in Dieppe
East end:	Route 2 (TCH) in Sackville
Major cities:	Salisbury, Moncton, Dieppe, Memramcook

Route 106 as it crosses the Memramcook River floodplain in southeastern New Brunswick.

Route 106 is a highway in New Brunswick, Canada; running from an intersection with Route 1 in Petitcodiac to the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 2) at Sackville; a distance of 91.8 kilometres.

From Petitcodiac, Route 106 follows the north bank of the Petitcodiac River, through River Glade and Salisbury, to Moncton, where it is known as Main Street. In the suburban city of Dieppe, Route 106 is known as Amirault Street, which leaves the city to the southeast. The road continues in a southeasterly direction to Memramcook, where it turns south to follow the east bank of the Memramcook River to Dorchester. The route then runs eastward to Sackville.

Route 106 follows the original routing of Route 2 until the 1950s, when an entirely new limited-access route was constructed (mainly to bypass Moncton). The former route became Route 2A, but it was renumbered Route 6 in 1965. The 106 number was adopted in 1984 during a reclassification of provincial highways. It is still signed as Route 6 at the corner of Cameron St. and Main St. (the current Route 106) in Moncton.

Route 106 was extended west to Petitcodiac from its former end at River Glade in 1997 when another section of the Trans-Canada Highway was bypassed.

[edit] Former routes

There have been two highways formerly numbered Route 106 in New Brunswick.

The first Route 106 followed the west bank of the Saint John River between Hartland and Perth-Andover between 1965 and 1968, when the Florenceville Bridge opened as part of the Trans-Canada Highway project. The former Route 106 is now part of Route 2 north of Florenceville, and Route 103 south of Florenceville.

The second Route 106 followed the Broad Road from Oromocto to Route 7 at Geary between 1976 and 1984. This route, a former alignment of Route 7, became part of Route 660, but is no longer numbered.

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