 Route 325 | ||||
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 Route 325 as it passes through Bridgewater, NS. Within the town, it is known as Victoria Road. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal | ||||
| Length | 46 km[1] (29 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Route 208 in Colpton | |||
 Route 210 in Newcombville  Hwy 103 in Wileville   Trunk 3 / Route 331 in Bridgewater  Route 324 in Blockhouse | ||||
| East end | Trunk 3 in Mahone Bay | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | Nova Scotia | |||
| Counties | Lunenburg | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route 325 is a collector road in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in Lunenburg County and connects Colpton at Route 208 with Mahone Bay at Trunk 3.
The route originated as a post road between Halifax and Liverpool, dating from the latter part of the eighteenth century. In 1825, following the construction of a bridge across the Lahave River at present-day Bridgewater, the surveyor George Wightman recommended a change in the alignment between Mahone Bay and the new bridge. This shortened the route (now more or less equivalent to Route 332) that required a ferry crossing at LaHave. The new connection led to the growth of Bridgewater as the main commercial and transportation centre of Lunenburg County.[2]
- ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 86-87
- ^ Joan Dawson, Nova Scotia's Lost Highways: The Early Roads that Shaped the Province, Nimbus, 2009. pp. 72-80