Newfoundland and Labrador Route 21

Route 21 marker
Route 21
Bauline Line
Route information
Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length9.3 km (5.8 mi)
Major junctions
South end Route 20 in Torbay
Major intersectionsPouch Cove Line (Route 20-19) in Bauline
North endBauline
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Highway system
Route 20 Route 30

Route 21, also known as Bauline Line, is a 9.3-kilometre-long (5.8 mi) north-south highway on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It serves to connect the towns of Torbay and Bauline.

The naming of transit routes leading to a specific town or village sometime will include the name of the town in which it terminates. The route is often in a straight line towards the community/town from a highway or main access road and have the generic name ‘line’ attached to it. Such is the case for Bauline Line. There are other such roads (lines) which exist in Newfoundland and Labrador as in ‘The Witless Bay Line’, ‘The Hodgewater Line’, ‘Horse Cove Line’ and ‘The Salmonier Line’.

"Line" is a term also used in inner city or community roads and are based upon family names as in ‘The Ruby Line’, ‘Doolings Line’, ‘Higgins Line’, ‘Roach’s Line’, ‘Hurley’s Line’, ‘Carey’s Line’, and ‘Quigley’s Line’.[1]

  1. ^ Lines, Coves, and Squares in Newfoundland Names, William Kirwin, American Speech, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Oct., 1965), pp. 163-170 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/454063?seq=1)