New Brunswick Trans-Canada Highway Route: along Highway #2 between Grand Falls and Fredericton, New Brunswick

Here is the itinerary for the 214 km along Highway #2 between Grand Falls and Fredericton:

This stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway follows the wide and majestic Saint John River. The river has eroded its path through gravel banks left behind by the glaciers of the last Ice Age. At spots you can see the terraces of gravel left behind alongside the river, and on the flatter areas large deposits of sand and silt have made the upper Saint John River valley ideal for growing potatoes. International potato (and frozen vegetable) giant McCain Foods is headquartered at Florenceville. The firm started with one farm in 1957 and today processes nearly one-third of the world's French fries, with 22,000 employees at 55 facilities on six continents

The river also has a number of power dams, to provide power for the province's residents and large industries. The dams also make water levels more stab le after rain storms, and during Spring floods. These dams are at Grand Falls, Tobique (on the Pokiok River tributary), Beechwood (bout 64 km S of Grand Falls), with the largest being the Mactaquac Dam, about 20 km west of Fredericton, with a provincial park using the waters behind the dam, a marina, a campground, golf course, and a craft village.

The other feature characteristic to New Brunswick is the covered bridge. These were built to protect the long wooden bridges crossing the area's wide rivers. With the amount of rain and snowfall in the region, the roof protected the bridges understructure from rot, and also reduced snow clearing effort and provided privacy to young couples who called them "kissug bridges". ( for info and for photos) There are 64 covered brides still standing, with the world's longest being 391 metre (1282 ft) bridge across the Saint John River at Hartland., just south of the Trans-Canada's crossing of the river.

Just west of Fredericton, is Kings Landing Historical Settlement, a historical re-creation of am 1860s era New Brunswick village, at the time the province was joining Confederation. The village has 70 restored buildings (many moved from lands that were later flooded by the Mactacuac Dam), complete with artifacts and period machinery, staffed by costumed re-enactors.

Next West: Riviere du Loup to Grand Falls

Next East: Fredericton to Moncton

New Brunswick Transportion road condition reports for this segment.

