New Brunswick Route 11

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Route 11
Length:	429.9 km^[1] (267.1 mi)
Formed:	1920s
South end:	Route 15 in Shediac
Major junctions:	Route 8 in Miramichi Route 8 in Bathurst Route 17 in Tide Head
North end:	Quebec border at Flatlands
Major cities:	Bouctouche, Richibucto, Miramichi, Tracadie-Sheila, Caraquet, Bathurst, Campbellton

Divided section of Route 11 outside Shediac, New Brunswick.

Route 11 is one of the most important highways in northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. The 430-kilometre long road runs from Shediac to the Quebec border near Campbellton, following the province's eastern and northern coastlines. Between Shediac and Miramichi, and between Bathurst and Campbellton, it is a two-lane road with some sections designed as a Super 2 expressway. The highway is twinned for 2 kilometres in the Shediac region near the Route 15 interchange.

The highway's southern terminus is at the interchange with Route 15 in Shediac. It runs northward as a Super 2 controlled-access highway, several kilometres inland from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passing the towns of Bouctouche and Richibucto as well as Kouchibouguac National Park. The highway reverts to a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway between the national park and the city of Miramichi to the northwest. The highway crosses the Miramichi River in the Miramichi borough of Chatham on the Centennial Bridge (New Brunswick).

Immediately after crossing the Miramichi River, Route 11 interchanges with Route 8 (which turns north toward Bathurst on the direct route off the bridge). To follow Route 11, one must take the exit at the interchange and then continue on a 2-lane uncontrolled access highway northeast along the coast of Miramichi Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence as it runs around the perimeter of the Acadian Peninsula. Through this region, Route 11 typically forms the main street through most of the coastal towns and settlements such as Neguac, Caraquet, Bertrand and Grande-Anse. The only exception is a recently opened Super 2 controlled access bypass of the town of Tracadie-Sheila.

Route 11 interchanges again with Route 8 at Bathurst where Route 8 has its northern terminus. Route 11 becomes a Super 2 controlled access highway from Bathurst, running northwest several kilometres inland from the coast of Chaleur Bay to the village of Tide Head several kilometres west of the city of Campbellton. At Tide Head, Route 11 interchanges in a T-intersection with Route 17 (Route 17 is a continuation of the direct Route 11 right-of-way).

To follow Route 11 further west to its northern terminus, one must turn at the intersection onto a 2-lane uncontrolled access local road which runs north to the Restigouche River, then turn west and follow the river to the Interprovincial Bridge which crosses the river at Matapedia, Quebec.

1 History
2 List of interchanges
3 References

[edit] History

Since the late 1960s, Route 11 has received several upgrades and re-designations as it progresses toward eventually becoming an expressway.

The most significant upgrade to the entire highway route along the east coast of New Brunswick was the opening of the Centennial Bridge which replaced a ferry service and bypassed the town of Chatham in 1967.

In 1972 a new 4-lane expressway opened between Moncton and Shediac, which was then referred to as the Shediac Four-Lane Highway or Shediac Expressway (it was subsequently numbered Route 15 and is known as the Veterans Memorial Highway). Prior to this new expressway, Route 11 followed the Shediac Road from Shediac to Moncton, terminating at Route 2, the Trans-Canada Highway in Lakeville. Route 11's southern terminus was then changed to the current interchange at Route 15 in Shediac.

Controlled access Super 2 expressway sections on Route 11 were completed during the 1970s in Bathurst and the Campbellton-Dalhousie area, as well as between Shediac and Bouctouche.

During the 1980s and into the early 1990s, two long stretches of Super 2 expressway were completed on Route 11; one running from Bouctouche to Kouchibouguac National Park (bypassing Richibucto), and another running between Bathurst and Charlo, where the existing Super 2 section running east from Campbellton ended. The Super 2 section in Bathurst was also extended eastward past Salmon Beach at the city's east end.

A bypass of Tracadie-Sheila opened to traffic in 2002. Also, an extension to that existing bypass should be done by 2009, linking the northern end and Six-Roads, near Pokemouche.

Route 11 has recently been identified for major upgrades following completion of the twinning project on the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 2) in 2007. Initial design work is being done for upgrading the existing 4-lane section from Route 15 to Shediac Bridge (2 km), followed by construction of a new 4-lane section from Shediac Bridge to Bouctouche (twinning the existing Super 2 section).

Twinning advocates wish to have Route 11 upgraded as a 4-lane expressway for the entire section between Miramichi and Moncton, although this project will be competing for priority with similar upgrades being planned for Route 8 between Fredericton and Miramichi, Route 1 between Lepreau and St. Stephen, and Route 7 between Grand Bay-Westfield and Oromocto.

[edit] List of interchanges

[edit] Southern section

Location	Exit Number	Intersecting Roads
Shediac	0	Route 15
Shediac	1	Main Street (Route 133)
Shediac	2	Moncton Road (Route 134)
Shediac Bridge	7	Shediac River Road
Cocagne	15	Route 535
McKees Mills	27	Route 115
Bouctouche	29	Sheridan Road
Bouctouche	32	Irving Boulevard (Route 515)
St-Pierre-de-Kent	36	Route 134
Ste-Anne-de-Kent	42	Chemin Grattan
Rexton	53	Main Street (Route 134)
Richibucto	57	Main Street (Route 134)
Saint-Charles	64	Chemin Saint-Charles
St-Louis-de-Kent	69	Rue Beausejour
Kouchibouguac	75	Route 480 / Route 117
Kouchibouguac	79**	Route 134
St. Margarets	95**	Route 440
Black River	106**	Black River Road
Upper Napan	115**	North Napan Road
Miramichi (Chatham)	117**	King Street
Miramichi (Chatham)	119	University Avenue (Route 117)
Miramichi (Chatham)	120	Church Street
Miramichi (Douglastown)	121**	King George Highway ( Route 8)

[edit] Tracadie-Sheila Bypass

Location	Exit Number	Intersecting Roads
Sheila	192	Chemin Pointe-des-Ferguson (Route 370)
Tracadie	194	Rue Principale
Tracadie	198	Chemin Riviere-a-la-Truite
Losier Settlement	203	Rue Principale

[edit] Northern section

Location	Exit Number	Intersecting Roads
Janeville	282**	Chemin des Caps (Route 191)
Bathurst	300	Miramichi Avenue (Route 134)
Bathurst	301	Route 8
Bathurst / Big River	304	King Street (Route 430)
Bathurst	308	St-Anne Street
Bathurst	310	Vanier Boulevard (Route 180)
Bathurst	311	Sunset Drive (Route 315)
Beresford	318	Chemin Acadie
Nigadoo	321	Chemin du Moulin
Petit-Rocher	326	Chemin Laplante
Pointe-Verte	333	Chemin de la Gare
Belledune	344	Chemin Turgeon
Jacquet River	351	Jacquet River Drive
Nash Creek	357	Hayes Road
Charlo	375	MacPherson Road
Charlo	385	Craig Road
Eel River Crossing	388	Route 280
Dalhousie	391	Darlington Road (Route 275)
Dalhousie Junction	397	Blair Malcolm Road
Dundee	403	Route 280
Campbellton	412	Lily Lake Road
Atholville	415	Val d'Amour Road (Route 270)
Tide Head	423**	Route 17