Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1

Route 1 marker
Route 1
Route Transcanadienne
Trans-Canada Highway
Map
Route 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length903 km (561 mi)
Major junctions
West end Route 470 / Marine Atlantic Nova Scotia ferry in Channel-Port aux Basques
Major intersections
East end Route 30 / E White Hills Road in St. John's
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Highway system
Route 520 Route 2

Route 1 is a highway in the Canada province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the easternmost stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Route 1 is the primary east–west road on the island of Newfoundland.[1]

The eastern terminus of Route 1 is St. John's. From there, the highway crosses the island 903 kilometres (561 mi) to Channel-Port aux Basques, its western terminus.

From there, the Trans-Canada Highway is carried across the Cabot Strait by ferry to North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

  1. ^ "Route 1" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 21, 2019.