Nova Scotia Highway 105

Highway 105 marker
Highway 105
Route Transcanadienne
Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way
Trans-Canada Highway
Route information
Maintained by Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Length141.8 km[1] (88.1 mi)
Existed1970[2]–present
Major junctions
West end Hwy 104 (TCH) / Trunk 4 / Trunk 19 near Port Hawkesbury
Major intersections
East end Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney
continues as Route 1 (TCH) in Newfoundland and Labrador
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceNova Scotia
Highway system
Hwy 104 (TCH) Hwy 106 (TCH)

Highway 105 in Nova Scotia represents the Cape Breton Island leg of the Trans-Canada Highway. It runs from the Port Hastings Rotary just east of the Canso Causeway in Port Hastings to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal in North Sydney, representing a distance of 142 kilometres (88 mi).[1]

In 2010, the provincial government named the entire highway Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way in honour of Mabel Gardiner Hubbard and her husband Alexander Graham Bell, who resided and are buried at Beinn Bhreagh near Baddeck.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Highway 105 in Nova Scotia" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TCH105 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (March 10, 2010). "Highway 105 Designated Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way". Government of Nova Scotia (Press release).