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KM From Start EAST \| WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info
-23	230	Shirley Rd underpass (no access)	Oromocto	59.1
-20	227	Exit #306: junction Highway #7, S to Geary (5 km), Saint John (103 km)	Oromocto	31.4
-19	226	Route 660 underpass (no access)	Oromocto	20.4
-17	224	Exit #303: Miramichi Rd, Oromocto and access to CFB Gagetown	Oromocto	22.6
-15	222	Exit: #301: Waasis Rd, access to CFG Gagetown, highway 102 access to Fredericton Airport	Oromocto	21.6
-14.5	221.5	Bridge over Oromocto River	Oromocto	4.9
-14	221	Hwy 655 Wilsey Rd (no access) to Fredericton airport	Oromocto	9.8
-11	218	Exit #297: Nevers Rd, access to Fredericton airport, all services	Fredericton	21
-10	217	Exit #294: junction #7 Vanier Highway, WB access N into Fredericton, all services	Fredericton	38.1
0	207	Exit: #285: junction #101, S to New Maryland (2 km), N into Fredericton, all services	Fredericton	105.2
2	205	Highway 640 Hanwell Rd underpass (no access)	Fredericton	105.8
3	204	Exit #280: junction highway #8, N into Fredericton, all services	Fredericton	94.2
5	202	Deerwood Drive overpass (no access)	Fredericton	140.5
12	195	Exit #271 Mazerolle Settlement Rd, access to highway #640, W to Kingsclear Indian Reserve 6	Fredericton	111.6
25	182	Exit #258 Junction of Highway #3 & highway #102. E to community of Kingsclear, city of Fredericton. W on highway #3 to community of Harvey & St. Stephen. E via highway #102 Mactaquac Provincial…		77.4
30	177	Exit #253 Junction of Highway's #635, #636 Kings Landing Settlement, living-history exhibit about United Empire Loyalist settlers, on the banks of the majestic Saint John River	Kings Landing	94.8
37	170	Community of Prince William Access from highway		47.5
42	165	Community of Dumfries Services at highway, fuel	Dumfries	39.9
49	158	Community of Hawkshaw Access from highway		40.5
51	156	Exit # 232 Community of Pokiok. Services at highway. Access to highway #105. NE to community of Nackawic	Pokiok	34.4
51.2	155.8	Crossing Pokiok Stream	Pokiok	33.8
53	154	Roadside Highway Turnout With view point. North side of highway		41.8
62	145	Access to Charlie Lake		123.4
71	136	Junction of Highway #122 S to community of Canterbury (12 km)		83.5
75	132	Exit #212 W to community of Benton		80.5
75.6	131.4	Crossing the Eel River		36
76	131	Community of Meductic, services at highway	Meductic	46
81	126	Access to Community of Debec West side of highway		57.6
84	123	Exit 199 Junction of Highway #103 North to town of Woodstock.		34.1
87.5	119.5	Hodgdon Rd intersection		89.3
88	119	Passing through Woodstock 23 Indian Reservation		97.8
90	117	Exit #191 (old #94) Beardsley Road Access to Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park camping		121.6
93.4	113.6	Exit #188 Junction of Highway #555 East to town of Woodstock Town of Woodstock Info	Woodstock	89.6
94	113	Exit #187 to community of Houlton, Maine and access to U.S.A. Interstate 95, W	Woodstock	81.4
95	112	bridge across Meduxnekeag River	Woodstock	61
96	111	Highway 550 interchange	Woodstock	89.6
96.5	110.5	Exit #185 E to community of Woodstock (4 km)& Bloomfield. Services at highway. Highway 2 is twinned from this point south.	Woodstock	105.2
99	108	Junction of Highway #560 East to community of Woodstock. North to community of Hartford	Woodstock	126.2
107	100	Roseville Rd, community of Lakeville, services at highway		101.5
108	99	Community of Waterville East side of highway		120.7
112	95	Junction Hwy 103, S to services, Hartland covered bridge across Saint John River ( 1 km)		73.2
112.5	94.5	Bridge crossing the Saint John River		42.1
113	94	Exit #170 Junction scenic highway #105, S to town of Hartland, all services and accommodation		44.5
114	93	Junction of Highway #104 East to community of Coldstream		103.6
119	88	Exit 164: Landsdowne Rd Interchange		150.3
121	86	Chemin Lumber intersection		122.5
126	81	Allison Rd intersection		121
128	79	Exit #153 Access to highway #105	Florenceville	57
129	78	Bridge across Saint John River	Florenceville	55.5
130	77	Exit #153 Junction of Highway #110 E to communities of Florenceville, Bristol (5 km), Glassville (18 km) W to community of Centreville (8 km)	Florenceville	65.5
133	74	Stacey Road West side of highway, access to campground, via Stacey Road	Florenceville	59.1
134	73	Noah's Park Campground		76.2
137	70	Roadside Turnout with viewpoint on south side		97.8
143	64	Dam Rd, E side of hwy, view of dam		72.2
144	63	Spencer Rd, and view of Florence Lake		60
147	60	River Country Campground		88.4
150	57	Junction of Highway #560 E to community of Riviere de Chute, W to US border crossing	Riviere de Chute	91.1
152	55	Community of Bairdsville, access from highway		100.3
159	48	Services at highway		91.1
166.3	40.7	road on W side		132
168	39	Route 190 s exit to Perth-Andover	Perth-Andover	128
171	36	Exit #112 Route 190, E to community of Perth-Andover, all services. W to US border. Access to scenic route #105 on E bank of Saint John River	Perth-Andover	124.7
176	31	Highway 2 is divided highway to south from this point		107.6
179	28	Exit #104 Community of Aroostook, all services, east side of highway, access to Tobique 20 Indian Reservation to east	Aroostook	121.9
184	23	Bridge across the Aroostook River		121.9
185.7	21.3	Old Route 2, gas & services		121
188	19	Services at Highway Gas & diesel. Spring Water campground, west side of highway.		160
191.7	15.3	Highway 375 (W) to town of Limestone, Maine (9 km), E Limestone Siding Rd, access to highway's #105, #375		181.7
195.3	11.7	Kelly Rd (E)		197.2
198	9	Gillespie Rd (W) Argosy Rd (E), gas & services		176.8
199	8	McCuskey Road Access to Mulherin Campground & R V Park		220.4
201.8	5.2	Exit #78 route #130 (Portage Road) Access from highway	Grand Falls	214
202.8	4.2	Michaud Rd intersection, access W to Rapid Brook Camping	Grand Falls	182.6
205	2	WB Exit #78 Oullette St W of hwy, Belanger St E of hwy, and Harley Hill Rd access to downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	211.5
206	1	EB Exit #78 Oullette St W of hwy, Belanger St E of hwy, access to downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	214
207	0	Hwy #218 W to Hamlin, Maine, and #130 E into downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	152.1
207	0	Hwy #218 W to Hamlin, Maine, and #130 E into downtown Grand Falls	Grand Falls	152.1
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New Brunswick: Highway #2 between Grand Falls and Fredericton, New Brunswick

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